{{short description|Algerian footballer (born 1957)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Mohamed Chaïb | image = | caption = | fullname = Mohamed Ali Chaïb | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1957|05|20|df=y}} | birth_place = Kouba, Algeria | death_date = | height = | position = Defender | years1 = 1977–1986 | clubs1 = RC Kouba| caps1 = |goals1 = | years2 = 1985–1986 | clubs2 = →USM Annaba (loan)| caps2 = |goals2 = | years3 = 1986–1991 | clubs3 = RC Kouba| caps3 = |goals3 = | nationalyears1 = 1981–1988 | nationalteam1 = Algeria | nationalcaps1 = 38 | nationalgoals1 = 0 }}
'''Mohamed Ali Chaïb''' ({{langx|ar|محمد شعيب}}; born 20 May 1957) is an Algerian former footballer who played as a defender for the Algeria national team, including at the 1986 FIFA World Cup.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20071016162650/http://fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=68/teams/team=43843.html 1986 FIFA World Cup Mexico]</ref> He also played for RC Kouba.
==Doping mystery== In November 2011 Chaïb, who had three disabled daughters, and other of his World Cup Finals teammates called for an investigation into whether their children's disabilities had in any way to do with medication ordered to them by Algeria's Soviet coach Evgeni Rogov.<ref>[http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/6/54/26831/Sports/Africa/Algerian-players-seek-probe-into-disabled-children.aspx Algerian players seek probe into disabled children] - Ahram Online</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20080228062119/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=47465/index.html FIFA profile]
{{Algeria squad 1984 African Cup of Nations}} {{Algeria squad 1986 African Cup of Nations}} {{Algeria squad 1986 FIFA World Cup}} {{Algeria squad 1988 African Cup of Nations}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Chaib, Mohammed}} Category:1957 births Category:Algerian men's footballers Category:Algeria men's international footballers Category:Men's association football defenders Category:RC Kouba players Category:1984 African Cup of Nations players Category:1986 African Cup of Nations players Category:1986 FIFA World Cup players Category:Competitors at the 1979 Mediterranean Games Category:Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Algeria Category:Mediterranean Games medalists in football Category:Living people Category:21st-century Algerian people Category:20th-century Algerian sportsmen {{Algeria-footy-defender-stub}}