Amir Abdelhamid

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Amir Abdelhamid
Personal information
Full name Amir Abdel Hamid Mohamed
Date of birth April 24, 1979 (1979-04-24) (age 29)
Place of birth    Cairo, Egypt
Height 181 cm
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club El-Ahly
Number 27
Youth clubs
El-Ahly
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1999-present El-Ahly  ? (0)   
National team2
Egypt  ? (0)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 1 July 2006.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 1 July 2006.
* Appearances (Goals)

Amir Abdelhamid (Arabic: أمير عبدالحميد) (born April 24, 1979) is an Egyptian footballer. He plays the Goalkeeper position for Egypt's African Super Cup Championship club El-Ahly. He is the first goalkeeper in El-Ahly now, after Essam El-Hadary escaped to FC Sion in 21 February 2008. he proved excellence in the games he played. Thus, Egyptian commentators asks him to wait for his chance, as they see that he will be the Egyptian national goalkeeper. Amir Joined the national team one time only.

Amir played 10 minutes against Internacional of Brazil in the semi-final of FIFA Club World Cup 2006, and the whole 3rd place match versus Club America of Mexico, due to Essam El-Hadary's injury.

On May 15, 2008, Amir has been chosen with Essam El-Hadary in the Egypt squad for the FIFA World Cup qualifiers.