Ibrahim Hassan

Ibrahim Hassan Hussein (Arabic: إبراهيم حسن حسين‎; born 10 August 1966) is an Egyptian former professional football player who played as a right back. Ibrahim Hassan has well over 100 caps for Egypt. His twin brother Hossam also played professional football, and they shared clubs for most of their extensive careers.[1][2]

For the Ghanaian sprinter, see Ibrahim Hassan (athlete). For the Egyptian footballer born 1990, see Ibrahim Hassan (footballer, born 1990).

Ibrahim Hassan

Personal information
Full name	Ibrahim Hassan Hussein
Date of birth	(1966-08-10) 10 August 1966
Place of birth	Cairo, Egypt
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position(s)	Right back
Youth career
1983–1985	Al Ahly
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1985–1990	Al Ahly	78	(14)
1990–1991	PAOK	24	(6)
1991–1992	Neuchâtel Xamax	13	(0)
1992–1999	Al Ahly	161	(24)
1999–2000	Al Ain
2000–2004	Zamalek	61	(12)
2004–2006	Al Masry	47	(4)
National team
1988–2002	Egypt	131	(14)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

Born in Cairo, Hassan played professionally for almost twenty years, in a career in which he shared teams with his sibling Hossam for its vast majority. He represented Al Ahly (twice), PAOK FC, Neuchâtel Xamax, Al Ain SCC, Zamalek SC and Al-Masry, even joining his twin in his abroad spells in Greece, Switzerland and United Arab Emirates.

Hassan retired at almost 40 years of age, going on to have a spell as assistant manager in former team El-Masry, where his brother would also start his coaching career in 2008.[3] In 2010, after a brief spell as assistant manager with Zamalek, he became the club's director of football.

International career

Hassan played 125 games and scored 12 goals for Egypt for almost 20 years, as Hossam.[4] He appeared for the national team at the 1990 FIFA World Cup, helping it to two draws and a narrow 0–1 defeat against England. His brother was also an undisputed starter, as the pair became the first players from Africa to be selected to FIFA's Century Club. However Ibrahim Hassan remains the only Egyptian footballer who made the FIFA world team selection (three times) and in fact played twice on two separate occasions in 1990 & 1999 against Bosnia and South Africa respectively

Career statistics

International

Egypt national team[5]
Year	Apps	Goals
1988	16	3
1989	20	1
1990	15	0
1991	11	4
1992	4	0
1993	7	1
1994	6	0
1995	7	1
1996	3	1
1997	12	0
1998	0	0
1999	12	1
2000	11	0
2001	6	2
2002	1	0
Total	131	14

Honours

Club

• Egyptian League (14): 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1988–89, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2003–04
• Egyptian Cup (5): 1984–85, 1988–89, 1992–93, 1995–96, 2001–02
• Egyptian Super Cup (2): 2001, 2002
• African Cup Winners' Cup (4): 1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1992–93
• African Champions League (2): 1986–87, 2001–02
• Arab Champions League: 1995–96
• Arab Cup Winners' Cup: 1993–94
• Arab Super Cup: 1997, 1998
• Afro-Asian Cup: 1988
• African Super Cup: 2002
• Arab Champions League: 2002–03
• Saudi-Egyptian Super Cup: 2003
• UAE League: 1999–2000

International

Egypt

• Arab Nations Cup: 1992

References

1. Smyth, Rob (4 August 2004). "Footballing Questions Answered". London: The Guardian. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
2. The game's terrible twins; FIFA.com, 12 February 2010
3. "Hossam Hassan appointed as Al-Masri Coach". Yallakora. Archived from the original on 18 August 2009. Retrieved 20 November 2009.
4. "Ibrahim Hassan– Goals in International Matches". RSSSF. 23 July 2003. Retrieved 12 February 2012.
5. Ibrahim Hassan - Century of International Appearances

External links

• Ibrahim Hassan at National-Football-Teams.com