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Mohamed Barakat Personal information Full name Mohamed Barakat Ahmed Bastamy Date of birth 7 September 1976 Place of birth Cairo, Egypt Height 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) Playing position Right-midfield
Attacking-midfield
Deep-lying forwardClub information Current club Al-Ahly Number 8 Youth career Al-Sekka Al-Hadid Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1996-1998 Al-Sekka Al-Hadid ? (8) 1998-2002 Ismaily 14 (3) 2002-2003 Arabi (Qatar) 13 (3) 2003-2004 Ahly Jeddah 21 (3) 2004–Present Al-Ahly 173 (32) National team‡ 2002– Egypt 70 (9) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 January 2007.
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14 November 2009Mohamed Barakat (Arabic: محمد بركات) (born November 20, 1976) is an Egyptian footballer. Barakat plays the offensive right wing for Egypt's Al-Ahly and the Egyptian National Team. He is a right-footed attacking midfielder and playmaker. He is considered by many as one of the most talented players in Africa nowadays. Barakat's hallmarks are surging runs from midfield which often disrupt opposing defences as well as a box-to-box work ethic which makes him an important figure both in defence and attack. Thanks to his noticeable achievements and talent, his fans have given him the nickname "Blessings , The Mercurial" (Arabic: بركات الزئبقي) . He reached his peak in 2005 and 2006, helping his club Al-Ahly to win the CAF Champions League 2005 and CAF Champions League 2006 and Egypt win their fifth African Cup of Nations Egypt 2006. However, in 2006 his career was marred by a long spell of injuries.
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Club career
Early career
Barakat began his career at unheralded Sekka but really found his feet when he joined Al-Ismaily - just about the only club in Egypt with the ability to stand up to the 'big boys' of Al-Ahly and Zamalek.
At the Arab Gulf
The 2002 Egyptian Footballer of the Year has joined Alarabi in Qatar and then Ahly Jeddah in Saudi Arabia. He helped the later win 2003 Arab Club Championship. Barakat scored twice in that tournament; one of them was the Final winner.
Al Ahly
Barakat returned to Egypt in 2004 to join Al Ahly. Some have commented that the combination with Mohamed Aboutrika and Emad Moteab formed the most formidable triangle in African Soccer, and they were given the moniker of "The Bermuda Triangle".
Mohamed Barakat won the BBC African Footballer of 2005 award ahead of Cameroon's Samuel Eto'o and Obafemi Martins of Nigeria.[1] More than 15,000 voted for him. He was also named the best player in Africa's continental club competition by the African Football Association for the same year, as he scored 7 goals in the CAF Champions League 2005. File:876محمد بركات.jpg
International career
Barakat made his debut for the Pharaohs in June 2000 against South Korea. He played 4 matches in 2002 African Cup of Nations and all Egypt's matches in 2006 Africa Cup of Nations. Barakat ended his international career on the 18th of November 2009 after his dream to reach the 2010 FIFA World Cup was crashed by Algeria that won 1-0, he told the press about that discussion on 11 August 2010.
International goals
- Source: [2]
Goal Date Venue Opponent Result Competition Scored 1 11 Mar 2001 Egypt Algeria
5-2 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification 1 2 24 Apr 2001 Egypt Canada
3-0 Friendly 1 3 13 July 2001 Egypt Namibia
8-2 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification 2 5 8 Aug 2002 Egypt Ethiopia
4-1 Friendly 1 6 23 Aug 2002 Egypt Sudan
3-0 Friendly 2 8 25 Jan 2004 Stade Taïeb Mhiri, Sfax, Tunisia Zimbabwe
2-1 2004 African Cup of Nations 1 9 5 Nov 2009 Egypt Tanzania
5-1 Friendly 1 International caps full list
- Source: [2]
