Lakhdar Belloumi

Born in 1958, Lakhdar Belloumi had a somewhat unusual football career; he won the African Footballer of the Year award in 1981 and played in the 1982 World Cup. He was ranked the fourth-best African player of the 20th century—behind Weah, Roger Milla, and Abedi Pele—yet he never left the Algerian league, despite receiving offers from Barcelona, ​​Real Madrid, and Bayern Munich, playing exclusively for MC Oran and Ghali Mascara in Algeria.