Mohab Mourad

Mohab Mourad

Personal information
Date of birth	September 14, 1990 (1990-09-14) (age 21)
Place of birth	Cairo, Egypt
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Right Back, Winger
Club information
Current club	Ittihad El-Shorta
Number	35
Youth career
2004-2007	Zamalek
2008	FC Carl Zeiss Jena
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2008-2009;	VfB Lübeck
2009–	Ittihad El-Shorta
National team‡
2008-	Egypt U-20
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of January 12, 2010. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of January 12, 2010

Mohab Mourad (Arabic: مهاب مراد‎) ( born September 14, 1990 in Cairo, Egypt) is an Egyptian footballer. He plays as an right back for Egyptian Premier League club Ittihad El-Shorta. He has been dubbed as one of the most promising wing backs for his technical skill, speed and ability to play either side.

Career

Mohab started playing football at the age of 12 with Shooting Club Cairo, from which he joined the U13 national team and attracted the attention of Cairo giants Ahly and Zamalek. In 2003, he started developing in Zamalek youth academy till heading to Germany at the age 18. Mohab joined the youth academy of FC Carl Zeiss Jena which plays on the highest youth level in Germany.

Mohab had a chance to gain 1st-team experience by joining VfB Lübeck. However he had to spend sometime to gain a professional player pass, he attracted attention of other German Regionalliga while being watched during training and friendly games.

Bad Luck

Mohab Mourad suffered bad luck when the DFB delayed his player pass, which resulted in his club being unable to enroll him in the squad before the closure of transfer window, so Mohab had to get a club as soon as possible. He received offers from the Slovak Superliga and Austrian team LASK Linz, and also got offers from different Egyptian Premier League sides, before deciding to join Ittihad El-Shorta on a short-term contract to hopefully resume his European career on the next possible opportunity.

International career

Mohab was member of Egypt U-20 which featured 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Egypt. He was called up by manager Hany Ramzy during his spell at VfB Lübeck to make his debut with the team in Volksbank tournament, which the Egyptian side won.

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1. ^ "Mohab Mourad". TransferMarkt. http://www.transfermarkt.de/de/mohab-mourad/profil/spieler_159921.html. Retrieved 2010-08-01. 
2. ^ "Egypt U20 wins Volksbank Cup". EgyptianPlayers.com. http://www.egyptianplayers.com/nationalteams/articles-NT84.htm. Retrieved 2009-06-04. 

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Date of birth	September 14, 1990
Place of birth	Cairo, Egypt
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