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Paul Myers

Last hurrah: Algeria's Riyad Mahrez

Riyad Mahrez captained the Algeria side to the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations title.
Riyad Mahrez captained the Algeria side to the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations title. AFP - GIUSEPPE CACACE

Riyad Mahrez will play for Algeria for the second time at the World Cup at the age of 35. In the fourth instalment of a series on players at their final World Cup, RFI looks at the career of a striker who has risen from modest clubs to international stardom.

Born in France to an Algerian father and a mother with Algerian and Moroccan roots, Mahrez was not on a straightforward path to professional football.

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