Barakat's international caps & goals ( 62 caps - 8 goals) Game # Date Opponent Venue Result Competition Notes 1st 9 Jun 2000 South Korea
Neutral 0-1 2nd 17 Jun 2000 Ghana
Home 2-0 Friendly 3rd 25 Aug 2000 Kenya
Home 2-1 Friendly 4th 2 Sep 2000 Côte d'Ivoire
Home 1:0 2002 African Qualifiers 5th 2 Oct 2000 Qatar
Away 1:0 Friendly 6th 9 Jan 2001 Zambia
Home 3:1 Friendly 7th 14 Jan 2001 Libya
Home 4:0 2002 African Cup Qualifiers 8th 17 Jan 2001 China PR
Neutral 0:0 (3-2 Pen) Friendly 9th 23 Jan 2001 North Korea
Home 1:0 Friendly 10th 28 Jan 2001 Morocco
Home 0:0 2002 World Cup Qualifiers 11th 24 Feb 2001 Namibia
Away 1:1 2002 World Cup Qualifiers 12th 11 Mar 2001 Algeria
Home 5:2 2002 World Cup Qualifiers Scored 1 goal
13th 19 Mar 2001 Estonia
Home 3:3 Friendly 14th 23 Mar 2001 Libya
Away 0:2 2002 African Cup Qualifiers 15th 24 Apr 2001 Canada
Home 3:0 Friendly Scored 1 goal
16th 26 Apr 2001 South Korea
Home 1:2 Friendly 17th 6 May 2001 Senegal
Home 1:0 2002 World Cup Qualifiers 18th 3 Jun 2001 Sudan
Home 3:2 2002 African Cup Qualifiers 19th 17 Jun 2001 Côte d'Ivoire
Away 2:2 2002 African Cup Qualifiers 20th 30 Jun 2001 Morocco
Away 0:1 2002 World Cup Qualifiers 21st 13 July 2001 Namibia
Home 8:2 2002 World Cup Qualifiers Scored 2 goals
22nd 21 July 2001 Algeria
Away 1:1 2002 World Cup Qualifiers 23rd 10 Nov 2001 South Africa
Away 0:1 Friendly 24th 30 Dec 2001 Qatar
Away 2:2 Friendly 25th 4 Jan 2002 Ghana
Home 2:0 Friendly 26th 6 Jan 2002 Mali
Home 1:2 Friendly 27th 11 Jan 2002 Burkina Faso
Home 2:2 Friendly 28th 20 Jan 2002 Senegal
Neutral 0:1 2002 African Cup 29th 25 Jan 2002 Tunisia
Neutral 1:0 2002 African Cup 30th 31 Jan 2002 Zambia
Neutral 2:1 2002 African Cup 31st 4 Feb 2002 Cameroon
Neutral 0:1 2002 African Cup 32nd 8 Aug 2002 Ethiopia
Home 4:1 Friendly Scored 1 goal
33rd 20 Aug 2002 Uganda
Home 2:0 Friendly 34th 23 Aug 2002 Sudan
Home 3:0 Friendly Scored 2 goals
35th 27 Aug 2002 Libya
Home 0:1 Friendly 36th 7 Sep 2002 Madagascar
Away 0:1 2004 African Cup Qualifiers 37th 22 Dec 2002 Ghana
Home 0:0 Friendly 38th 29 Mar 2003 Mauritius
Away 1:0 2004 African Cup Qualifiers 39th 8 Jun 2003 Mauritius
Home 7:0 2004 African Cup Qualifiers 40th 18 Nov 2003 Sweden
Home 1:0 Friendly 41st 14 Jan 2004 Congo DR
Home 2:2 Friendly 42nd 17 Jan 2004 Burkina Faso
Home 1:1 Friendly 43rd 25 Jan 2004 Zimbabwe
Neutral 2:1 2004 African Cup Scored 1 goal
44th 29 Jan 2004 Algeria
Neutral 1:2 2004 African Cup 45th 28 Nov 2004 Bulgaria
Home 1:1 Friendly 46th 4 Feb 2005 South Korea
Away 1:0 Friendly 47th 9 Feb 2005 Belgium
Home 4:0 Friendly 48th 27 Mar 2005 Libya
Home 4:1 2006 World Cup Qualifiers 49th 27 May 2005 Kuwait
Away 1:0 Friendly 50th 5 Jun 2005 Sudan
Home 6:1 2006 World Cup Qualifiers 51st 19 Jun 2005 Côte d'Ivoire
Away 0:2 2006 World Cup Qualifiers 52nd 16 Nov 2005 Tunisia
Home 1:2 Friendly 53rd 27 Dec 2005 Uganda
Home 2:0 Friendly Tournament 54th 5 Jan 2006 Zimbabwe
Home 2:0 Friendly 55th 14 Jan 2006 South Africa
Home 1:2 Friendly 56th 20 Jan 2006 Libya
Home 3:0 2006 African Cup 57th 24 Jan 2006 Morocco
Home 0:0 2006 African Cup 58th 28 Jan 2006 Côte d'Ivoire
Home 3:1 2006 African Cup 59th 3 Feb 2006 Congo DR
Home 4:1 2006 African Cup 60th 7 Feb 2006 Senegal
Home 2:1 2006 African Cup 61st 10 Feb 2006 Côte d'Ivoire
Home 0:0 (4-2 P) 2006 African Cup Final 62nd 3 Jun 2006 Spain
Away 0:2 Friendly 63rd 13 Nov 2007 UAE B
Home 3-0 2007 Pan Arab Games 64th 21 Nov 2007 Libya
Home 0-0 2007 Pan Arab Games 65th 11 Feb 2009 Ghana
Home 2-2 Friendly 66th 29 Mar 2009 Zambia
Home 1-1 2010 World Cup Qualifiers 67th 5 Sep 2009 Rwanda
Away 1-0 2010 World Cup Qualifiers 68th 10 Oct 2009 Zambia
Away 1-0 2010 World Cup Qualifiers 69th 5 Nov 2009 Tanzania
Home 5-1 Friendly Scored 1 goal
70th 14 Nov 2009 Algeria
Home 2-0 2010 World Cup Qualifiers Honours
Egyptian National Team
Al Ahly
- African Champions League: 2005, 2006, 2008
- CAF Super Cup: 2006, 2007, 2009.
