Abdulrahman Fawzi (August 11, 1909 – October 16, 1988) was an Egyptian footballer who played at the 1934 FIFA World Cup

1934 FIFA World Cup

The 1934 FIFA World Cup was the second FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national association football teams. It took place in Italy from 27 May to 10 June 1934....

. He scored twice for Egypt in their 2-4 loss against Hungary, which was the first time (and the only time before 1970) that an African team had competed at the FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup

The FIFA World Cup, often simply the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association , the sport's global governing body...

. He was thus the first African footballer to score at the World Cup. He would have been the first African to score a hat trick at the World Cup (a feat not yet achieved by an African footballer up to and including the 2006 World Cup) but his third goal was disallowed. The Egyptian goalkeeper that day, Mustafa Mansour

Mustafa Mansour

Mustafa Kamel Mansour was a former Egyptian footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Egypt at the 1934 FIFA World Cup...

, later said:

"When the game was 2-2, my colleague Fawzi took the ball from the centre and dribbled past all the Hungarian players to score a third goal. But the referee cancelled the goal as an offside!"

Abdulrahman Fawzi was born in Port Said

Port Said

Port Said is a city that lies in north east Egypt extending about 30 km along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, north of the Suez Canal, with an approximate population of 603,787...

, and played for both Al-Masry

Al-Masry

Al-Masry Sporting Club , is an Egyptian sporting club based in Port Said. Founded in 1920 by a group of Egyptians in Port Said to be the first club for the Egyptians in the city which was full of many other clubs for the foreign communities which inhabited Port Said...

 and Zamalek SC.