Ahmed Fathy
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Ahmed Fathy is an Egypt
ian international football player. He currently plays for El-Ahly in the Egyptian Premier League
. He plays a variety of roles in the midfield such as right midfielder and defensive midfielder and occasionally in the right back role for club and country.
in Egypt
. He prefers to play on the right side of midfield
, and is known for his versatility as he plays in the right back, right midfield and central midfield positions. He appeared in the ACN Egypt 2006 final against Ivory Coast
playing as a central defender in place of the injured Wael Gomaa
.
Egyptian newspaper
Al-Ahram
reported in early 2007 that club Ismaily SC had accepted Sheffield United
's £
700,000 offer for Fathy, and after a number of weeks of protracted negotiations Fathy signed a three and a half year contract on January 24, 2007.
Fathy made his Premier League debut as a substitute in the closing minutes of a 2–1 defeat of Tottenham Hotspur
at Bramall Lane
on February 10, 2007. He made his full first team debut at Anfield
against Liverpool
on February 24, 2007, but failed to hold down a regular spot for United.
He was linked with a move to the Egyptian club El Zamalek for 2 million Euro
s after discussions with Sheffield United's management, but the player refused the transfer even though the clubs had agreed a fee - he insisted he wanted to continue his career as a professional player outside of Egypt, but arch-rivals Al-Ahly
managed to get Fathy's consent and Sheffield United's agreement to a deal.
On 10 September 2007 he joined El-Ahly for a fee of £675,000 after making just three senior appearances for United in the eight months he had spent with the club.
Fathi had been signed though after the transfer window in Egypt had closed and thus without having played a single match for his new club he had to find another to gain valuable match experience until January which was in 3 months time, but that demand was hard as it was difficult for the Ahly board to find Fathi a team that would accept a loan movement of a player who had little match playing time and would only stay for a few months before leaving and needed to play regularly, it was a hard task but Ahly boards managed to agree with Kuwaiti giants Al Kazma to accept the player on a loan deal and Fathi managed to play regularly for the team and had managed to become a star play in the formation of the Kuwaiti team with his passes and he even managed to score a few goals.
Fathi went on to become a key member of Ahly's squad in a small amount of time, his debut came against Arab Contractors away in front of a 15,000 crowd stadium on 10 March 2008, he went on to become one of Ahly's main assets in the middle of the field as he controlled the midfield with his fellow defensive midfielder Hossam Ashour and guided the Red Devils to a 3-1 away win, scoring the first goal for Ahly from a powerful curling free kick in the first half. He is also often shofted in the right back role by Ahly manager Manuel Jose just like in the national team.
Fathi scored 3 goal as of 12 April 2008 and his highlight moment came against arch-rivals Zamalek, the team that almost signed him from Sheffield United a year back, opening the score for his team to a 2-0 win and thus making the derby event an even more disappointing night for the Zamalek crowd as the team have never won Ahly for the past 4 years except once.He scored 2 goals in the match Angola 5-2 Benin.
at 17 years old in 2001 against South Africa
. Fathi was picked for the National team by Egyptian Coach Mohsen Saleh
even before playing in his club's first team Ismaily SC
, although this followed soon after, and was then called up for the Egyptian youth team.
He was a member of the Egyptian youth team that won the African Youth Cup
2003 in Burkina Faso
, and he was the star of the Egypt squad at the FIFA U-20 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates in 2003 and at one point Fathi was part of Egypt's U-20, U-23 and senior squads at the same time. he was also part of the Egypt squad that won the Africa Cup of Nations at the Cairo International Stadium
in 2006, when they beat the Ivory Coast
on penalties in the final.
In February 2007, Fathi sealed a 2-0 win over Sweden
with a powerful shot three minutes before time in an international friendly in Cairo
marking the 50th anniversary of the founding of the African Football Confederation
(Caf).
On 7 February 2008, at Africa Cup of Nations Ghana 2008 Fathi scored the first goal to lead Egypt to an historic 4-1 win over Côte d'Ivoire
in the semi-finals.
