Hosny Abd Rabo

Hosny Abd Rabo
Personal information
Full name	Hosni Abd Rabbo Abdul Muttalib Ibrahim
Date of birth	1 November 1984 (age 37)
Place of birth	Ismailia, Egypt
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Youth career
1996–2002	Ismaily
Senior career*
Years	Team
2002–2005	Ismaily
2005–2007	Strasbourg
2006–2007	→ Ismaily (loan)
2007–2019	Ismaily
2008–2010	→ Al Ahli Dubai (loan)
2012–2012	→ Al Ittihad (loan)
2012–2013	→ Al Nassr (loan)
Total
National team
2004–2014	Egypt
Honours
Men's football
Representing Egypt
Africa Cup of Nations
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Hosni Abd Rabbo Abdul Muttalib Ibrahim (Arabic: حسني عبد ربه عبد المطلب إبراهيم; born 1 November 1984) is an Egyptian retired professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.

Hosny was usually deployed as a deep-lying playmaker in midfield for both his club and national sides.

Hosny spent most of his career at his boyhood club Ismaily where he played with the first team for more than 15 seasons. He is also one of the few players to refuse to leave the club to join their rivals Al Ahly.

Hosny also represented the Egypt national team at both youth and senior levels. He was a member of the winning squad of the 2008 and 2010 Africa Cup of Nations and won the Player of the Tournament award in 2008. Hosny was also included in Egypt's 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup squad and played all of his nation's matches during the tournament.

On 16 January 2019, Hosny officially announced his retirement from football at the age of 34.^[1]

Club career[]

Ismaily[]

Hosny started his professional football career at Ismaily in Egypt, and was the youngest player in the Egyptian first division when Ismaily won the League Championship in the season 2001–02. In 2003, Hosni joined the Egyptian U-20's in the FIFA World Youth Championship 2003 in the Arab Emirates.

At the end of 2003, he played in the Arabian Club Championship final but lost, achieving the same result in the 2003 African Champions League. In 2004 Hosny was selected for the first time in his career to play for the Egyptian national team in the 2004 African Cup of Nations in Tunisia and was one of the youngest players in the tournament.

He re-joined Ismaily in January 2011.

Strasbourg[]

In summer 2005, Hosny signed a five-year contract with French club RC Strasbourg, for whom he appeared in 22 Ligue 1 matches.^[2] He was called up for the Egyptian national team that would participate in the 2006 African Cup of Nations in Egypt, but was injured just one week before the tournament started and could not play. The Egyptian national team eventually went on to win the tournament against Ivory Coast.

Return to Ismaily[]

In the 2005–06 season, Strasbourg was relegated to Ligue 2. Hosny then left the team on a season loan deal, returning to his original club Ismaily.

Due to his impressive performance with the Egyptian national team in the 2008 African Cup of Nations tournament, with the player chosen as Player of the Tournament.

After the loan spell ended, and since Strasbourg failed to promote to Ligue 1, Hosny agreed to extend his stay at Ismaily on a permanent deal. However, this move did not receive consent from the French club, and they decided to sue the player for signing a contract with another club without their consent.

Ahli Dubai[]

On 29 July 2008, it was announced that Hosny had signed a loan deal for two seasons for Emirate club Al-Ahli of Dubai, despite the player having been linked with offers from top European clubs in England and Spain. Ismaily club later announced that the only official offer they received, other than Ahli Dubai's offer, was from Spanish club Osasuna.

Immediately after the player's move was made public, officials in Egyptian Premier League club Al Ahly announced that they intend to sue Hosny for moving to Ahli Dubai, despite having earlier signed a contract for them.

Al Nassr FC[]

On 2 July 2012, Hosny signed a one-year loan deal with Saudi club Al Nassr FC.

International career[]

Hosny made his debut for the Egypt national team against Sudan on 6 June 2004. He was called for the Egypt national team for the 2006 African Cup of Nations held in Egypt, but was injured one week before the tournament started and was consequently excluded from the tournament squad. As a member of the national Team, he won The 11th Pan Arabic Games held in Egypt in 2007. He was the key player in the Egypt team that won the 2008 African Cup of Nations, and scored four goals, made two assists, excelled in defense, midfield and in attack, and was named Player of the Tournament.

2008 African Cup of Nations[]

Hosny scored two goals in the first match against Cameroon, one from a penalty. Hosny also assisted the third goal for Abo Trieka.

Career statistics[]

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Egypt	2004	8	0
	2005	12	0
	2006	4	1
	2007	10	0
	2008	18	7
	2009	13	5
	2010	8	1
	2011	8	0
	2012	10	1
	2013	6	1
	2014	4	0
Total		101	16

Scores and results list Egypt's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Hosny goal.

List of international goals scored by Hosny Abd Rabo^[3]
No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	2 September 2006	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt	Burundi	2–0	4–1	2008 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
2	10 January 2008	Al-Nahyan Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	Mali	1–0	1–0	Friendly
3	22 January 2008	Baba Yara Stadium, Kumasi, Ghana	Cameroon	1–0	4–2	2008 Africa Cup of Nations
4	22 January 2008	Baba Yara Stadium, Kumasi, Ghana	Cameroon	4–1	4–2	2008 Africa Cup of Nations
5	26 January 2008	Baba Yara Stadium, Kumasi, Ghana	Sudan	1–0	3–0	2008 Africa Cup of Nations
6	4 February 2008	Baba Yara Stadium, Kumasi, Ghana	Angola	1–0	2–1	2008 Africa Cup of Nations
7	6 June 2008	Stade du Ville, Djibouti, Djibouti	Djibouti	2–0	4–0	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
8	19 November 2008	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt	Benin	1–0	5–1	Friendly
9	5 July 2009	Military Academy Stadium, Cairo, Egypt	Rwanda	2–0	3–0	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
10	12 August 2009	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt	Guinea	1–0	3–3	Friendly
11	12 August 2009	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt	Guinea	2–1	3–3	Friendly
12	10 October 2009	Konkola Stadium, Chililabombwe, Zambia	Zambia	1–0	1–0	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
13	29 December 2009	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt	Malawi	1–0	1–1	Friendly
14	28 January 2010	Estádio Nacional de Ombaka, Benguela, Angola	Algeria	1–0	4–0	2010 Africa Cup of Nations
15	29 February 2012	Thani bin Jassim Stadium, Doha, Qatar	Niger	1–0	1–0	Friendly
16.	26 March 2013	Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria, Egypt	Zimbabwe	1–0	2–1	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification