Amokrane Oualiken
# Amokrane Oualiken

Amokrane "Da Mokrane" Oualiken (6 April 1933 – 22 June 2010) was an Algerian football player and manager. He played as a right winger.

## Club career

Oualiken was born in Ben Aknoun, Algiers, Algeria, on 6 April 1933.

He played for French club Nîmes Olympique where he became three-time Division 1 runner-up and reached the final of the Coupe de France.

After Algeria's independence in 1962, he played for MC Alger and USM Alger.

Oualiken died on 22 June 2010 in Ben Aknoun, Algiers, following a long illness.

## International career

In 1960, Oualiken became a member of the Algerian FLN team.

## Coaching career

Following his retirement from playing he started his coaching career with DNC Alger. He helped the amateur club win the 1981–82 Algerian Cup and promote to the Championnat National 1, the Algerian first tier, in 1985. He later coached the Burkina Faso national team.

Oualiken was also coach of the football section of the Algerian Gendarmerie from 1969 to 1977. In 1977, he became the Technical Director of now defunct club DNC Alger, helping the team climb from the amateur divisions up to the top flight and win the Algerian Cup in 1982.

## Honours

### As a player

Nîmes

* Division 1 runner-up: 1958, 1959, 1960
* Coupe de France runner-up: 1958
* Trophée des Champions runner-up: 1958

SO Montpellier

* Division 2: 1961

USM Alger

* Algerian Championnat National: 1963

### As a coach

DNC Alger

* Algerian Cup: 1982
* Promotion to Championnat National 1: 1985