In the |2010 Africa Cup of Nations he was named as the fair player of the tournament and he was named in the team of the tournament.
Egypt
Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...
ian international football player. He currently plays for El-Ahly in the Egyptian Premier League
Egyptian Premier League
The Egyptian Premier League is an Egyptian professional league for football clubs and represents the top flight of Egyptian football. The championship consists of nineteen competing teams in a home and away league system. It is currently known as the Etisalat Egyptian Premier League, after the...
. He plays a variety of roles in the midfield such as right midfielder and defensive midfielder and occasionally in the right back role for club and country.
Club career
Fathy played as a midfielder and right back for IsmailyIsmaily SC
The Ismaily Sporting Club is a club, established in 1924 as Nahda Sporting Club, based in Ismaïlia, Egypt. The club is best known for its football team....
in Egypt
Egypt
Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...
. He prefers to play on the right side of midfield
Midfielder
A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...
, and is known for his versatility as he plays in the right back, right midfield and central midfield positions. He appeared in the ACN Egypt 2006 final against Ivory Coast
Côte d'Ivoire national football team
The Côte d'Ivoire National Football Team or Ivory Coast National Football Team, nicknamed Les Éléphants , represents Côte d'Ivoire in international football and is controlled by the Fédération Ivoirienne de Football...
playing as a central defender in place of the injured Wael Gomaa
Wael Gomaa
Wael Gomaa is an Egyptian footballer. He plays as a defender for Egypt's African Champion Al-Ahly club as well as Egypt's National Football Team-Club career:...
.
Egyptian newspaper
Newspaper
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Al-Ahram
Al-Ahram
Al-Ahram , founded in 1875, is the most widely circulating Egyptian daily newspaper, and the second oldest after al-Waqa'i`al-Masriya . It is majority owned by the Egyptian government....
reported in early 2007 that club Ismaily SC had accepted Sheffield United
Sheffield United F.C.
Sheffield United Football Club is a professional English football club based in the city of Sheffield, South Yorkshire.They were the first sporting team to use the name 'United' and are nicknamed 'The Blades', thanks to Sheffield's worldwide reputation for steel production...
's £
Pound sterling
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700,000 offer for Fathy, and after a number of weeks of protracted negotiations Fathy signed a three and a half year contract on January 24, 2007.
Fathy made his Premier League debut as a substitute in the closing minutes of a 2–1 defeat of Tottenham Hotspur
Tottenham Hotspur F.C.
Tottenham Hotspur Football Club , commonly referred to as Spurs, is an English Premier League football club based in Tottenham, north London. The club's home stadium is White Hart Lane....
at Bramall Lane
Bramall Lane
-Cricket at the Lane:Bramall Lane opened as a cricket ground in 1855, having been leased by Michael Ellison from the Duke of Norfolk at an annual rent of £70. The site was then away from the town's industrial area, and relatively free from smoke. It was built to host the matches of local cricket...
on February 10, 2007. He made his full first team debut at Anfield
Anfield
Anfield is an association football stadium in the district of Anfield, Liverpool, England, with a seating capacity of 45,522. It has been the home of Liverpool F.C. since their formation in 1892 and was originally the home of Everton F.C. from 1884 to 1892, before they moved to Goodison Park...
against Liverpool
Liverpool F.C.
Liverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups...
on February 24, 2007, but failed to hold down a regular spot for United.
He was linked with a move to the Egyptian club El Zamalek for 2 million Euro
Euro
The euro is the official currency of the eurozone: 17 of the 27 member states of the European Union. It is also the currency used by the Institutions of the European Union. The eurozone consists of Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg,...
s after discussions with Sheffield United's management, but the player refused the transfer even though the clubs had agreed a fee - he insisted he wanted to continue his career as a professional player outside of Egypt, but arch-rivals Al-Ahly
Al-Ahly
Al-Ahly Sports Club , commonly known as simply Al-Ahly, is an Egyptian sporting club. Founded in April 1907, Al-Ahly was named in 2000 by the Confederation of African Football as the "African Club of the Century"...
managed to get Fathy's consent and Sheffield United's agreement to a deal.
