Ahmed Salah (volleyball)

Ahmed Salah (born 19 August 1984), also known as Ahmed Abdel Naeim (Arabic: احمد صلاح), is an Egyptian indoor volleyball player. Since 2003 he is a member of the Egypt men's national volleyball team, where he goes by the nickname Salah. He competed at the 2008 and 2016 Summer Olympics and 2006, 2010 and 2014 World Championships.[1]

Ahmed Salah
Salah at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Full nameAhmed Abdelhey Salah El din
NationalityEgyptian
Born (1984-08-19) 19 August 1984
Egypt
Height1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)
Weight87 kg (192 lb)
Spike342 cm (135 in)
Block316 cm (124 in)
Volleyball information
PositionOpposite Spiker
Current teamAl Ahly (volleyball)
Number4
Career
YearsTeams
2001-2009 Al Ahly SC
2010–2011 Dynamo Yanter
2010–2012 Al Ahly SC
2012–2013 Halkbank Ankara
2013–2014 Galatsaray
2014–2018 AL GAISH
2018-present Al Ahly SC
National team
2003–Now Egypt
Last updated: 10 June 2018

Abdelhay was named most valuable player (MVP) at the 2011 and 2015 and best server at the 2011 and 2013 African Championships; he was also voted as best spiker at the 2011 World Cup. He is a patriot and refused several offers to change nationality despite the financial privileges.[1]

Honours

Club

Al Ahly SC
  • Egyptian Volleyball League (8): 2001/02, 2002/03, 2003/04, 2005/06, 2006/07, 2008/09, 2009/10, 2010/11
  • Egyptian Volleyball Cup (9) : 2001/02, 2002/03, 2003/04, 2004/05, 2005/06, 2006/07, 2007/08 , 2009/10, 2010/11
  • African Clubs Championship (5): 2003, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2011
  • Arab Clubs Championship (4): 2002, 2005, 2006, 2010
Halkbank Ankara
Al Gaish

International

Individual

References

  1. Ahmed Abdelhay Archived 20 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine. nbcolympics.com
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