Taher Abouzeid
| Taher Abouzeid | |
|---|---|
| Minister of State for Sports | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 16 July 2013 | |
| Prime Minister | Hazem Al Beblawi |
| Preceded by | El Amry Farouk |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | Egyptian |
| Political party | New Wafd Party (formerly)[1] |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
Amer Taher Abouzeid El Sayed (Arabic: عامر طاهر أبو زيد السيد) born 1 April 1962, is the Egyptian Minister of State for Sports[2] and a retired footballer. He played as a midfielder for El-Ahly and the Egyptian national team.
Sports career
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Amer Taher Abouzeid Sayed | ||
| Date of birth | 1 April 1962 | ||
| Place of birth | Asyut, Egypt | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position | Attacking midfield | ||
| Youth career | |||
| El-Ahly | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1980–1993 | El-Ahly | 393 | (189) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1984–1990 | Egypt | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 July 2007. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Abouzaid made several appearances for the Egypt national football team, including participating in the 1984, where he was top scorer with 4 goals,[3] 1986 where he scored three valuable goals. In 1988, he was excluded from the Egyptian national team squad competing in the African Cup of Nations. He also played in the 1990 FIFA World Cup finals.[4]
Abouzaid also played for Egypt at the 1984 Summer Olympics.[5]
He was on the El-Ahly's board of directors.
Honours
Personal
- Top scorer World Youth Cup Australia 1981
- Top Scorer African Cup of Nations Côte d'Ivoire 1984
- 2nd top scorer African Cup of Nations Egypt 1986
- 2nd best African footballer of the year 1984 (France Football)
- 3rd best African footballer of the year 1986 (France Football)
- 2nd best African footballer of the year 1987 (France Football)
- Scored 7 goals for Egypt in African Cups of Nations
- Scored 23 Goals for Ahly in African Club Cups
National Team
- African Cup Of Nations for Egypt 1986.
Al-Ahly
- 7 Egyptian League titles 1979/1980,1980/81,1981/82,1984/85,1985/86,1986/87,1988/89.
- 8 Egyptian Soccer Cup titles 1980/81,1982/83,1983/84,1984/85,1988/89,1990/91,1991/92,1992/93
- 2 African Champions League1982,1987
- 3 African Cup Winners' Cup 1984,1985,1986
- 1 Afro-Asian Cup 1988
References
- ↑ "New ‘For Egypt’ list launched to run in parliamentary elections". Egypt Independent. 5 February 2015. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
- ↑ "Egypt's interim president swears in first government". Ahram Online. 16 July 2013. Retrieved 18 July 2013.
- ↑ "Soccer - African Nations Cup Leading Scorers". CNNSI. 20 January 2004. Retrieved 2009-05-26.
- ↑ Taher Abou Zeid – FIFA competition record
- ↑ "Amer Taher Abou Zeid Biography and Statistics". Sports Reference. Retrieved 2009-08-06.
External links
- Taher Abouzeid at National-Football-Teams.com
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