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{{Short description|Algerian footballer (born 1958)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Salah Assad
| image = Assad, salah 1986.jpg
| caption = Assad in 1986
| full_name = 
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1958|03|13|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Larbaâ Nath Irathen]], Algeria
| height = 1.84 m
| position = [[Forward (association football)|Forward]]
| youthyears1 = 1972–1974 | youthclubs1 = [[JSM Chéraga]]
| youthyears2 = 1974–1975 | youthclubs2 = [[RC Kouba]]
| years1 = 1975–1982 | clubs1 = [[RC Kouba|RC Kouba / RS Kouba]] | caps1 =    | goals1 = 
| years2 = 1982–1983 | clubs2 = [[FC Mulhouse|Mulhouse]]         | caps2 = 26 | goals2 = 13
| years3 = 1983–1984 | clubs3 = → [[Paris Saint-Germain F.C.|Paris Saint-Germain]] (loan) | caps3 = 11 | goals3 = 1
| years4 = 1984–1986 | clubs4 = [[FC Mulhouse|Mulhouse]]         | caps4 = 55 | goals4 = 15
| years5 = 1986–1989 | clubs5 = [[RC Kouba|RS Kouba / R Kouba]]  | caps5 =    | goals5 = 
| years6 = 1989      | clubs6 = [[JSM Chéraga]]                  | caps6 =    | goals6 = 
| nationalyears1 = 1977–1989 | nationalteam1 = [[Algeria national football team|Algeria]] | nationalcaps1 = 68 | nationalgoals1 = 15
}}

'''Salah Assad''' ({{langx|ar|صالح عصاد}}; born 13 March 1958) is an Algerian former [[association football|football]] player and manager who played as a [[forward (association football)|forward]].

Assad was born in [[Larbaâ Nath Irathen]]. He played for [[RC Kouba]], where he won an Algerian championship in 1981, and in France for [[FC Mulhouse]]. For the [[Algeria national football team|Algeria national team]], he participated at the [[1980 African Cup of Nations|1980]], [[1982 African Cup of Nations|1982]], and [[1986 African Cup of Nations]], [[1980 Summer Olympics]],<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Sports Reference|title=Salah Assad Biography and Statistics|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/as/salah-assad-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418091856/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/as/salah-assad-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 April 2020|accessdate=13 July 2009}}</ref> and at two edition of [[FIFA World Cup]] in [[1982 FIFA World Cup|1982]] and [[1986 FIFA World Cup|1986]], scored two goals.

Assad holds the record with [[Islam Slimani]] of most scored goals at the World Cup for Algeria, which were both scored in the 1982 World Cup. Slimani in 2014.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://soccernet.espn.go.com/worldcup2010/team/history/_/id/624/algeria?cc=5739&ver=globa |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024043048/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/worldcup2010/team/history/_/id/624/algeria?cc=5739&ver=globa |archive-date=24 October 2012 |title=Algeria World Cup History - World Cup 2010 - ESPN Soccernet}}</ref>

==Career==
Assad started playing young with [[JSM Cheraga]] and after with [[RC Kouba]]. In 1975, he played with the senior team until 1982 and he won the Algerian championship in 1981.

==Career statistics==
:''Scores and results list Algeria's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Assad goal.''

