Ahmed Samir Farag

Ahmed Samir Farag
Personal information
Full name Ahmed Samir Farag
Date of birth (1986-05-20) 20 May 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth Cairo, Egypt
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Left back / Winger
Team information
Current team
El-Daklyeh
Youth career
1997–2003 Al Ahly
2003–2005 FC Sochaux-Montbéliard
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2007 FC Sochaux-Montbéliard B[1] 4 (1)
2006–2006Al Ahly (loan) 5 (0)
2007–2012 Al-Ismaily 179 (20)
2012–2014 Lierse 39 (1)
2014–2014 Zamalek SC 5 (1)
2014–2016 Al-Ismaily 44 (1)
2016–2018 El-Daklyeh 0 (0)
International career
2008–2012 Egypt 19 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ahmed Samir Farag (Arabic: أحمد سمير فرج; born 20 May 1986) is an Egyptian footballer who plays for El-Daklyeh and Egyptian national football team. Farag mainly plays as a left back but can play as a left midfielder and left winger.

In June 2008, Farag was chosen to the Egypt national football team and took a place in the line-up for the five matches Egypt played in 2010 World Cup Qualifiers. He made his debut match against Congo DR on 1 June 2008.[2]

He was included in the Egypt national under-21 football team in two successive world championships, 2005 World Youth Cup held in Netherlands and 2003 World Youth Cup in UAE. After his performance in 2003, Farag signed his first professional contract with FC Sochaux-Montbéliard at the age of 17, transferring from Al Ahly of Egypt. He was nominated for Young Player of the Year in Africa in 2005. In 2011, he won the best player prize in the Nile Basin Tournament, in Egypt. On 27 February 2014, he joined Zamalek SC for 2 and a half years.[citation needed]

  1. ^ [1][permanent dead link]
  2. ^ Ahmed Samir Farag on FIFA.com Archived 2015-07-15 at the Wayback Machine, September 2008. Retrieved 16 September 2008