Mohamed Akid

Mohamed Ali Akid (5 July 1949^[1] – 11 April 1979) was a Tunisian football forward who played for the Tunisia national team. He was part of the Tunisian squad that participated in the 1978 FIFA World Cup.^[2] Akid also played for CS Sfaxien and Al-Riyadh.^[3]

Mohamed Akid

Mohamed Akid in 1978
Personal information
Full name	Mohamed Ali Akid
Date of birth	(1949-07-05)5 July 1949
Place of birth	Sfax, Tunisia
Date of death	11 April 1979(1979-04-11) (aged 29)
Place of death	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1967–1978	CS Sfaxien	307	(126)
1978–1979	Al-Riyadh
International career
1970–1979	Tunisia	52	(15)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

The circumstances surrounding the death have fuelled a controversy between his surviving family and the authorities. His family requested an autopsy, which was conducted on July 18, 2012, to determine the cause of his death and confirmed the presence of two shots in his body and the son of Akid confirmed the implication of the Crown prince Nayef bin Abdulaziz Al Saud.^[4] The official version was that Akid was struck by lightning during a training session at his Saudi Arabian club Al-Riyadh on 11 April 1979.^[5]