Ahmed Hassan

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Ahmed Hassan
Personal information
Full name Ahmed Hassan
Date of birth May 2, 1975 (1975-05-02) (age 33)
Place of birth    Maghagha, Egypt
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Playing position Midfielder/ Winger
Club information
Current club El Ahly
Number 17
Youth clubs
1991-96 Aswan
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1996-97
1997-98
1998-2000
2000-01
2001-03
2003-05
2005-08
2008-Present		 Aswan
Ismaily
Kocaelispor
Denizlispor
Gençlerbirliği
Beşiktaş
Anderlecht
El Ahly		 15 (7)
22 (6)
49 (5)
30 (8)
41 (23)
79 (30)
53 (17)
0(0)   
National team2
1995 -Present Egypt Captain 124 (21)

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 December 14, 2006.
* Appearances (Goals)

Ahmed Hassan (Arabic: أحمد حسن) (born 2 May 1975, in Maghagha,Egypt) [1] is an Egyptian football player who plays as an attacking midfielder or on the right wing for El Ahly in (Egypt) and the Egyptian national team.

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[edit] Career

He started his professional football career at Aswan Club in the Egyptian lower divisions. After one season there, he moved to the more successful Ismaily. He was 20 when he was selected for the first time to play in the Egyptian national team's friendly match against Ghana on 29 December 1995[2]. After his impressive performances with the Egyptian national team in the African Cup of Nations 1998, including scoring a goal from a long range shot against South Africa in the final that helped win the tournament, Hassan joined Turkish side Kocaelispor at the age of 22. In 2000, he was transferred to Denizlispor. In 2001, he joined his Egyptian international teammate Abdel Zaher El Sakka when he moved to Gençlerbirliği.

After three successful seasons with the club, during which the team twice made the Turkish Cup Final, he moved to Beşiktaş where he was a first team regular as well as a regular on the team's scoring sheet. He particularly impressed manager Jean Tigana who, despite being known for selecting younger players for his first team, still regarded the 30-year-old Hassan a key player of the squad. He stated that "Hassan is a hardworking player who is quick and talented. His only problem is not liking the team play. He wants to be free on the pitch. He is my irregular prince as he doesn't play in the team-system."[3]

[edit] African Cup of Nations

Hassan has played in six African Cup of Nations tournaments for Egypt, winning the tournament three times, first in 1998 and again in 2006 and finally in 2008. In the African Cup of Nations 2006, he was chosen as captain of his country and helped the team's cause with 4 goals in 6 matches, which placed him as the second top goal scorer of the tournament[4]. He was named later "Best Player of the tournament" after winning his second title and Egypt's fifth.

In 2008 Ahmed Hassan Captained Egypt to their sixth African Cup of Nations Victory.

Ahmed Ramadan Hassan is one of few players who have earned more than 100 international caps for Egypt.

[edit] R.S.C. Anderlecht

After he was named "Best Player of the African Cup of Nations 2006"[5], Fulham F.C., Newcastle United F.C., and Espanyol were reportedly interested in signing him. However, he chose to move to R.S.C. Anderlecht, the Belgian First Division champions, on a free transfer after he chose not to extend his contract with Beşiktaş, which ended in 2006. Hassan joined Anderlecht due to its automatic qualification to the UEFA Champions League.

He has been an important part of the Anderlecht attack, setting-up and scoring goals himself. Currently, his position in the midfield is in front of Lucas Biglia and Jan Polák, just behind the strikers Serhat Akin and Nicolas Frutos. He has stated that this season will be his last for Les Mauves. His family has already returned to Egypt, where he will follow them next year, possibily in the January transfer window[6].

[edit] Return to Egypt

He chose to move to Egyptian club El Ahly to end his career in Egypt. He signed a 2 year contract with El Ahly as of May 2008.

[edit] Ball-Signing Incident

In 2005, he attended a local Sharm-el-Sheikh hotel, and signed a football for british tourist Jamie Durent.

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