Adam El-Abd

Adam Mohamad El-Abd (Arabic: آدم العبد‎; born 11 September 1984) is a professional footballer who is player-assistant manager at Whitehawk. He has also played for the Egypt national team.

Adam El-Abd
El-Abd pictured in 2016
Personal information
Full name Adam Mohamad El-Abd[1]
Date of birth (1984-09-11) 11 September 1984[1]
Place of birth Brighton, England
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[1]
Playing position(s) Defender
Youth career
1994–2003 Brighton & Hove Albion
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2014 Brighton & Hove Albion 300 (5)
2003 → Bognor Regis Town (loan) 2 (0)
2014–2016 Bristol City 16 (0)
2014–2015 → Bury (loan) 24 (1)
2015–2016 → Swindon Town (loan) 13 (0)
2016 → Gillingham (loan) 8 (0)
2016–2017 Shrewsbury Town 28 (2)
2017–2019 Wycombe Wanderers 72 (4)
2019–2020 Stevenage 2 (0)
2020-2021 Whitehawk
National team‡
2012–2013 Egypt 7 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:35, 11 February 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13.35, 5 August 2020 (UTC)

Early and personal life

Born in Brighton, East Sussex,[1] to an Egyptian father and a British mother, El-Abd holds dual-nationality. His older brother Joe played professional rugby union and is a coach at Castres Olympique.[2] His younger brother Sami was an apprentice at Brighton, before moving to non-League football with Crawley Town, Hayes & Yeading United, Whitehawk, Bognor Regis Town and now plays for Dorking Wanderers.

Club career

Brighton & Hove Albion

El-Abd joined Brighton's youth department when he was ten and was granted a scholarship there at 16. He signed his first professional contract of two-and-a-half years with Brighton & Hove Albion at the age of 19. He made his full league début for the club in the 2–1 win at Notts County in November 2003. He has since been a regular in the first team squad and can play either in defence at right-back or centre-half, or in a more defensive midfield type role.

During the game at Huddersfield Town on 18 March 2008, El-Abd was stretchered off with medial collateral ligament damage and ruled out for the remainder of the season.[3]

In June 2008, El-Abd signed a new two-year deal with Brighton.[4] He won the Brighton & Hove Albion Player of the Season award for their League One winning 2010–11 campaign.

El-Abd hit the milestone of 250 league appearances for Brighton and Hove Albion on 7 March 2012, named Man of the Match for that game, a 2–2 draw with Cardiff City. El-Abd made his 300th and final league appearance for Brighton coming on as a 90th-minute substitute against Birmingham City on 11 January 2014.

Bristol City

On 16 January 2014, El-Abd transferred to League One club Bristol City for an undisclosed fee.[5] Rarely used at Bristol City, he spent time out on loan at Bury,[6] Swindon Town,[7] and Gillingham.[8]

Shrewsbury Town

After his contract at Bristol City expired, he moved to League One club Shrewsbury Town on a free transfer in July 2016, signing a two-year contract,[9] where he immediately became captain in place of the departed Nathaniel Knight-Percival.[10] He scored his first goal for the club in a 2–1 home victory against Chesterfield on 20 August,[11] but was sent off in a 2–1 defeat at former club Bury three weeks later.[12] After the departure of Shrewsbury manager Micky Mellon, El Abd scored a "30 yard half-volley" in a 1–1 draw away at Southend United on 29 October, to hand new boss Paul Hurst a point in his first match in charge.[13]

El-Abd left the club at the end of June 2017 after his contract was cancelled by mutual consent.[14]

Wycombe Wanderers

On 3 July 2017, El-Abd signed a two-year contract with League Two side Wycombe Wanderers.[15] In May 2018 he extended his contract for a further year, to the end of the 2019–20 season.[16] El-Abd left Wycombe on 2 September 2019 by mutual consent.[17]

Stevenage

He signed for Stevenage on 6 September 2019,[18] but was released by the Hertfordshire side at the end of the 2019–20 season having made just 4 appearances in all competitions.[19]

Whitehawk

El-Abd joined Whitehawk on 5 August 2020 as player-assistant manager. [20]

International career

El-Abd stated in a 2005 interview with EgyptianPlayers.com that he intended to play for the Egyptian national side if he got the call.[21]

On 15 May 2012, and for the first time, Egypt national team coach Bob Bradley included El-Abd in the squad for friendly games against Cameroon, Togo, and Senegal, and also against Mozambique in a FIFA World Cup Qualifier.[22]

Career statistics
As of match played 11 February 2020
Club Season League League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Brighton & Hove Albion 2003–04[23] Division Two 11000002[a]0130
2004–05[24] Championship 1600000−160
2005–06[25] Championship 2901010−310
2006–07[26] League One 42020114[a]0492
2007–08[27] League One 35141103[a]0432
2008–09[28] League One 31020205[a]0400
2009–10[29] League One 351301000391
2010–11[28] League One 37120101[a]0411
2011–12[29] Championship 2302000−250
2012–13[30] Championship 3212000−341
2013–14[31] Championship 901010−110
Total 3005191811503427
Bristol City 2013–14[31] League One 140−−−140
2014–15[32] League One 2010102[a]060
2015–16[33] Championship 00−00−00
Total 160101020200
Bury (loan) 2014–15[32] League Two 241−−−241
Swindon Town (loan) 2015–16[33] League One 13010−00140
Gillingham (loan) 2015–16[33] League One 80−−−80
Shrewsbury Town 2016–17[34] League One 28230201[a]0342
Wycombe Wanderers 2017–18[35] League Two 36130103[a]0431
2018–19[36] League One 34310101[a]0431
2019–20[37] League One 20−000020
Total 724402040824
Stevenage 2019–20[37] League Two 2010−1[a]040
Career total 4631229113123052814

Footnotes

a. ^ appearances in the Football League Trophy.

Bognor Regis Town statistics unavailable

Honours

Brighton & Hove Albion

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References
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  2. "French fairytale as El-Abd wins title the hard way". The Argus. 8 June 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
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  6. "Bury: Adam El-Abd and Robert Milsom join on loan". BBC Sport. 26 November 2014. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
  7. "Swindon Town: Adam El-Abd joins on loan from Bristol City". BBC Sport. 9 October 2015. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
  8. "Adam El-Abd: Gillingham sign Bristol City defender on loan". BBC Sport. 26 February 2016. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
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  15. "First summer signing revealed!". Wycombe Wanderers Official Site. 3 July 2017. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  16. "Skipper extends deal until 2020". Retrieved 23 May 2018.
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  20. https://whitehawkfc.com/ex-albion-legend-joins-hawks-as-assistant-manager/
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  22. "Brighton's Adam El-Abd included in Egypt's squad" Archived 4 May 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 15 May 2012.
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