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Salah Assad<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/alg-assad-intl.html|title=Salah Assad - International Appearances |website=[[RSSSF]]|access-date=4 February 2016}}</ref>
|-
!scope="col"|No.
!scope="col"|Date
!scope="col"|Venue
!scope="col"|Opponent
!scope="col"|Score
!scope="col"|Result
!scope="col"|Competition
|-
| style="text-align:center"|1 || {{Start date|df=yes|1978|7|13}} || [[Stade du 5 Juillet]], [[Algiers]], Algeria || {{fb|EGY|1972}} || style="text-align:center"|1–1 || style="text-align:center"|1–1 || [[Football at the 1978 All-Africa Games|1978 All-Africa Games]]
|-
| style="text-align:center"|2 || {{Start date|df=yes|1978|10|28}} || [[Independence Stadium (Zambia)|Independence Stadium]], [[Lusaka]], Zambia || {{fb|ZAM|1964}} || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || style="text-align:center"|3–0 || [[Exhibition game|Friendly]]
|-
| style="text-align:center"|3 || {{Start date|df=yes|1979|9|29}} || [[Stadion Poljud]], [[Split, Croatia|Split]], Yugoslavia || {{fb|GRE}} || style="text-align:center"|2–0 || style="text-align:center"|2–0 || [[Football at the 1979 Mediterranean Games|1979 Mediterranean Games]]
|-
| style="text-align:center"|4 || {{Start date|df=yes|1979|12|9}} || [[Stade Mohammed V|Stade d'Honneur]], [[Casablanca]], Morocco || {{fb|MAR}} || style="text-align:center"|5–1 || style="text-align:center"|5–1 || [[Football at the 1980 Summer Olympics – African Qualifiers|1980 Summer Olympics qualification]]
|-
| style="text-align:center"|5 || {{Start date|df=yes|1979|12|21}} || Stade du 5 Juillet, Algiers, Algeria || {{fb|MAR}} || style="text-align:center"|3–0 || style="text-align:center"|3–0 || 1980 Summer Olympics qualification
|-
| style="text-align:center"|6 || {{Start date|df=yes|1980|3|19}} || [[Obafemi Awolowo Stadium|Liberty Stadium]], [[Ibadan]], Nigeria || {{fb|EGY|1972}} || style="text-align:center"|1–2 || style="text-align:center"|2–2 || [[1980 African Cup of Nations]]
|-
| style="text-align:center"|7 || {{Start date|df=yes|1981|4|3}} || [[Ahmed Zabana Stadium|19 June Stadium]], [[Oran]], Algeria || {{fb|SEN}} || style="text-align:center"|2–0 || style="text-align:center"|2–0 || Friendly
|-
| style="text-align:center"|8 || {{Start date|df=yes|1981|8|30}} || Ahmed Zabana Stadium|Stade du 19 Juin, Oran, Algeria || {{fb|Upper Volta}} || style="text-align:center"|7–0 || style="text-align:center"|7–0 || [[1982 African Cup of Nations qualification]]
|-
| style="text-align:center"|9 || {{Start date|df=yes|1982|2|7}} || [[Stade El Menzah]], [[Tunis]], Tunisia || {{fb|TUN|1959}} || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || Friendly
|-
| style="text-align:center"|10 || {{Start date|df=yes|1982|3|10}} || [[March 28 Stadium]], [[Benghazi]], Libya || {{fb|NGR}} || style="text-align:center"|2–1 || style="text-align:center"|2–1 || [[1982 African Cup of Nations]]
|-
| style="text-align:center"|11 || {{Start date|df=yes|1982|3|16}} || 28 March Stadium, Benghazi, Tunisia || {{fb|GHA}} || style="text-align:center"|2–1 || style="text-align:center"|2–3 || 1982 African Cup of Nations
|-
| style="text-align:center"|12 || {{Start date|df=yes|1982|4|28}} || Stade du 5 Juillet, Algiers, Algeria || {{fb|IRL}} || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || style="text-align:center"|2–0 || Friendly
|-
| style="text-align:center"|13 || rowspan="2"|{{Start date|df=yes|1982|6|24}} || rowspan="2"|[[Estadio Carlos Tartiere (1932)|Estadio Carlos Tartiere]], [[Oviedo]], Spain || rowspan="2"|{{fb|CHI}} || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|3–2 || rowspan="2"|[[1982 FIFA World Cup]]
|-
| style="text-align:center"|14 || style="text-align:center"|2–0
|-
| style="text-align:center"|15 || {{Start date|df=yes|1988|11|13}}|| Stade du 5 Juillet, Algiers, Algeria || {{fb|MLI}} || style="text-align:center"|2–0 || style="text-align:center"|7–0 || Friendly
|}

==Honours==
'''RC Kouba'''
* [[Algerian Championnat National|Algerian League]] Champion in 1981

'''Algeria'''
* Gold medal in the [[1978 All-Africa Games]] in [[Algiers]]
* Bronze medal in the [[1979 Mediterranean Games]] in [[Split (city)|Split]]
* 2nd in the final of the [[1980 African Cup of Nations]] in Nigeria
* Quarter final round in the [[1980 Summer Olympics]] in Moscow
* 2 participations in [[FIFA World Cup]] of [[1982 FIFA World Cup|1982]] in Spain & [[1986 FIFA World Cup|1986]] in Mexico

'''Individual'''
* [[Africa Cup of Nations]] Team of the Tournament:[[1980 African Cup of Nations|1980]],[[1982 African Cup of Nations|1982]]
* Best left forward in [[1982 FIFA World Cup]]<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.lalsace.fr/sport/2018/04/26/sur-les-traces-de-salah-assad |title=Sur les traces de Salah Assad |work=L'Alsace |publisher=Jean-Luc Nussbaumer |date=26 April 2018 }}</ref>
* 2nd best African football player of the year in 1982<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/afrpoy82.html |title=African Player of the Year 1982 |work=[[RSSSF]] |publisher=José Luis Pierrend |date=14 February 2000 }}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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