On 10 September 2007 he joined El-Ahly for a fee of £675,000 after making just three senior appearances for United in the eight months he had spent with the club.
Fathi had been signed though after the transfer window in Egypt had closed and thus without having played a single match for his new club he had to find another to gain valuable match experience until January which was in 3 months time, but that demand was hard as it was difficult for the Ahly board to find Fathi a team that would accept a loan movement of a player who had little match playing time and would only stay for a few months before leaving and needed to play regularly, it was a hard task but Ahly boards managed to agree with Kuwaiti giants Al Kazma to accept the player on a loan deal and Fathi managed to play regularly for the team and had managed to become a star play in the formation of the Kuwaiti team with his passes and he even managed to score a few goals.
Fathi went on to become a key member of Ahly's squad in a small amount of time, his debut came against Arab Contractors away in front of a 15,000 crowd stadium on 10 March 2008, he went on to become one of Ahly's main assets in the middle of the field as he controlled the midfield with his fellow defensive midfielder Hossam Ashour and guided the Red Devils to a 3-1 away win, scoring the first goal for Ahly from a powerful curling free kick in the first half. He is also often shofted in the right back role by Ahly manager Manuel Jose just like in the national team.
Fathi scored 3 goal as of 12 April 2008 and his highlight moment came against arch-rivals Zamalek, the team that almost signed him from Sheffield United a year back, opening the score for his team to a 2-0 win and thus making the derby event an even more disappointing night for the Zamalek crowd as the team have never won Ahly for the past 4 years except once.He scored 2 goals in the match Angola 5-2 Benin.
International career
Fathy became Egypt's youngest ever international when he was cappedCap (sport)
In sports, a cap is a metaphorical term for a player's appearance on a select team, such as a national team. The term dates from the practice in the United Kingdom of awarding a cap to every player in an international match of association football...
at 17 years old in 2001 against South Africa
South Africa national football team
The South Africa national football team represents South Africa in association football and is controlled by the South African Football Association, the governing body for football in South Africa. South Africa's home ground is Soccer City, known as FNB Stadium due to a naming rights deal, in...
. Fathi was picked for the National team by Egyptian Coach Mohsen Saleh
Mohsen Saleh
Mohsen Saleh is an Egyptian football manager and former footballer. Until recently, he was the manager of the Libyan National football team but was dismissed due to bad results. -Football career:...
even before playing in his club's first team Ismaily SC
Ismaily SC
The Ismaily Sporting Club is a club, established in 1924 as Nahda Sporting Club, based in Ismaïlia, Egypt. The club is best known for its football team....
, although this followed soon after, and was then called up for the Egyptian youth team.
He was a member of the Egyptian youth team that won the African Youth Cup
African Youth Championship
The African Youth Championship is the main international youth football competition for CAF nations, and is competed for by under 20 year olds...
2003 in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso – also known by its short-form name Burkina – is a landlocked country in west Africa. It is surrounded by six countries: Mali to the north, Niger to the east, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the south, and Côte d'Ivoire to the southwest.Its size is with an estimated...
, and he was the star of the Egypt squad at the FIFA U-20 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates in 2003 and at one point Fathi was part of Egypt's U-20, U-23 and senior squads at the same time. he was also part of the Egypt squad that won the Africa Cup of Nations at the Cairo International Stadium
Cairo International Stadium
Cairo International Stadium or "Stad El-Qahira El-Dawly", is an Olympic-standard, multi-use stadium with an all-seated capacity of 75,000. It is the Arab World's second largest . It is the foremost Olympic-standard facility befitting the role of Cairo, Egypt as the center of events in the region...
in 2006, when they beat the Ivory Coast
Côte d'Ivoire national football team
The Côte d'Ivoire National Football Team or Ivory Coast National Football Team, nicknamed Les Éléphants , represents Côte d'Ivoire in international football and is controlled by the Fédération Ivoirienne de Football...
on penalties in the final.
