Cerbah akaita mitambo yakati wandei kuchikwata chenyika yenhabvu cheAlgeria, kusanganisira mitambo mitatu mumakwikwi ekupedzisira eFIFA World Cup muna 1982, iyo yaisanganisira kukunda kwakakurumbira kuWest Germany. Akatambawo mumakwikwi akawanda eAfrican Cup of Nations, kusanganisira magumo e1980
uko Algeria yakapedza iri runners-up, ichirasikirwa neNigeria mufainari 3-0.