Adam El-Abd

Football player infobox
playername = Adam El-Abd


fullname = Adam Mohamad S. El-Abd
nickname = Bomber, Kuzak
height = height|ft=5|in=10
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1984|9|11
cityofbirth = Brighton
countryofbirth = England
currentclub = Brighton & Hove Albion
clubnumber = 6
position = Defender, Midfielder
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 2002-Present
2002–2003
clubs = Brighton & Hove Albion
→ Bognor Regis Town (loan)
caps(goals) = 133 (2)
002 (0)
nationalyears =
nationalteam =
nationalcaps
pcupdate = August 28, 2008

Adam Mohamad S. El-Abd (born 11 September 1984) is a football player, currently playing for English team Brighton & Hove Albion . He has joint Egyptian and British nationality. His older brother Joe plays professional Rugby Union and is currently captain of Bristol RFC.

Career

El-Abd joined Brighton's youth department when he was 10 and was granted a scholarship there at 16. He signed his first professional contract of two and a half years with Brighton & Hove Albion at the age of 19. He made his full League debut for the club in the 2-1 win at Notts County in November 2003. He has since been a regular in the first-team squad and can play either in defence at right-back or centre-half, or in a more defensive midfield type role.

Adam El-Abd has an English mother and an Egyptian father and is one of three brothers. His older brother Joe plays professional rugby for Division One team Bristol and his younger brother Sami was an apprentice at the Albion before moving to Crawley Town.

During the game at Huddersfield Town on March 18 2008, El-Abd was stretchered off with medial ligament damage and ruled out for the remainder of the season. [ [http://www.4thegame.com/club/brighton-and-hove-albion-fc/news/216207/seagulls_swoop_for_racon/ Ligament damage] following Huddersfield match, March 2008: from an article at the "4TheGame.com" website. Retrieved on March 4 2008]

On the 5 June 2008, it was revealed that El-Abd had signed a new two-year deal with Brighton. [ [http://www.seagulls.premiumtv.co.uk/page/Latest/0,,10433~1323159,00.html El-Abd Signs New Deal] "Seagulls.co.uk", 5 June 2008. Retrieved 5 June 2008]

International ambitions

El-Abd has stated in a 2005 interview with "EgyptianPlayers.com" that he intends to play for the Egyptian national side if he gets the call. He said: "Hopefully I'll do my best to get into the team [Brighton] over here, so that then the Egyptian national team coach can see me play. And it's always been a dream for me to play for Egypt." [ [http://www.egyptianplayers.com/Adam/articles-Adam-1.htm "El-Abd Walks Like an Egyptian!"] : an interview at the "EgyptianPlayers.com" website. Retrieved on March 4 2008.]

References

External links

* [http://www.seagulls.co.uk/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10433~28043,00.html Adam El-Abd player profile] at seagulls.co.uk
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