Nader El-Sayed

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Nader El-Sayed
Personal information
Full nameNader El-Sayed
Date of birth (1972-12-13) 13 December 1972
Place of birthDakahlia, Egypt
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing positionGoalkeeper
Youth career
Dekernes Club
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1992–1998El Zamalek103(0)
1998–2000Club Brugge29(0)
2000–2002Goldi20(0)
2002–2003Akratitos17(0)
2003–2004El-Ittihad16(0)
2004–2005El-Masry27(0)
2005–2006Al-Ahly2(0)
2007–2008ENPPI4(0)
National team
1992–2005Egypt110(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 December 2006.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 5 December 2006

Nader El-Sayed (Arabic: نادر السيد) (born 13 December 1972) is a notable Egyptian goalkeeper, who currently retired and he last played for Egyptian Premier League club ENPPI, and has been capped more than 100 times with the Egyptian national team.

Club career

He was widely recognized for the first time as goalkeeper for notable Egyptian club El Zamalek. After showing some classy performances for his club, he took the chance to move to Club Brugge in the Belgian League in 1998. After failing to reserve a starting place with his team, he decided to try his luck with Akratitos in the Greek Super League.[1]

Nader participated with Al-Ahly in the 2005 FIFA Club World Championship 5th place playoff against Sydney F.C. in Tokyo, the match which Sydney won 2-1.[2]

On 9 January 2007 it was announced that Nader transferred to ENPPI after failing to reserve a starting place in Al-Ahly.

International career

He used to play for Egypt national team until 2005,[2] where he lost his place due to his irregular participating with El-Ahly. His last national game was against Ivory Coast away, ended with a loss for guests 2-0. This match was in 2006 World Cup Qualifiers. Nader's first national game was against Jordan ended with a draw 1-1.

Nader was the Captain of Egyptian team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona[2] and participated in 1991 FIFA World Youth Championship in Portugal.[2]

Also, he was the first Egyptian goalkeeper to be chosen twice as best keeper in African Cup of Nations since 1957. He had chosen in Burkina Faso 1998 and Ghana and Nigeria 2000.Then Essam El-Hadary had chosen three times as best keeper in Egypt 2006, Ghana 2008, and Angola 2010.

Honours

National Team

  • Winner of African Cup of Nations Burkina Faso 1998.
  • Winner of Arab Cup of Nations 1992.
  • Winner of African Youth Championship 1991.

Ahly

  • CAF Champions League 2005
  • CAF Champions League 2006
  • Egyptian League (2005/2006)
  • Egyptian Soccer Cup (2005/2006)
  • Egyptian Super Cup 2005/2006
  • African Super Cup 2005.

Zamalek

Individual

  • Two times Best African goalkeeper in African Cup of Nations1998 & 2000.
  • Best goalkeeper in African Youth Nation Cup 1991
  • Best Arab goalkeeper 1992
  • Best Egyptian goalkeeper 1992-1998

Penalty shootouts

Nader is famous for saving penalty kicks. He saved 21 kicks in penalty shoot-outs winning many tournaments for his country and his club

References

  1. "Foreign Players in Greece since 1959/60". RSSSF. Retrieved 9 April 2009. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Nader El SayedFIFA competition record

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