Hocine Gacemi

Hocine Gacemi (1974 – 21 March 2000) was an Algerian footballer. He was born in Alger, Algeria.

Career

Gacemi started his career with home-town club MC Alger. One of the most promising young strikers in the Algerian league, he signed with JS Kabylie at the beginning of the 1999 campaign. He was being linked with a move to Ligue 1 club RC Lens before he died.

Death

On 19 March, in a league match between JS Kabylie and USM Annaba, in Tizi-Ouzou. Gacemi scored a goal with his head from a cross passed by teammate Fawzi Moussouni, but he hit his head violently on USM Annaba Defender Yacine Slatni, before collapsing to the ground and was knocked unconscious. He was immediately transferred to a local hospital and then to Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital in Paris, France, where he died from his injuries two days later.

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