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Nader El-Sayed Personal information Full name Nader El-Sayed Date of birth December 13, 1972 Place of birth Dakahlia, Egypt Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Playing position Goalkeeper Youth career Dekernes Club Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1992–1998 El Zamalek 103 (0) 1998–2000 Club Brugge 29 (0) 2000–2002 Goldi 20 (0) 2002–2003 Akratitos 17 (0) 2003–2004 El-Ittihad 16 (0) 2004–2005 El-Masry 27 (0) 2005–2006 Al-Ahly 2 (0) 2007–2008 ENPPI 4 (0) National team‡ 1992–2005 Egypt 110 (0) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 December 2006.
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 5 December 2006Nader El-Sayed (Arabic: نادر السيد) (born December 13, 1972) is a notable Egyptian goalkeeper, who currently retired and he last played for Egyptian Premier League club ENPPI, and has been capped more than 100 times with the Egyptian national team.
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Club career
He was widely recognized for the first time as goalkeeper for notable Egyptian club El Zamalek. After showing some classy performances for his club, he took the chance to move to Club Brugge in the Belgian League in 1998. After failing to reserve a starting place with his team, he decided to try his luck with Akratitos in the Greek Super League.[1]
Nader participated with Al-Ahly in the 2005 FIFA Club World Championship 5th place playoff against Sydney F.C. in Tokyo, the match which Sydney won 2-1.[2]
On January 9, 2007 it was announced that Nader transferred to ENPPI after failing to reserve a starting place in Al-Ahly.
On February 22, it was reported that MLS team Los Angeles Galaxy of the U.S. is interested in Nader's services[citation needed]. However, no further details have been provided about this transfer.
International career
He used to play for Egypt national team until 2005,[2] where he lost his place due to his irregular participating with El-Ahly. His last national game was against Ivory Coast away, ended with a loss for guests 2-0. This match was in 2006 World Cup Qualifiers. Nader's first national game was against Jordan ended with a draw 1-1.
Nader was the Captain of Egyptian team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona[2] and participated in 1991 FIFA World Youth Championship in Portugal.[2]
Also, he was the first Egyptian goalkeeper to be chosen twice as best keeper in African Cup of Nations since 1957. He had chosen in Burkina Faso 1998 and Ghana and Nigeria 2000.Then Essam El-Hadary had chosen three times as best keeper in Egypt 2006, Ghana 2008, and Angola 2010.
Honours
National Team
- Winner of African Cup of Nations Burkina Faso 1998.
- Winner of Arab Cup of Nations 1992.
- Winner of African Youth Championship 1991.
Ahly
- CAF Champions League 2005
- CAF Champions League 2006
- Egyptian League (2005/2006)
- Egyptian Soccer Cup (2005/2006)
- Egyptian Super Cup 2005/2006
- African Super Cup 2005.
Zamalek
- CAF Champions League 1993
- CAF Champions League 1996
- African Super Cup 1994
- African Super Cup 1997
- Egyptian League (1991/1992)
- Egyptian League (1992/1993)
Individual
- Two times Best African goalkeeper in African Cup of Nations1998 & 2000.
- Best goalkeeper in African Youth Nation Cup 1991
- Best Arab goalkeeper 1992
- Best Egyptian goalkeeper 1992-1998
Penalty shootouts
Nader is famous for saving penalty kicks. He saved 21 kicks in penalty shoot-outs winning many tournaments for his country and his club
References
- ^ "Foreign Players in Greece since 1959/60". RSSSF. http://www.rsssf.com/players/foreign-players-in-grk6080.html. Retrieved 2009-04-09.
- ^ a b c d Nader El Sayed – FIFA competition record
External links
- Nader El-Sayed at National-Football-Teams.com
Egypt squad – 1996 Africa Cup of Nations Egypt squad – 1998 Africa Cup of Nations Winners (4th title) Egypt squad – 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup Egypt squad – 2000 Africa Cup of Nations 1 N. El-Sayed • 2 I. Hassan • 3 Emara • 4 Ramzy • 5 El-Saqua • 6 Abdel Hafeez • 7 Youssef • 8 Radwan • 9 H. Hassan • 10 Sabry • 11 El-Said • 12 Abdelmoneim • 13 Abdel Haleem • 14 Imam • 15 Said • 16 El-Hadary • 17 A. Hassan • 18 Farouk • 19 Hosny • 20 Khashaba • 21 Abdelaziz • 22 A. El-Sayed • Coach: GiliEgypt 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: SalehCategories:- Zamalek players
- Egyptian footballers
- Egypt international footballers
- Egyptian expatriate footballers
- 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup players
- Olympic footballers of Egypt
- Footballers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- 1972 births
- Living people
- FIFA Century Club
- Akratitos FC players
- Association football goalkeepers
- Masry players
- Ithad players
- 1996 African Cup of Nations players
- 1998 African Cup of Nations players
- 2000 African Cup of Nations players
- 2002 African Cup of Nations players
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