Magdi Abdelghani

Magdi Abdelghani

Personal information
Full name	Magdi Abdelghani Sayed Ahmed
Date of birth	July 27, 1959 (1959-07-27) (age 52)
Place of birth	Cairo, Egypt
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Youth career
1965–1980	Al-Ahly
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1980–1988	Al-Ahly	400	(124)
1988–1992	Beira-Mar	107	(17)
	El-Masry
	Al-Mokawloon
National team
1980–1990	Egypt	93	(34)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Magdi Abdelghani Sayed Ahmed (born 27 July 1959 in Cairo; Arabic مجدي عبد الغني), known as Abdelghani, is a former Egyptian footballer, who played as an attacking midfielder .

Club career

Abdelghani was a first-team mainstay for several years at local Al-Ahly, before immigrating to Portugal in 1988, aged 29, signing with lowly S.C. Beira-Mar, which he helped always maintain its first division status, averaging four goals per season, even though he appeared sparingly in his last year.

Abdelghani finished his career back in his country, first with El-Masry then Al-Mokawloon al-Arab; in 1987, he finished fourth in the race for African Footballer of the Year.^[1]

International career

Abdelghani gained more than 90 caps for Egypt, representing the nation at the 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy, and scoring their only goal of the tournament, a penalty in the 1–1 draw with Holland.

He also competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics,^[2] and helped the Pharaons win the 1986 African Cup of Nations, on home soil.

References

1. ^ "African Player of the Year 1987". rsssf. http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/afrpoy87.html. Retrieved 9 November 2009. 
2. ^ "Magdi Abdel Sayed Ghani". Sports Reference. http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sa/magdi-abdel-sayed-ghani-1.html. Retrieved 25 July 2009. 

External links

• Magdi Abdelghani at National-Football-Teams.com
• Stats and profile at Zerozero
• Stats at ForaDeJogo (Portuguese)

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Name	Abdelghani,Magdi
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Date of birth	27 July 1959
Place of birth	Cairo, Egypt
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