Magdi Abdelghani
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Magdy Abdelghany Sayed Ahmed | ||
Date of birth | 27 July 1959 | ||
Place of birth | Cairo, Egypt | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
1965–1977 | Al Ahly | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1977–1988 | Al Ahly | ||
1988–1992 | Beira-Mar | ||
1992–1993 | Al Masry SC | ||
1993–1994 | El Mokawloon | ||
National team | |||
1981–1992 | Egypt | 50 | (5) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Magdi Abdelghani Sayed Ahmed (Arabic: مجدي عبد الغني سيد أحمد; born 27 July 1959) is an Egyptian retired professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.[1] Contrary to popular belief, He isn't the first player to score a goal for Egypt in the world cup as it was Abdulrahman Fawzi who scored twice in the 1934 FIFA World Cup.[2]
Playing career[]
Abdelghani played 50 caps for Egypt, at the 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy he scoring a penalty against Netherlands.[3]
He also competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics,[4] and helped the Pharaohs win the 1986 African Cup of Nations on home soil. He also won an All-African Games gold medal in 1987.[5]
References[]
- ^ Abdel-Ghani, as memórias do faraó de Aveiro miasfutebol.iol.pt
- ^ "Egypt's World Cup history: two appearances without victory in Italy, Abdel Rahman Fawzy historic scorer". dailynewsegypt.com. 7 June 2018.
- ^ "Netherlands – Egypt 1–1 (0–0)". Planet World Cup. 12 June 1990. Retrieved 1 May 2012.
- ^ "Abdelghani Sayed". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 29 August 2018. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
- ^ "Egypt Versus Kenya". www.angelfire.com/ak/EgyptianSports. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
External links[]
- Magdi Abdelghani at ForaDeJogo
- Magdi Abdelghani at National-Football-Teams.com
- Magdi Abdelghani – FIFA competition record (archived)
Categories:
- 1959 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Cairo
- Egyptian footballers
- Association football midfielders
- Al Ahly SC players
- Al Mokawloon Al Arab SC players
- Primeira Liga players
- S.C. Beira-Mar players
- Egypt international footballers
- 1990 FIFA World Cup players
- Footballers at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Olympic footballers of Egypt
- 1984 African Cup of Nations players
- 1986 African Cup of Nations players
- 1992 African Cup of Nations players
- Egyptian expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Portugal
- Egyptian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal
- Egyptian Premier League players
- African Games gold medalists for Egypt
- African Games medalists in football
- Africa Cup of Nations-winning players
- Competitors at the 1987 All-Africa Games