title: Mustapha Zitouni
text: # Mustapha Zitouni
  
  Mustapha Zitouni (19 October 1928 – 5 January 2014) was a professional footballer who played as a defender. He played international football for both France and Algeria.
  
  ## Career
  
  Born in Algiers, French Algeria, Zitouni began his career with OM Saint-Eugène. He then played in France for Cannes, Monaco and Chartres. While in France he represented the French national side. He was also part of France's squad at the 1952 Summer Olympics, but he did not play in any matches. He left his professional career in France in 1958 to represent the unofficial Algerian national side, which was then run by the National Liberation Front, a rebel group campaigning for Algerian independence. While in Algeria he played football for RC Kouba.
  
  ## Later life
  
  Zitouni returned to France, settling in Côte d'Azur and working for Air Algerie in Nice.
  
  He died on 5 January 2014, at the age of 85.
  
  