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Omar Belbey

Algerian and French footballer

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionNov 30, 2025
Entity authorityQ3351832 ↗
Source-derived summary

Omar Cherif Belbey (born 7 October 1973) is a former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Born in France, he represented Algeria at the 2002 African Cup of Nations in Mali.

In the final of the 1996 Coupe de France against AJ Auxerre, Belbey scored a goal for Nîmes Olympique.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Omar Belbey” as algerian and French footballer. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Omar, Belbey and Algerian.

Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1973, 2002, 1996—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1973-10-07. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Omar, Belbey and Algerian providing the first useful test.
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A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Omar Belbey”, the useful work is to connect “algerian and French footballer” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

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Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Nov 30, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q3351832. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1973, 2002 and 1996.

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This entry incorporates text from “Omar Belbey” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.