Abdellah Blinda

Abdellah Blinda

Personal information
Full name	Abdellah El-Ajri
Date of birth	(1951-09-25)September 25, 1951
Place of birth	Morocco
Date of death
Place of death	Rabat, Morocco
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
–1973	FUS Rabat
International career
–1973	Morocco	6	(?)
Managerial career
–	FUS Rabat
–	Raja Casablanca
1981	Morocco U20
1990	Morocco
1993–1994	Morocco
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Abdellah El-Ajri, "Blinda" (Arabic: عبد الله بليندة‎‎; September 25, 1951 – March 17, 2010) was a Moroccan football player and manager and a handball player.

Career

Abdellah Blinda was firstly a handball player before he started playing football. He played for the Morocco national football team, making six appearances, and the Morocco national handball team at the same time.

As a football Player, he was illustrated with FUS Rabat especially when he scored two goals in the final of 1973 Moroccan Throne Cup against Ittihad Khemisset (3-2).

As a manager, Blinda managed several clubs in Morocco and abroad like Raja Casablanca, FUS Rabat and Baniyas SC. He also managed the Morocco national under-20 football team, senior Morocco national football team in 1994 FIFA World Cup and the Morocco local national team in 2008.

On March 17, 2010, El-Ajri died in the morning after suffering a heart attack in Rabat. He was age 59.