Mohamed Akid (5 July 1949 – 11 April 1979) was a Tunisian football forward who played for Tunisia in the 1978 FIFA World Cup. He also played for CS Sfaxien. The official version was that Akid was struck by lightning during a training session at his Saudi Arabian club Al Nasr Riyadh on 11 April 1979.The circumstances surrounding the death have fuelled a controversy between his surviving family and the authorities.