Rabah Madjer was the great figure of Algerian football and a forward whose name is forever linked with one of the most audacious goals in European Cup history. Playing for Porto in the 1987 final, he improvised an outrageous backheel to equalise against Bayern Munich, turning the tie and inspiring the Portuguese club to its first continental crown.
A leader of Algeria’s celebrated side of the 1980s, he combined cunning and invention with a scorer’s instinct, and stands as one of the most iconic players the African game has produced.