Saleh Selim

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Saleh Selim (Arabic: صالح سليم‎) (b. September 11, 1930 d. May 6, 2002) was a famous Egyptian football player and actor. He was nicknamed El Maestro because of his way of leading the Ahly fotball team to many victories. He then became the manager of the team, then member of the board of directors of the club. He finally became one of the most successful presidents of the club.

1 National team appearances
2 Titles
3 Career as a manager
4 Clubs
5 Family
6 Life and career
7 External links

[edit] National team appearances

First national team appearance was vs Turkey in East Mediterranean Cup 1 February 1950 (Egypt won 3/0)
Participated in Olympic games 1960
Participated in African Cup of Nations 1959 & 1962 (Played 3 games & Scored 1 Goal) (One title & one runner up)

[edit] Titles

Egypt

Winner of African Cup of Nations 1959
2nd place in African Cup of Nations 1962

Al-Ahly

11 Egyptian League titles
8 Egyptian Soccer Cup titles

Individual

Saleh Selim won 9 successive League titles (1948/49 To 1958/59) (Egyptian Alltime Record)
He scored 92 Goals for Al-Ahly, 78 in Egyptian league & 14 in Egyptian Cup.

[edit] Career as a manager

Ahly Football Official 1971
Ahly Club Board Member 1972
Ahly Club President : From 12 December 1980 till 16 December 1988 & from 6 February 1992 till 6 May 2002
Elected five times 1980-1984-1992-1996-2000

[edit] Clubs

Al-Ahly (Egypt) 1948-1967
Grazer AK (Austria) 1962-1963

[edit] Family

Selim was born in Cairo in 1930. His father Mohamed Selim was a renowned physician. He had two younger brothers, Abdel wahab and Tarek Selim. He also has two sons Khaled and Hisham Selim who is an actor.

[edit] Life and career

Selim joined Al-Ahly club in 1944 as a football player. Later, he became the club's football team manager, then a member of the board of directors. Due to the fame he gained as a football player, Saleh was dragged in the show business and acted in three movies. In 1980 he was elected the president of the club. He was then re-elected for five successive time. During his presidency , Al-Ahly was elected the African club of the century. On May 22, 2001 Saleh received the award in Johannesburg. He died on 2002 of liver cancer. Saleh Selim was the first Egypt soccer player in Austria and it was a "transfer-sensation" when he joined Grazer AK and scored 3 goals in 6 championship-games (10/6 with friendly-games included) for the oldest Styrian Footballclub during the spring-season 1962/63.