Mohamed Salah (footballer, born 1956)

Mohamed Salah[4] (Arabic: محمد صلاح) is an Egyptian former footballer and head coach. He spent his whole football career with Zamalek. He also played for the Egypt national football team, and was a part of the team that won the 1986 African Cup of Nations.

Mohamed Salah
Personal information
Full name Mohamed Salah El-Din
Date of birth (1956-03-29) 29 March 1956 (age 68)
Place of birth Cairo, Egypt
Youth career
Zamalek
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1975–1988[1] Zamalek
International career
1978–1987 Egypt
Managerial career
1999–2001 Maaden
2001–2002 Baladyet El Mahalla
2002–2002 Goldi
2003–2004 Ghazl El Mahalla
2004–2004 Ittihad El Iskandary
2005–2006 El Masry
2006–2007 Tanta
2007–2008 Ittihad El Iskandary
2008–2008 Baladyet El Mahalla
2008–2008 El Tersana
2009–2010 El Mansoura SC
2010–2011 El Telefonat
2011–2011[2] Al-Shoulla
2013–2014 Wehda Mecca
2014–2015 Zamalek (Assist. coach)
2015–2015 Zamalek SC
2015–2015 Zamalek (Managing Director)
2015–2015 Zamalek
2015–2016 Zamalek (Assist. coach)
2016–2016 Zamalek (Caretaker Manager)
2016–2016 Zamalek (Assist. coach)
2016–2016 Zamalek (Caretaker Manager)
2016–2016 Zamalek (Assist. coach)
2017–2017 Haras El Hodoud
2017–2017 Zamalek (Caretaker Manager)
2017–2018 Nogoom El Mostakbal
2018–2018 Pharco[3]
2018–2019 FC Masr
2019–2019 Suez SC
2019–2020 Al Tarsana SC
2020–2020 Nogoom FC
2020–2020 Tanta SC
2023 Al-Shoulla
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Egypt
Africa Cup of Nations
Winner 1986 Egypt
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

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Playing in his youth in Zamalek, Salah played for the first team in 1975. At the prime of his career, he played alongside great players such as Taha Basry, Hassan Shehata, Ali Khalil and Farouk Gaafar.

 
Zamalek players; Salah (middle), Hassan Shehata and Taha Basry with the Egyptian Premier League trophy in 1978

Salah spent his entire professional career with the Zamalek. He won with Zamalek the Egyptian Premier League for three times in (1977–78, 1983–84, 1987–88), and three titles of the Egypt Cup in (1977, 1979, 1988). He also won the Egyptian Friendship Cup once in 1986. At the continental level, he won the African Cup of Champions Clubs twice in (1984, 1986), and the Afro-Asian Club Championship in 1987.[5][6]

 
Salah (second standing from right) with Zamalek in 1978

With Egypt he played in three Africa Cup of Nations tournaments, in his first appearance in the 1980 edition, he was included in the Africa Cup of Nations Dream Team, where Egypt finished fourth, the same place as the 1984 edition which Salah was present in the starting lineup. He was part of the team that won the 1986 African Cup of Nations title.[7]

Managerial career

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Al-Shoulla

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Salah was appointed manager of the Saudi club Al-Shoulla in June 2011. He made a big impact after winning the Saudi First Division with Al-Shoulla in the 2011–12 season. He then lead Al-Shoulla to 3 wins and 4 losses in the 2012–13 Saudi Premier League season.[8] He then went to Egypt and had an agreement with Almokaweleen.

On 21 February 2023, Salah returned to manage Al-Shoulla 11 years after his first stint at the club.[9]

Managerial statistics

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As of match played 31 August 2020
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record Ref.
P W D L Win %
Goldi SC 1 July 1999 9 April 2001 49 16 17 16 032.7
Baladeyet El Mahalla SC 1 July 2001 1 January 2002 13 3 5 5 023.1
Goldi SC 1 January 2002 21 October 2002 18 6 3 9 033.3
Ghazl El Mahalla SC 1 July 2003 11 June 2004 25 11 7 7 044.0
Al Ittihad Alexandria 10 January 2004 23 December 2004 37 15 7 15 040.5
Al Masry SC 30 November 2005 30 June 2006 19 8 4 7 042.1
Tanta SC 25 August 2006 30 June 2007 29 6 11 12 020.7
Al Ittihad Alexandria 2 September 2007 1 January 2008 12 2 4 6 016.7
Baladeyet El Mahalla SC 10 January 2008 30 June 2008 15 2 6 7 013.3
Al Tarsana SC 1 July 2008 3 November 2008 13 5 1 7 038.5
El Mansoura SC 12 December 2009 7 January 2010 4 1 1 2 025.0
Telephonat Beni Suef SC 1 February 2010 17 August 2011 18 8 6 4 044.4
Al-Shoulla FC 1 December 2011 30 December 2011 6 3 1 2 050.0
Al-Wehda 1 October 2013 28 February 2014 23 11 7 5 047.8
Zamalek SC 1 January 2015 10 February 2015 7 5 2 0 071.4
FC Masr 22 September 2015 30 December 2015 9 5 2 2 055.6
Zamalek SC (Caretaker) 10 February 2016 23 February 2016 3 2 1 0 066.7
Zamalek SC (Caretaker) 19 November 2016 29 November 2016 3 1 2 0 033.3
Haras El Hodoud SC 7 January 2017 4 April 2017 17 10 5 2 058.8
Zamalek SC (Caretaker) 4 April 2017 6 April 2017 1 0 0 1 000.0
Nogoom FC 1 July 2017 22 May 2018 33 19 10 4 057.6
Pharco FC 1 July 2018 11 October 2018 11 5 4 2 045.5
FC Masr 13 October 2018 5 August 2019 21 13 7 1 061.9
Suez SC 6 October 2019 3 December 2019 8 4 2 2 050.0
Al Tarsana SC 4 December 2019 19 February 2020 10 3 4 3 030.0
Nogoom FC 19 February 2020 12 August 2020 2 0 0 2 000.0
Tanta SC 12 August 2020 31 August 2020 4 0 0 4 000.0
Al-Shoulla 21 February 2023 29 May 2023 12 3 3 6 025.0
Total 422 167 122 133 039.6

Honours

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Player

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Zamalek

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Egypt

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Individual

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Manager

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Maaden

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Al-Shoulla

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Nogoom El Mostakbal

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References

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  1. ^ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Mohamed Salah-El-Din". www.national-football-teams.com.
  2. ^ "Mohammed Salah Profile". soccerway.com. Retrieved 23 September 2012.
  3. ^ "رسميا – محمد صلاح يترك نجوم المستقبل ويتولى تدريب فاركو". 26 April 2018.
  4. ^ "Mohammed Salah Arabic Translation". Google Translate. Retrieved 23 September 2012.
  5. ^ "Egypt - Mohamed Salah Eldin - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2024-05-18.
  6. ^ "نشأت يتيمًا.. محمد صلاح: أول مكافأة حصلت عليها من الزمالك كانت ٥ جنيهات". مصراوي.كوم (in Arabic). Retrieved 2024-05-18.
  7. ^ "Mohamed Salah - Stats and titles won". footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 2024-05-18.
  8. ^ "Mohammed Salah Profile". soccerpunter.com. Retrieved 23 September 2012.
  9. ^ "صلاح بديلاً للبياوي المقال في الشعلة".
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