During the next international break, Algeria plays two friendly matches against Cape Verde and Egypt. For this gathering, coach Djamel Belmadi recalled Islam Slimani, performing well in Brazil.
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“ Islam is capable of scoring in all championships. The experience he has, and the fact that he is still competitive, pushed me to select him “, says Djamel Belmadi.
“ The Algerian team is important and it remains a challenge. This is my country, I will always be proud to play for this jersey “, said Islam Slimani last summer in the columns of The Team. He even mentioned the 2026 World Cup: “ I dream about it. If we don’t dream, we don’t move forward. I’m going to push as hard as I can to get there. »
First Algerian and Arab footballer to score in the Brazilian championship
Moved to Anderlecht in Belgium at the end of last season, after wearing the Brest jersey at the start of the 2022-2023 financial year, Islam Slimani flew to Brazil to take on a new challenge with Coritiba FC, in the State of Paraná. At Anderlecht, Slimani scored nine goals in 16 league and Europa Conference League matches. In Brest, he scored two goals and three assists in all competitions.
After his debut at CR Belouizdad in Algeria, the winner of the 2019 CAN in Egypt traveled a lot, notably to Sporting Portugal (2013-2016), Leicester (2016-2018), Fenerbahçe (2018-2019), Monaco (2019- 2020), and Lyon (2021-2022).
The top scorer in the history of the Algerian team (42 goals in 94 matches) allowed his new club in Brazil to snatch a precious victory against Atlético Mineiro (1-2) on Sunday night October 8 thanks to a decisive goal in the 91st minute. Slimani scored the second goal for the “Glorioso” with a nice header and thus signed his third goal in five games. Despite this success, the team is still in the depths of the ranking (19th place) and the public expects exploits from Fennec to remain in the elite.
Islam Slimani scored his first goal with Coritiba FC against São Paulo on September 28 and became the first Algerian and Arab footballer to score in the Brazilian championship. “ SuperSlim » scored in seven different championships: Algeria, Portugal, England, Turkey, France, Belgium and Brazil.