Ibrahim Hassan

Ibrahim Hassan
Personal information
Full name	Ibrahim Hassan Hassanein Hassan
Date of birth	10 August 1966
Place of birth	Helwan, Greater Cairo, Egypt
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position	Right back
Team information
Current team	Egypt (director)
Youth career
1975–1984	Al Ahly
Senior career*
Years	Team
1984–1990	Al Ahly
1990–1991	PAOK
1991–1992	Neuchâtel Xamax
1992–1999	Al Ahly
1999–2000	Al Ain
2000–2004	Zamalek
2004–2006	Al Masry
International career
1988–2002	Egypt
Managerial career
2007–2009	Al Masry (director)
2009	Telecom Egypt (director)
2009–2011	Zamalek (director)
2011	Ismaily (director)
2012	Al Masry (director)
2013	Misr Lel Makkasa (director)
2013–2014	Jordan (assistant)
2014	Zamalek (director)
2014–2015	Al Ittihad Alexandria (director)
2015–2018	Al Masry (director)
2018–2019	Pyramids (director)
2019–2020	Smouha (director)
2020–2022	Al Ittihad Alexandria (director)
2022	Al Masry (director)
2022–2023	Al Masry (director)
2024	Modern Future (director)
2024–	Egypt (director)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Egypt
Africa Cup of Nations
African Games
FIFA Arab Cup
	* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ibrahim Hassan Hassanin Hassan is an Egyptian football coach, executive and former player who played as a right back. He is director of the Egypt national team. Hassan has played 131 caps for Egypt, and is considered one of the greatest defenders in African football history.^[1] His twin brother Hossam also played professional football, and they shared clubs for most of their extensive careers.^[2]^[3]

Club career

Born in Cairo, Hassan played professionally for almost twenty years, in a career in which he shared teams with his sibling Hossam for its vast majority. He represented Al Ahly (twice), PAOK, Neuchâtel Xamax, Al Ain SCC, Zamalek SC and Al-Masry, even joining his twin in his overseas spells in Greece, Switzerland and United Arab Emirates. During the 1991–92 UEFA Cup, while playing for Neuchâtel Xamax, he scored the only goal with a direct free kick in a 1–0 victory over Real Madrid in the third round.^[4]^[5]

In the summer of 2000, Hassan moved to Zamalek, winning three Egyptian Premier League titles (in 2000–01, 2001–02 and 2003–04) with the Cairo giants, in addition to the 2002 Egypt Cup and the Egyptian Super Cup in 2001 and 2002. At the continental level, Hassan won with Zamalek the 2002 CAF Champions League, 2003 CAF Super Cup, 2003 UAFA Club Cup and the 2003 Saudi-Egyptian Super Cup.

Hassan retired at almost 40 years of age, going on to have a spell as assistant manager with former team El-Masry, where his brother would also start his coaching career in 2008.^[6] In 2010, after a brief spell as assistant manager with Zamalek, he became the club's director of football.

International career

Hassan played 131 games and scored 14 goals for Egypt over almost 20 years.^[7] He appeared for the national team at the 1990 FIFA World Cup, helping it to two draws and a narrow 0–1 defeat against England. His brother was also an undisputed starter, as the pair became the first players from Africa to be selected to FIFA's Century Club. Hassan remains the only Egyptian footballer who made the "FIFA world team" selection (three times) and played in 1990 and 1999 against Bosnia and South Africa respectively.

Managerial career

Hassan accompanied his twin brother Hossam Hassan as director and assistant coach at Al Masry, Telecom Egypt, Zamalek, Ismaily, Misr Lel Makkasa, the Jordan national team, Al Ittihad Alexandria, Pyramids, Smouha, Modern Future, and the Egypt national team.^[8]

Career statistics

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[9]
National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Egypt	1988	16	3
	1989	20	1
	1990	15	0
	1991	11	4
	1992	4	0
	1993	7	1
	1994	6	0
	1995	7	1
	1996	3	1
	1997	12	0
	1998	0	0
	1999	12	1
	2000	11	0
	2001	6	2
	2002	1	0
Total		131	14

Scores and results list Egypt's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Hassan goal.

List of international goals scored by Ibrahim Hassan
No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	23 February 1988	?, Dubai, United Arab Emirates	United Arab Emirates	?–?	2–1	Friendly
2	16 November 1988	?, Kuwait City, Kuwait	Kuwait	?–?	2–2	Friendly
3	16 November 1988	?, Kuwait City, Kuwait	Kuwait	?–?	2–2	Friendly
4	14 December 1988	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt	Switzerland	1–3	1–3	Friendly
5	26 August 1989	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt	Kenya	2–0	2–0	1990 FIFA World Cup qualification
6	14 April 1991	El Menzah Stadium, Tunis, Tunisia	Tunisia	2–1	2–2	1992 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
7	12 July 1991	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt	Chad	1–1	5–1	1992 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
8	3 December 1991	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt	Poland	2–0	4–0	Friendly
9	23 April 1993	Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria, Egypt	Malawi	1–0	2–0	1994 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
10	14 April 1995	Port Said Stadium, Port Said, Egypt	Tunisia	1–0	1–0	Friendly
11	8 November 1996	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt	Namibia	4–1	7–1	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
12	15 November 1999	Chivas Verde Valle, Guadalajara, Mexico	New Zealand	1–0	1–0	Friendly
13	6 January 2001	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt	United Arab Emirates	2–1	2–1	Friendly
14	14 November 2001	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt	Libya	1–0	4–0	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification