Mohamed Ad-Diba

Mohamed Attar Ad-Diba is a former footballer who played for the Egypt national football team. He scored four goals for them in the final of the 1957 African Cup of Nations, which is still a record number of goals for the final.^[1] He also scored the winning goal for Egypt in their semi-final victory over Ethiopia.^[2]

After retiring as a player, Ad-Diba became a noted referee, officiating at the Final of the 1968 Africa Cup of Nations.^[3]

In 2007 he was included in an initial list by the Confederation of African Football of the Top 200 African footballers of all time.^[4]

References

1. ^ Tiego Tiemtore. "CAN winners from 1957 to 2002". panapress.com. http://www.panapress.com/can2004/winners.htm. Retrieved 15 August 2010. ^{[dead link]}
2. ^ African Nations Cup 1957 results and lineups at rsssf
3. ^ Scott Murray (17 November 2010). "Has a referee ever won an international cap?". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/nov/17/has-referee-won-international-cap. Retrieved 17 November 2010. 
4. ^ "Kenya missing out on Africa soccer Elite list". kenyafootball.com. 5 January 2007. http://kenyafootball.com/index.php?doc=story&id=1328&categ=2. Retrieved 15 August 2010. 

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