Heba Press
Moroccan football legend, former international Hassan Aksabi, is going through a difficult health situation and is currently hospitalized in the capital, Rabat.
Hassan Aksabi is considered one of the most talented players in the history of Moroccan football and the historic top African scorer in the French championship.
Many supporters of sporting events and football wished the Moroccan international a speedy recovery and his safe return to his small and large family.
Career of Hassan Aksabi in the national championship:
He was born in Tangier on December 5, 1934. He began his football career with the Hai Sefiana team in Tangier before joining FUS Rabat in 1952, where he played until 1955.
After his professionalism in France, Aksabi returned to FUS Rabat in 1965, spending six seasons with them, crowning them with the Coupe du Trône title in 1967.
His professional background:
Aksabi had a distinguished professional experience in France with Nîmes, Reims and Monaco, where he played 293 French league matches, scoring 173 goals.
Aksabi is considered the fifth best scorer in history until the mid-1960s. He currently occupies twelfth place, and remains first in Africa on this list which brings together the best players in the world, ahead of Algerian star Rachid Makhloufi, author of 143 goals. in 341 matches (line 25).
Aksabi won the French championship title in 1962 with Stade de Reims, for whom he scored 48 goals. He also won the Mohammed V Cup in his first tournament with the same team after beating the Royal Army by 5-0, then with a great victory on. Italian Inter Milan by two goals to one.
His journey with the Moroccan national team:
Aksabi played for the Moroccan national team before independence, as he received an invitation from the national team coach, Pietre, in December 1953 to play against a Senegal team, although he had not only 19 years old.
He played for the Moroccan national team after independence on several occasions, including in the first leg against Spain on 12 November 1961 in Al-Sadd’s first leg match for 1962 World Cup qualification in Chile , and from the friendly match against East Germany on December 11, 1960, which ended in a 3–2 victory for Germany, in which Aksabi was the one who scored both of Morocco’s goals at the time.
His presence was intermittent due to the refusal of French clubs to release him.
