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Mustafa Kamel Mansour (2 August 1914 – 24 July 2002) was a former Egyptian footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Egypt at the 1934 FIFA World Cup. He is also notable for being one of the first non-British or Irish players to play in the Scottish leagues.
Mansour played for Cairo club Al-Ahly in his native land, where his performances earned him a selection for the 1934 World Cup in Italy. He played in Egypt's only game at the tournament, a 4-2 defeat to Hungary in the first round in Naples.[1]
Mansour also played for Egypt at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin.[2]
Egypt's coach at the World Cup had been a Scotsman, James McRea, and he may have influenced Mansour's decision to move to Scotland in 1936 to attend Jordanhill College.[3] While studying in Glasgow, Mansour appeared for the famous amateur side Queens Park, becoming their regular goalkeeper upon the retirement of (future Celtic chairman) Desmond White during the 1938-39 season.[4]
Mansour returned to Egypt when the Second World War broke out, where he would later manage former club Al-Ahly, as well as become a government minister.
He died in July 2002, a month before what would have been his 88th birthday.[5]Only weeks before his death, he had given an interview to BBC Sport on their visit to Cairo in the run-up to the World Cup being held in Japan and South Korea that summer.[6]
References
- ^ "The Flying Egyptian". BBC Sport. 3 May 2002. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport3/worldcup2002/hi/history/newsid_1962000/1962689.stm.
- ^ "Moustafa Kamel Mansour Biography and Statistics". Sports Reference. http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/moustafa-kamel-mansour-1.html. Retrieved 2009-08-06.
- ^ "Palestine & the World Cup Bankies Glory Days More Inter-League". Scottishleague.Net. http://www.scottishleague.net/archive/archive75.htm.
- ^ "Egyptian Mansour made his name known at Queen's Park". Evening Times Online. 14 December 2005. http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/lo/extra/7021148.html.
- ^ Shaheen, Amr (24 July 2002). "Trailblazing keeper Mansour dies". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/africa/2149333.stm.
- ^ "1934: The flying Egyptian". BBC News. 3 May 2002. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport3/worldcup2002/hi/history/newsid_1962000/1962689.stm.
Egypt squad – 1934 FIFA World Cup 
Al-Ahly S.C. – managers Gamil Osman () · El-Tetch () · Labib Mahmoud () · Hussein El-Far () · Mohamed El-Guindi () · Mustafa Mansour () · Foad Sedki () · Ahmed Mekawi () · El-Wahsh () · Abdel Aziz Hammami () · Foad Shaaban () · Both () · Freitz () · Jitcos () · John McBride () · Brosicz () · Horvatek () · Tadicz () · Hidegkuti (1973–80) · Kalocsay (1980–1982) · El-Gohary (1982–84) · Revie (1984–1985) · Mahmoud El-Sayes () · Taha Ismail () · Jeff Buttler () · Anwar Salama () · Weise (1988–89) · Michael Evert () · Shawky AbdelShafy () · Harris (1993–95) · Hollmann (1995–97) · Zobel (1997–00) · Dörner (2000–01) · José (2001–02) · Bonfrere (2002) · Mabrouk (caretaker) (2002) · Toni Oliveira (2002–03) · Manuel José (2003–09) · Vingada (2009) · El-Badry (2009–10) · Zizo (2010) · Manuel José (2011–)
Categories:- 1914 births
- 2002 deaths
- Association football goalkeepers
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- Egypt international footballers
- Queen's Park F.C. players
- Egyptian football managers
- 1934 FIFA World Cup players
- Olympic footballers of Egypt
- Footballers at the 1936 Summer Olympics
- Egyptian football coaches
- Egyptian expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Scotland
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- Government ministers of Egypt
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- Egyptian football biography stubs
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