Hassan Shehata

This article is about football coach. For shia cleric murdered by Muslim Brotherhood followers Sunnis in 2013, see Hasan Shahhata.
Hassan Shehata
Personal information
Date of birth19 June 1949
Place of birthKafr El-Dawwar, Egypt
Playing positionForward
Youth career
Pre–1962Kafr El Dawar
1962–1967Zamalek
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1967–1968Zamalek(11)
1968–1971Kazma
1971–1983Zamalek(77)
National team
1972–1980Egypt
Teams managed
1983–1985Zamalek U-20
1985–1986Zamalek (Assistant)
1986–1988Al Wasl (Emirates)
1989–1990Al-Merreikh (Sudan)
1990–1992El Shourta
1992–1993Ittihad Alexandria
1993–1994El Shourta
1995–1996Zamalek (Assistant)
1996–1997El Minya
1997–1998Sharqia
1998–1999El Shams
1999Al-Ahly Benghazi (Libya)
1999–2000Suez
2001–2003Egypt U20
2003–2004El Mokawloon
2004–2011Egypt
2011–2012Zamalek
2012Al-Arabi (Qatar)
2014Difaâ El Jadidi
2014–El Mokawloon
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Hassan Shehata (Egyptian Arabic: حسـن شحـاتة) (born 19 June 1949) is an Egyptian football coach and former player. He played for Zamalek FC and was given the award for Best Player in Asia in 1970. He was head coach of the Egyptian national team from 2004 to 2011, in the process becoming "the longest-serving coach in the history of the Egyptian national team." He led the Egypt to three successive titles at the African Cup of Nations in the years 2006, 2008 and 2010. Egypt became the first African nation to achieve this streak/record. As a result of this the Egyptian Team were ranked as high as 9th in the FIFA World Rankings
In 2008 he was awarded the title of CAF Coach of the Year. In 2010 he was the highest ranked African Coach in IFFHS.[1] He was also selected as one of the top five African coaches.[2][3]

Hassan Shehata in Zamalek in 70s
Hassan Shehata in Kazma FC 1970

Egyptian national team

Shehata with Egyptian Team in CAN 2008 final

In 2004, Shehata became Egyptian national team coach after the sacking of Italian coach Marco Tardelli.[4][5][6] In the 2006 African Cup of Nations, which was hosted by Egypt, he led the team to its first Cup of Nations in 8 years, defeating Côte d'Ivoire in the final.

During the African Cup semi-final against Senegal, Shehata had a serious row with Mido, when Mido reacted badly to being substituted.[7] Shehata was vindicated minutes later when Amr Zaki, the player replacing Mido, scored the winning goal which took Egypt to the final. Shehata did allow Mido to accept his medal at the closing ceremonies of the African Cup of Nations, after Mido had made a public apology a few days before.[8]

Honours

Honours as a player

For Zamalek[9]

Individual[9]

Honours as a manager

For Egypt[9]

For El Mokawleen[9]

Other[9]

Individual[9]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 IFFHS Coach Ranking: Hassan Shehata best African | Starafrica.com
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Top five African coaches - MTN FOOTBALL
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 5 best african world football coaches - Bleacher Report
  4. ↑ "Marco Tardelli is Egypt's New Manager". Egyptian Players.
  5. ↑ "Tardelli Thanks Fans for Standing by Pharaohs". Egyptian Players.
  6. ↑ Obayiuwana, Osasu (2004-03-26). "Egypt's new coach Marco Tardelli has acknowledged the difficulty of leading the Pharaohs to the 2006 World Cup". BBC sport.
  7. ↑ Kenyon, Matthew (2006-02-08). "Mido thrown out of Egyptian squad". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2007-08-17.
  8. ↑ "Mido reconciles with Egypt coach". BBC Sport. 2006-02-09. Retrieved 2008-02-10.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 "Hassan Shehata". Egyptian Sports. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
  10. ↑ "2006 African Nations Final". Soccerway. Retrieved 8 October 2014.

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