Ahmed Elmohamady

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Ahmed Elmohamady
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Elmohamady playing for Sunderland in 2011
Personal information
Full name Ahmed Eissa Elmohamady Abdel Fattah[1]
Date of birth (1987-09-09) 9 September 1987 (age 34)[1]
Place of birth El Mahalla El Kubra, Egypt[2]
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[3]
Position(s) Right-back[4][5][6][7][8]
Youth career
2003–2004 Ghazl El Mahalla
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2006 Ghazl El Mahalla 17 (4)
2006–2011 ENPPI 72 (12)
2010–2011 → Sunderland (loan) 36 (0)
2011–2013 Sunderland 20 (1)
2012–2013 → Hull City (loan) 41 (3)
2013–2017 Hull City 150 (7)
2017–2021 Aston Villa 111 (3)
National team‡
2007– Egypt 92 (6)
Honours
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:58, 30 April 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11:40, 17 July 2020 (UTC)

Ahmed Eissa Elmohamady Abdel Fattah (Arabic: أحمد المحمدي‎; born 9 September 1987) is an Egyptian professional footballer who plays as a right-back, most recently for Premier League club Aston Villa and the Egypt national team.

Elmohamady moved to Premier League club Sunderland in 2010, initially on loan from Egyptian side ENPPI. He went on to make over 200 league appearances for Sunderland and Hull City before joining Aston Villa during the Summer 2017 transfer window. He has won promotion to the Premier League from the Championship three times; twice with Hull City and once with Aston Villa. Elmohamady was part of the Egyptian squads that won the 2008 and 2010 Africa Cup of Nations.

Club career[]

ENPPI[]

Born in Basyoun, El Gharbia, Egypt, Elmohamady started his youth career at Ghazl El-Mahalla in 2003. He started to play for the first team in 2004 at the age of 17. Two years later, he joined ENPPI.

Although he started his career as a striker with Ghazl El Mahalla, he played as a right-sided defender after joining ENPPI.[9] He was selected by the Egyptian national team's manager, Hassan Shehata, for his first international appearance in 2007.

For a long time, Elmohamady attracted the attention of several European clubs. However, ENPPI was reluctant to allow him to move to any of them. In summer 2007, ENPPI turned down an offer from Hertha BSC, because the German side failed to meet the Egyptian club's financial demands. The player refused another bid from Rapid București of Romania in 2007.[10]

On 25 November 2008, Elmohamady completed a five-day trial with Premier League side Blackburn Rovers following Rovers' manager Paul Ince's request.[11] Rovers' new manager, Sam Allardyce, sent a senior official to Egypt to initiate talks with the Egyptian club in January 2009.[12] However, the deal fell through as Allardyce believed it would be difficult for Elmohamady to make immediate impact.[13]

Sunderland[]

Elmohamady impressed Sunderland manager Steve Bruce while on trial with the Premier League side in August 2009.[14] However, on 31 January 2010, Sunderland failed to sign him.[15] Belgian side Club Brugge were also interested in the player and had, according to ENPPI, already made an offer. ENPPI accepted loan bids from both West Bromwich Albion and Sunderland for Elmohamady but while West Brom's offer was larger, Elmohamady chose to go to Sunderland, after being on trial.

Elmohamady playing for Sunderland in 2011

On 1 July 2010, Elmohamady joined Sunderland after passing medicals for a season-long loan move from ENPPI for a £500,000 fee, with an option of a permanent deal for £2 million next summer.[16]

Elmohamady made his debut for Sunderland in their 2–2 draw with Birmingham City on 14 August 2010. He won Man of the Match for his performances against Arsenal and Manchester City. Due to his impressive start at Sunderland, manager Steve Bruce expressed an interest in signing Elmohamady permanently in the January transfer window.[citation needed]

On 11 March 2011, Sunderland announced that they have taken up the option of a £2 million transfer which was included in the loan agreement, making Elmohamady's contract a permanent one on Wearside. On 9 June 2011, the permanent contract was officially confirmed by Sunderland, with Elmohamady signing a deal which will keep him at the Stadium of Light until 2014. Manager Steve Bruce added, "Ahmed has done well in his first season with the club and has shown plenty of potential. We look forward to helping him grow as a player and I think there is much more to come from him."

Elmohamady started Sunderland's first league match of the 2011–12 season away to Liverpool, and provided the assist for Sebastian Larsson's debut goal as the Black Cats drew 1–1.[17] He scored his first goal from a header for Sunderland in a 2–2 draw against West Bromwich Albion on 1 October 2011.[18] Elmohamady fell out of favour following the departure of Bruce in December 2011 and made no starts under his replacement, Martin O'Neill. At the end of the 2011–12 season, Elmohamady had made 18 appearances in the entire season.

Hull City[]

Elmohamady playing for Hull City in 2012

On 30 August 2012, Elmohamady moved to Hull City of the Championship on a season-long loan deal, favouring a move which would see him reunited with former Sunderland boss Steve Bruce.[19] On 1 September, he made his debut for the club at the KC Stadium against Bolton Wanderers.[20] On 18 September 2012 he scored his first goal for the club, scoring the first of his side's goals in a 3–2 victory against Leeds United at Elland Road.[21] He also provided two assists during the derby at Elland Road. On 16 January 2013, Sunderland decided to use the recall-clause.[22] On 31 January 2013 he returned to Hull on loan for the remainder of the 2012–13 season.[23] At the annual awards ceremony on 20 April 2013, at the KC Stadium, Elmohamady was voted as the Player of the Year.[24]

