Magdi Abdelghani

Magdi Abdelghani Sayed Ahmed (Arabic: مجدي عبد الغني سيد أحمد‎; born 27 July 1959) is an Egyptian retired professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. He was the first player to ever score a goal for egypt in the world cup, this goal was very remarkable as egypt hasn’t qualified to a world cup till 28 years later

Magdy Abdelghany
Personal information
Full name Magdy Abdelghany Sayed Ahmed
Date of birth (1959-07-27) 27 July 1959
Place of birth Cairo, Egypt
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position(s) Attacking midfielder
Youth career
1965–1979 Al Ahly
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1979–1988 Al Ahly
1988–1993 Beira-Mar
1993–1994 El Mokawloon
National team
1981–1992 Egypt 50 (5)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Playing career

Abdelghani played 50 caps for Egypt, at the 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy he scoring a penalty against Netherlands.[1]

He also competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics,[2] and helped the Pharaohs win the 1986 African Cup of Nations on home soil. He also won an All-African Games gold medal in 1987.[3]

References
  1. "Netherlands – Egypt 1–1 (0–0)". Planet World Cup. 12 June 1990. Retrieved 1 May 2012.
  2. "Abdelghani Sayed". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 29 August 2018. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
  3. "Egypt Versus Kenya". www.angelfire.com/ak/EgyptianSports. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
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