{"id":39484,"date":"2025-12-24T22:43:03","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T21:43:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=39484"},"modified":"2025-12-24T22:43:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T21:43:14","slug":"mahrez-and-algeria-achieve-remarkable-milestones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=39484","title":{"rendered":"Mahrez and Algeria Achieve Remarkable Milestones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>DZWatch Exclusive<\/strong> &#8211; Algerian international Riyad Mahrez has etched his name further into the history books, surpassing the legendary Lakhdar Belloumi to become Algeria&#8217;s all-time leading scorer in the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON). The feat was achieved during the current edition of the tournament, bringing Mahrez&#8217;s total to 7 goals across four appearances in 2015, 2017, 2019, and 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Mahrez&#8217;s impressive performance included a brace and saw him score the fastest goal of the 2025 AFCON. This goal also ranks as the joint second-fastest in the tournament&#8217;s history, equaling a previous record held by the late Ghanaian player, Christian Atsu. Furthermore, Mahrez is now the first Algerian player to score in four different AFCON editions.<\/p>\n<p>The Algerian captain has now tallied 36 goals for the national team, equaling Abdelhafid Tasfaout as the second-highest scorer in Algeria&#8217;s history. Over his 108 international appearances, Mahrez has contributed to an impressive 79 goals through both scoring and assisting.<\/p>\n<p>Adding to his individual accolades, Mahrez was also named the Man of the Match in Algeria&#8217;s recent game against Sudan.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond individual achievements, the Algerian national team has also reached a significant milestone. The team has now surpassed 100 goals scored in AFCON tournaments, a landmark achieved after Ibrahim Maze&#8217;s third goal against Sudan. This accomplishment places Algeria among an elite group of nations to have reached this scoring milestone in the prestigious continental competition.<\/p>\n<p><em>DZWatch will continue to provide comprehensive coverage of Algeria&#8217;s progress in the AFCON.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?cat=40\">More Sports articles on DZWatch<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\">DZWatch &#8211; Your News Portal<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DZWatch Exclusive &#8211; Algerian international Riyad Mahrez has etched his name further into the history books, surpassing the legendary Lakhdar Belloumi to become Algeria&#8217;s all-time leading scorer in the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON). The feat was achieved during the current edition&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39485,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","iawp_total_views":1,"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39484","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=39484"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39484\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39486,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39484\/revisions\/39486"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/39485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=39484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=39484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=39484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}