After being on loan from Sunderland for the 2012–13 season on 28 June 2013, Elmohamady signed a three-year contract to become a permanent member of the Hull City squad.[25] He made his debut on the first day of the 2013–14 season in a 2–0 loss away at Chelsea.[26] On 21 September 2013, Elmohamady scored his first goal in the 2013–14 Premier League season against Newcastle United.[27] On 17 May 2014, he played in the FA Cup Final, which Hull lost 3–2 against Arsenal.[28]

On 10 January 2015, in a match away to West Bromwich Albion, Elmohamady touched the ball just before his goalkeeper Allan McGregor picked it up. His touch counted as a backpass, resulting in a free kick for the home team inside the penalty area, from which Saido Berahino scored the only goal of the match.[29]

On 23 June 2016, Elmohamady signed a 3-year extension to his contract at Hull City.[30]

Aston Villa[]

On 19 July 2017, Elmohamady signed for Aston Villa for an undisclosed fee which would see him reunited with former Hull City boss Steve Bruce again.[31] Elmohamady made his debut for Villa on the opening day of the 2017–18 season, a 1–1 home draw against former club Hull City.[32] He scored his first goal for Aston Villa in the first game of the following season, on 6 August 2018, also against Hull City.[33]

On 29 May 2019, Elmohamady played an instrumental part in Aston Villa's 2–1 victory over Derby County in the 2019 EFL Championship play-off Final - providing the assist for Anwar El Ghazi's opening goal.[34]

Elmohamady scored his first Premier League goal since the 2014–15 season on 24 June 2020, a late equaliser away at Newcastle United.[35]

On 28 May 2021, it was announced that Elmohamady would leave Aston Villa at the end of his contract.[36]

International career[]

Elmohamady played several times for U21 Egypt national football team, and was a participant in the 2007 African Youth Championship which was held in Republic of the Congo – he was the rising star of the Egyptian team and one of the stars of the tournament despite his playing out of position as he played forward.

He made his senior international debut in August 2007 at the age of 20, in a friendly against Ivory Coast in Paris and has played eight of Egypt's last nine matches before ACN 2008. He's included in the final squad of Egypt which competed in ACN 2008 in Ghana and grabbed the cup, where he played a role as a substitute. Since then, he reserved his place in the starting line up as a Right-back or Winger. He started all Egypt's six matches in the second round of FIFA World Cup 2010 Qualifiers.

In the 2009 Confederations Cup, he was sent off in Egypt's opening match against Brazil for deliberately handling Lúcio's goal-bound effort in the last minute, in an effort to save his team losing in the last minute. This resulted in Brazil going on to score the penalty to win the match by 4–3.[37]

Personal life[]

Elmohamady is married to an Egyptian fashion designer and he has a son named Malik.[38] In England, Sunderland fans nicknamed him "Elmo".[39] Elmohamady is a Muslim.[40]

Career statistics[]

As of match played 25 April 2021
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Ghazl El Mahalla 2004–05[41] Egyptian Premier League 14 4 — — — — 14 4
2005–06[41] Egyptian Premier League 3 0 — — — — 3 0
Total 17 4 — — — — 17 4
ENPPI 2006–07[41] Egyptian Premier League 12 2 — — — — 12 2
2007–08[41] Egyptian Premier League 6 1 — — — — 6 1
2008–09[41] Egyptian Premier League 28 6 — — — — 28 6
2009–10[41] Egyptian Premier League 26 3 — — — — 26 3
Total 72 12 — — — — 72 12
Sunderland 2010–11[42] Premier League 36 0 1 0 1 0 — — 38 0
2011–12[43] Premier League 18 1 2 0 1 0 — — 21 1
2012–13[44] Premier League 2 0 0 0 0 0 — — 2 0
Total 56 1 3 0 2 0 — — 61 1
Hull City 2012–13[44] Championship 41 3 0 0 0 0 — — 41 3
2013–14[45] Premier League 38 2 6 0 1 0 — — 45 2
2014–15[46] Premier League 38 2 1 0 0 0 4[a] 1 — 43 3
2015–16[47] Championship 41 3 3 0 4 0 – 3[b] 0 50 3
2016–17[48] Premier League 33 0 0 0 4 0 — — 37 0
Total 191 10 10 0 9 0 4 1 3 0 217 11
Aston Villa 2017–18[49] Championship 43 0 0 0 0 0 — 2 0 45 0
2018–19[50] Championship 38 2 0 0 1 0 — 3[b] 0 42 2
2019–20[51] Premier League 18 1 1 0 6 1 — — 25 2
2020–21[52] Premier League 12 0 0 0 3 0 — — 15 0
Total 111 3 1 0 10 1 — — 5 0 127 4
Career total 447 30 14 0 21 1 4 1 8 0 494 32
  1. ^ Appearances in the Europa League
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Appearances in Championship play-offs

International[]

As of match played 27 June 2019[53]
Egypt
Year Apps Goals
2007 5 0
2008 14 0
2009 12 0
2010 12 1
2011 3 0
2012 13 1
2013 6 0
2014 5 0
2015 1 0
2016 1 0
2017 8 0
2018 5 1
2019 6 2
Total 91 5

International goals[]

Scores and results list Egypt's goal tally first.[41]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 20 January 2010 Ombaka National Stadium, Benguela, Angola  Benin 1–0 2–0 2010 Africa Cup of Nations
2. 20 May 2012 Al-Merrikh Stadium, Omdurman, Sudan  Cameroon 1–0 2–1 Friendly
3. 12 October 2018 Al Salam Stadium, Cairo, Egypt  eSwatini 1–0 4–1 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
4. 13 June 2019 Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria, Egypt  Tanzania 1–0 1–0 Friendly
5. 26 June 2019 Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt  DR Congo 1–0 2–0 2019 Africa Cup of Nations
6. 30 June 2019 Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt  Uganda 2–0 2–0 2019 Africa Cup of Nations

Honours[]

Hull City

Aston Villa

Egypt

Individual

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