In February 2007, Fathi sealed a 2-0 win over Sweden
Sweden national football team
The Swedish national football team represents Sweden in association football and is controlled by the Swedish Football Association, the governing body for Football in Sweden. Sweden's home ground is Råsunda Stadium in Stockholms län and their head coach is Erik Hamrén. Sweden made their first...
with a powerful shot three minutes before time in an international friendly in Cairo
Cairo
Cairo , is the capital of Egypt and the largest city in the Arab world and Africa, and the 16th largest metropolitan area in the world. Nicknamed "The City of a Thousand Minarets" for its preponderance of Islamic architecture, Cairo has long been a centre of the region's political and cultural life...
marking the 50th anniversary of the founding of the African Football Confederation
Confederation of African Football
The Confederation of African Football is the administrative and controlling body for African association football.CAF represents the national football associations of Africa, runs continental, national, and club competitions, and controls the prize money, regulations and media rights to those...
(Caf).
On 7 February 2008, at Africa Cup of Nations Ghana 2008 Fathi scored the first goal to lead Egypt to an historic 4-1 win over Côte d'Ivoire
Côte d'Ivoire national football team
The Côte d'Ivoire National Football Team or Ivory Coast National Football Team, nicknamed Les Éléphants , represents Côte d'Ivoire in international football and is controlled by the Fédération Ivoirienne de Football...
in the semi-finals.
In the |2010 Africa Cup of Nations he was named as the fair player of the tournament and he was named in the team of the tournament.
International goals
Correct as of 11 August 2010| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 7 February 2007 | Cairo International Stadium Cairo International Stadium Cairo International Stadium or "Stad El-Qahira El-Dawly", is an Olympic-standard, multi-use stadium with an all-seated capacity of 75,000. It is the Arab World's second largest . It is the foremost Olympic-standard facility befitting the role of Cairo, Egypt as the center of events in the region... , Cairo Cairo Cairo , is the capital of Egypt and the largest city in the Arab world and Africa, and the 16th largest metropolitan area in the world. Nicknamed "The City of a Thousand Minarets" for its preponderance of Islamic architecture, Cairo has long been a centre of the region's political and cultural life... , Egypt Egypt Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world... |
Friendly Exhibition game An exhibition game is a sporting event in which there is no competitive value of any significant kind to any competitor regardless of the outcome of the competition... |
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| 2. | 7 February 2008 | Baba Yara Stadium, Kumasi Kumasi Kumasi is a city in southern central Ghana's Ashanti region. It is located near Lake Bosomtwe, in the Rain Forest Region about northwest of Accra. Kumasi is approximately north of the Equator and north of the Gulf of Guinea... , Ghana Ghana Ghana , officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country located in West Africa. It is bordered by Côte d'Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, Togo to the east, and the Gulf of Guinea to the south... |
2008 Africa Cup of Nations | |||
| 3. | 11 August 2010 | Cairo International Stadium Cairo International Stadium Cairo International Stadium or "Stad El-Qahira El-Dawly", is an Olympic-standard, multi-use stadium with an all-seated capacity of 75,000. It is the Arab World's second largest . It is the foremost Olympic-standard facility befitting the role of Cairo, Egypt as the center of events in the region... , Cairo Cairo Cairo , is the capital of Egypt and the largest city in the Arab world and Africa, and the 16th largest metropolitan area in the world. Nicknamed "The City of a Thousand Minarets" for its preponderance of Islamic architecture, Cairo has long been a centre of the region's political and cultural life... Egypt Egypt Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world... |
Friendly Exhibition game An exhibition game is a sporting event in which there is no competitive value of any significant kind to any competitor regardless of the outcome of the competition... |
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External links
- Ahmed Fathi profile at National Football Teams