Hosny Abd Rabo

Infobox Football biography


playername = Hosny Abd Rabo
fullname = Hosny Abd Rabo Abd El Motaleb Ibrahim
height = height|m=1.75
weight = weight|kg=72
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1984|11|1
cityofbirth = Ismaïlia
countryofbirth = Egypt
currentclub = Al-Ahli (Dubai)
clubnumber = 12
position = Midfielder
youthyears =
youthclubs = El-Ismaily
years = 2003-2005 2005–2007 2006-2007 2007-2008 2008-present
clubs = El-Ismaily RC Strasbourg El-Ismaily(loan) El-Ismaily Al-Ahli (Dubai)(loan)
caps(goals) = 58 (12) 22 (0) 27 (10) 23 (8)
nationalyears = 2004-present
nationalteam = Egypt
nationalcaps(goals) = 050 (8)
pcupdate = July 1, 2007
ntupdate = June 24, 2008

Hosny Abd Rabo Abd El Motaleb Ibrahim (Arabic: حسني عبدربه عبد المطلب ابراهيم) (born 1 November 1984) is an Egyptian footballer. He plays the defensive midfielder position for Egypt's club El-Ismaily as well as the Egypt national football team.

Career

Ismaily

Hosny started his professional football career at Ismaily in Egypt, and was the youngest player in the Egyptian first division when Ismaily won the League Championship in the season 2001/2002. In 2003 Hosni joined the Egyptian U-20's in the FIFA World Youth Championship 2003 in the Arab Emirates. In this tournament he caught the eyes of big clubs in Europe such as Juventus,Trabzonspor,Arsenal, and also sides such as Nantes, and Strasbourg, but his club Al-Ismaily refused to release him from his contract.

At the end of 2003, he played in the Arabian Club Championship final but lost, achieving the same result in the African Champions League. In 2004 Hosni was selected for the first time in his career to play for the Egyptian national team in the African Cup of Nations in Tunisia and was one of the youngest players in the tournament.

RC Strasbourg

In summer 2005, Hosny signed a five year contract with Racing Club Strasbourg. He was called up for the Egypt squad for the 2006 African Cup of Nations but was injured just one week before the tournament started and could not play. The Egyptian team eventually went on to win the tournament against the Ivory Coast.

Return home

In the 2005-06 season, Strasbourg were relegated to Ligue 2. Hosny then left the team on loan, returning to Al-Ismaily for a season. The move was made effective after the loan's end.

Due to his impressive performances with the Egyptian national team in the ACN 2008 tournament, Hosni has once again caught the eye of a number of European clubs, notably Newcastle United FC, Bolton Wanderers FC and Paris Saint Germain.

Al-Ahli (Dubai)

On 29/7/2008 ,in a shocking move It was announced that Hosny had joined UAE Al-Ahli (Dubai) on loan for 2 years,despite offers from big European clubs in England and Spain.Reports linked him with Atlético Madrid ,Newcastle United and other famous European clubsAfterward Ismaily announced that they received an official offer from C.A. Osasuna and all of this was after Hosny's mouth dropping performance in Africa Cup of Nations Ghana 2008 for which he won Best player, but in spite of all that he joined UAE Al-Ahli (Dubai) in a shocking move,to say the least,for his fansAfter the move officials in Egypt's Al-Ahly announced that they will sue Hosny for signing a contract earlier...But after ward they announced that they will pursuit Racing Club Strasbourg

Honours

National Team
* Winner of African Cup of Youth Championship, Burkina Faso 2003.
* participated in World Youth championship in under 20 Egyptian squad.
* winner of the 11th Pan Arab Games.
* Winner of African Cup of Nations Ghana 2008 playing for Egypt.

Individual
* Nicknamed " The Caesar " (Arabic:القيصر) in Ismaily.
* Dream Channel's Midfield player of the year in Egypt 2006.
* Best Player in Egypt 2007.
* Modern sport Channel's player of the year in Egypt 2007.
* Al Ahram sport Best Midfield player of the year in Egypt2007.
* Player of the tournament in the ACN 2008 in Ghana.
* Came joint second in the top scorers charts in the ACN 2008 tournament.
* Chosen in the starting XI team of the tournament in the ACN 2008 tournament.
* Featured on the front-page of FIFA.com on June 9th: http://fifa.com/worldcup/news/newsid=793619.html#abd+rabou+egypts+hope

"Hosny chosen as the best player in CAN 2008 in Ghana after impressive performance""