Mahmoud El Khatib

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Mahmoud El-Khatib
Personal information
Full name	Mahmoud El-Khatib
Date of birth	October 30, 1954 (1954-10-30) (age 53)
Place of birth	Dakahlia, Egypt
Playing position	Ahly's Vice-president (former):Attacking Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Retired
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1972-1988	El-Ahly	?(145)
National team
1974-1986	Egypt	?(39)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Mahmoud El-Khatib (Arabic: محمود الخطيب) (born 30 October 1954)^[1] popularly nicknamed Bibo, is a former Egyptian football player.

• "Bibo" played for Al-Ahly (the African club of the century) between 1972-1988 and for the Egyptian National Team between 1974-1986 (scoring 27 goals). He made his debut in the second week of the 1972/73 season of the Egyptian League against Taiaran on October 13, 1972.

• Mahmoud El Khatib, the name speaks for itself .. Is one of the most skilled, if not the most skilled football player, who defined playgrounds throughout Egyptian history.

• Bibo moved to Al-Ahly in 1971 and spent 16 years with The Club before he retired in 1988 due to injuries he suffered from constantly because he was too skillful to mark and so many defenders resorted to fouling him deliberately, a tactic that eventually took it's toll on the player. A funny instance of the Al-Ahly managerial staff trying to counter this problem, was when they let another player wear his number 10 shirt.

• Bibo Won the Egyptian League title eleven times, the Egyptian Cup six times, The African Cup Winner's Cup three times, and the African Champions League twice with his club Al-Ahly. He was also chosen best player in Egypt five times during his career.

• One of Mahmoud El Khatib's greatest achievements was winning the Ballon D'Or (Golden Ball), the most pretigious individual award in football, for being the best football player in Africa in 1983.

• El Khatib was selected to be a member of the International Committee for Fair Play after Playing 450 domestic and international games without obtaining a death of one.

• Finally in 2007 Bibo was named the second best African Footballer in the last 50 years by the CAF.

Contents 1 Achievements 1.1 Personal 1.2 Egyptian national team 1.3 Al-Ahly 2 External links 3 References

[edit] Achievements

[edit] Personal

• Only Egyptian to win African Footballer of the Year (Ballon D'Or) by France Football magazine 1983.
• Arab Sportsman of the 20th Century.
• Known to be the best Egyptian Player in the history of the game.
• Scored 108 goals for Al-Ahly in the Egyptian league.
• Achieved Top Egyptian League Scorer twice(1977/78 & 1980/81)
• African Club Cups' All-time Top Scorer (37 goals).
• Named the second best African Footballer in the last 50 years by the CAF.^[2]

[edit] Egyptian national team

• African Cup Of Nations for Egypt national football team 1986 (Scored 2 goals)
• Led Egypt to the Olympic Games in 1980 and 1984
• Played in the Los Angeles Olympics 1984

[edit] Al-Ahly

• 11 titles Egyptian League
• 6 titles Egyptian Cup
• 2 titles African Champions League
• 3 titles African Cup Winner's Cup

[edit] External links

• Download Bibo's Goals with Al-Ahly.
• Bibo's Fans site: Goals, Photos and Songs.
• Download Bibo's goal against Bayern Munich in a friendly match
• BEBO

[edit] References

1. ^ Alahram weekley article on Mahmoud El Khatib
2. ^ CAF best 30 players in last 50 years

Awards
Preceded by Thomas N'kono	African Footballer of the Year 1983	Succeeded by Théophile Abega