Hany Saïd

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Personal information
Hani Said
Full name	Hani Said
Date of birth	April 22, 1980 (1980-04-22) (age 28)
Place of birth	Cairo, Egypt
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9+¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Center-back
Club information
Current club	Ismaily
Number	6
Youth clubs
	El-Ahly
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1998-2003 2003-2005 2005-2006 2006-07 2007-Present	A.S. Bari Messina Fiorentina Mons Ismaily
National team
2002-Present	Egypt	45 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Hani Said (Arabic: هاني سعيد‎) (born April 22, 1980) is Egyptian football (soccer) player, who plays for Ismaily.

He started his youth career at Al Ahly in 1997. He then moved to Italian club A.S. Bari in 1998, he played with the club 3 seasons in Serie A.

Hani moved after 5 years with Bari to Messina where they gained promotion to Serie A, after that he moved to Fiorentina where he could not find his place, he then joined the Belgian second division club Mons, but due to his injury troubles he returned to Egypt to Ismaily in July 2007.

On March 2002 Caf and Fifa banned Hani for 6 months after testing positive for drugs in 2002 African Nations Cup which was held in Mali, he returned to Egypt national football team in 2004 but he didn't participate in the winning team of 2006, however Hassan Shehata the coach of Egypt has recalled him in the preliminary squad for ACN 2008 which won the cup too.

[edit] The Rise to Fame

He was not the most popular player in the national team due to his former performances with the national team, ut the ACN 2008 in Ghana transformed him into a household name after a string of faultless performances and guiding the Egyptian backline. He was a surprise backage to say the least and for that reason there had been rumors of a return to Europe.