Hossam Hassan

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Personal information
Hossam Hassan
Image:Hossam.gif
Full name	Hossam Hassan , Arabic حسام حسن
Date of birth	August 10, 1966 (age 40)
Place of birth	Cairo, Egypt
Height	178
Playing position	positions# Attacking positions
Club information
Current club	Tersana
Number	9
Youth clubs
1983-1985	Al Ahly
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1985-1990 1990-1991 1991-1992 1992-1999 1999-2000 2000-2004 2004-2006 2006- Present	Al-Ahly PAOK FC Neuchâtel Xamax FC Al-Ahly Al-Ain Al Zamalek Al-Masry Tersana	81 (34) 19 (5) 11 (7) 143 (83) 5 (3) 68 (40) 53 (18) 9+ (6) Overall 389+ (196)
National team²
1985-2006	Egypt	170 (80)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of December 14, 2006. ² National team caps and goals correct as of September 14, 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Hossam Hassan (Arabic:حسام حسن) (born August 10, 1966) is considered one of the best Egyptian and African soccer players of all time. He has played more international matches and scored more goals than anyone in Egypt's soccer history. As of 2006, he had amassed 170 caps for his country and scored 80 goals.

[edit] Hossam Hassan's Records

Hassan has numerous records to his name:

Hossam Hassan is the most titled Egyptain player (41 Titles)
Hossam Hassan Has the All time Egyptian Record (14 League Titles)
He won 3 African Cup of Nations (1986, 1998 & 2006)
World 5th & Highest Egyptian all-time record of international goals (80)
Second highest all-time record of goals in Egyptian League, Scoring 168 Goals (2nd to Hassan El-Shazly)
Highest record of goals in Zamalek / Ahly Derbies (9 goals)
Egyptian & African all-time record of African Club Cup titles (6 titles)
Second Egyptian all-time Goal record in African club Cups (27 Goals)
One of two players who scored for Ahly against Zamalek and for Zamalek against Ahly
5 titles For Egyptian National Team
3 African Cups of Nations titles (1986, 1998 & 2006)
1 All Africa Games' Gold Medal (1987)
1 Arab Cup title (1992)
25 titles For Ahly
11 Egyptian League titles (84/85, 85/86, 86/87, 88/89, 93/94, 94/95, 95/96, 96/97, 97/98, 98/99 & 99/00)
4 Egyptian Cup titles (1984/85, 88/89, 92/93 & 95/96)
4 African Cup Winners' Cups (1984, 85, 86 & 1993)
1 African Champion's League (1987)
1 Arab Champion League (1996)
1 Arab Cup Winners' Cup (1994)
2 Arab Super Cups (1997 & 1998)
1 Afro-Asian Cup (1988)
10 titles For Zamalek
3 Egyptian League titles (2000/2001 & 2002/2003 & 2003/2004)
1 Egyptian Cup title (2001/2002)
2 Egyptian Super Cup titles (scored winner in 116th min in 2001)
1 African Champions League title (2002)
1 African Super Cup title (2002)
1 Arab Club Championship title (2003)
1 Egyptian Saudi Super Cup title (2003)
1 title For El-Ain (UAE)
1 UA Emrates league title (1999/20000
Named the third best African Footballer in the last 50 years by CAF

His twin brother, Ibrahim, has also been capped by Egypt over 100 times. Ibrahim has mainly played for the same clubs as Hossam has, but is now retired.

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	Egypt squad - 1990 FIFA World Cup
1 Shobair \| 2 I. Hassan \| 3 Yassin \| 4 H. Ramzy \| 5 Yakan \| 6 Kasem \| 7 Youssef \| 8 Abdelghani \| 9 H. Hassan \| 10 Abdel Hamid \| 11 Soliman \| 12 Abouzaid \| 13 A. Ramzy \| 14 Maihoub \| 15 Eid \| 16 Tolba \| 17 Shawky \| 18 Oraby \| 19 Abdelrahman \| 20 El Kass \| 21 Kandil \| 22 El Batal \| Coach: El Gohary