- Egyptian League: 2004-05, 2005-06, 2006-07, 2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10.
- Egyptian cup: 2005-06, 2006-07.
- Egyptian Super Cup: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010.
Ahly Jaddah
- Arab Club Championship: 2003
Ismaily
- Egyptian League: 2001-02.
- Egyptian cup: 1999-00.
Individual
- BBC African Footballer of the Year: 2005.
- CAF Champions League Top Scorer: 2005 (7 goals).
- CAF Best African player in Club Competitions: 2005.
- Egyptian Premier League Best Player: 2009
- Egyptian Footballer of the Year: 2002, 2009.
- Best professional player at Saudi Professional League during playing for Ahly Jeddah
References
- ^ "Egyptian Barakat wins BBC award ", BBC , 2006-01-06 .Retrieved on 4 May 2010.
- ^ a b Said, Tarek "Barakat's international caps & goals", Egyptian Football.net. Retrieved on 2 May 2010
External links
- Egyptian Barakat wins BBC award
- Egypt's outstanding Pharaoh
- Barakat named the best player in Africa's continental club competition
Al-Ahly S.C. – current squad 1 S.Ekramy · 4 Abdel-Fadil · 5 El-Sayed · 6 Gomaa · 7 Fadl · 8 Barakat · 9 Moteab · 10 Eno · 11 Walid · 12 Shedid · 13 A.Moneam · 14 Ghaly (c) · 15 Gedo · 16 Abou El-Saoud · 17 Moawad · 18 Hamdy · 19 A.Said · 20 Shawky · 21 Fábio Junior · 22 Aboutrika · 24 Fathy · 25 Ashour · 26 Da Silva · 30 Shehab · 34 A.Fatah · 37 Rabia · 38 Warda · 39 Ashraf · Manager: Manuel José
Egypt squad – 2002 Africa Cup of Nations Egypt squad – 2004 Africa Cup of Nations 1 N. El-Sayed • 2 Fahim • 3 El-Quabbani • 4 El-Nahhas • 5 El-Saqua • 6 Gomaa • 7 Fathi • 8 Abdel hamid • 9 Mido • 10 Belal • 11 El-Said • 12 Barakat • 13 T. El-Sayed • 14 Imam • 15 El-Tabei • 16 A. El-Sayed • 17 A. Hassan • 18 Ghaly • 19 Ali • 20 Khashaba • 21 H. Said • 22 Mahmoud • Coach: SalehEgypt squad – 2006 Africa Cup of Nations Winners (5th title) 1 El-Hadary • 2 A. El-Sayed • 3 Abdelwahab • 4 Said • 5 El-Saqua • 6 Mostafa • 7 Fathy • 8 Eno • 9 H. Hassan (c) • 10 Moteab • 11 Shawky • 12 Barakat • 13 T. El-Sayed • 14 Ali • 15 Mido • 16 Abdel Wahed • 17 A. Hassan • 18 Sabry • 19 Zaki • 20 Gomaa • 21 Abdel Malek • 22 Aboutrika • 23 Abdel Monsef • Coach: ShehataAwards Preceded by
Jay-Jay Okocha
BBC African Footballer of the Year
2005Succeeded by
Michael Essien
Categories:- Egyptian footballers
- Egypt international footballers
- 1976 births
- Al-Ahly S.C. players
- Association football midfielders
- Ismaily players
- Living people
- 2002 African Cup of Nations players
- Al-Arabi Sports Club players
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