- Mahmoud Mokhtar El-Tetsh
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For the Egyptian sculptor, see Mahmoud Mokhtar
El Tetsh 
Personal information Full name Mahmoud Mokhtar Date of birth October 12, 1905 Place of birth Cairo, Egypt Date of death October 10, 1959 (aged 53) Place of death Cairo, Egypt Playing position Striker Youth career 1922 El-Ahly Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1922-1940 El-Ahly ? (?) National team ? Egypt ? * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).Mahmoud Mokhtar, nicknamed El-Tetsh (date of birth and death unknown) was an Egyptian football player. He was born in 1905 in Cairo, Egypt and played for el-Ahly club in 1922. He joined the first team in the same year and played his first game with el-Ahly against an English aviation team in the Sultan Cup of Egypt. El-Ahly won 2:1, with el-Tetsh scoring the winning goal.
People nicknamed Mahmoud Mukhtar el-Tetsh because of his short stature and ability to jump, which delighted people. He was known to a small Bahlawan in London, who performed at the Buckingham Palace concerts.
El Tetsh was considered to be the most talented footballer in the country's history and attracted the hearts of many of hi countrymen who travelled to Al Ahly's stadium, which was later to be named after him, merely to catch a glimpse of him in action.[1]
El-Tetsh was part of the captain of the National Team for ten years until he decided to retire from the game, which he did at the height of his career in 1940. Egypt also participated in the 1924, 1928 and 1936 Olympics.
El-Tetsh assumed the post of secretary general of the Egyptian Olympic Committee from 1956 until 1959.
The Ahly Club in el-Gezira has a stadium named after el-Tetsh to commemorate his role in raising the level of the game in the Ahly Club.
References
See also
Egypt squad – 1934 FIFA World Cup 
Categories:- 1905 births
- 1959 deaths
- Egyptian footballers
- Al-Ahly S.C. players
- Egypt international footballers
- 1934 FIFA World Cup players
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