Magdi Abdelghani
 Magdi Abdelghani in 2020 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Magdy Abdelghany Sayed Ahmed | ||
| Date of birth | 27 July 1959 | ||
| Place of birth | Cairo, Egypt | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Position | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1965–1977 | Al Ahly | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1977–1988 | Al Ahly | ||
| 1988–1992 | Beira-Mar | ||
| 1992–1993 | Al Masry | ||
| 1993–1994 | El Mokawloon | ||
| International career | |||
| 1981–1992 | Egypt | 50 | (5) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Magdi Abdelghani Sayed Ahmed (Arabic: مَجْدِيّ عَبْد الْغَنِيّ سَيِّد أَحْمَد; born 27 July 1959) is an Egyptian retired professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.[1]
Club career
Abdelghani played his first senior season in 1976–77 under coach Nándor Hidegkuti.[2] He joined Portuguese side Beira-Mar in 1988,[3] where he spent four seasons before returning to Egypt, where he played for Al Masry and El Mokawloon.
International career
Abdelghani won 50 caps for Egypt, and at the 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy he scored a penalty against Netherlands.[4]
He also competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics,[5] and helped the Pharaohs win the 1986 African Cup of Nations on home soil. He also won an All-African Games gold medal in 1987.[6]
Personal life
Nicknamed the "Bulldozer", Abdelghani has his origins in Al Qatnah, Tima in Sohag.[7]
Honours
Player
- Al Ahly
- Egyptian Premier League: 1978–79, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87
- Egyptian Cup: 1977–78, 1980–81, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1984–85
- African Cup of Champions Clubs: 1982, 1987
- African Cup Winners' Cup: 1984, 1985, 1986
- Egypt
- Africa Cup of Nations: 1986
- All-Africa Games: Gold medal 1987
References
- ↑ Abdel-Ghani, as memórias do faraó de Aveiro miasfutebol.iol.pt
- ↑ "مجدي عبد الغني". Egyptian Football Association.
- ↑ "Abdelghani talks Egypt's 1990 heroics & 2018 ambitions". FIFA. 13 March 2018.
- ↑ "Netherlands – Egypt 1–1 (0–0)". Planet World Cup. 12 June 1990. Retrieved 1 May 2012.
- ↑ "Abdelghani Sayed". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 29 August 2018. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
- ↑ "Egypt Versus Kenya". Angelfire. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
- ↑ "البلدوزر مجدي عبد الغني يحتفل بعيد ميلاده الـ 55" (in Arabic). Sada El-Balad. 26 July 2014.
External links
- Magdi Abdelghani at ForaDeJogo (archived)
- Magdi Abdelghani at National-Football-Teams.com
- Magdi Abdelghani – FIFA competition record (archived)
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- 1959 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Cairo
- People from Sohag Governorate
- Egyptian men's footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- Al Ahly SC players
- Al Mokawloon Al Arab SC players
- Al Masry SC players
- Primeira Liga players
- S.C. Beira-Mar players
- Egypt men's international footballers
- 1990 FIFA World Cup players
- Footballers at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Olympic footballers for Egypt
- 1984 African Cup of Nations players
- 1986 African Cup of Nations players
- 1992 African Cup of Nations players
- Egyptian expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal
- Egyptian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal
- Egyptian Premier League players
- African Games gold medalists for Egypt
- African Games gold medalists in football
- Africa Cup of Nations–winning players
- Footballers at the 1987 All-Africa Games
- 20th-century Egyptian sportsmen
- CAF Champions League–winning players
- Egyptian football midfielder stubs