.jpg) Hehazi with Egypt in the 1920 Olympic Games | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 14 September 1889 | ||
| Place of birth | Cairo, Khedivate of Egypt | ||
| Date of death | 8 October 1961 (aged 72) | ||
| Place of death | Cairo, Egypt | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1911 | Dulwich Hamlet | ||
| 1911 | Fulham | 1 | (1) |
| 1911–1914 | Dulwich Hamlet | ||
| 1914–1915 | Sekka | ||
| 1915–1919 | Al Ahly | ||
| 1919–1923 | Zamalek | ||
| 1923–1928 | Al Ahly | ||
| 1928–1931 | Zamalek | ||
| International career | |||
| 1916–1930 | Egypt | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Hussein Hegazi (Arabic: حسين حجازي, romanized: Ḥusayn Ḥijāziyy; 14 September 1889 – 8 October 1961) was an Egyptian international footballer. He is considered the father of Egyptian football. Hegazi played in England at the prime of his career. He spent most of his professional career in Zamalek, where he was a part of the team that won the Sultan Hussein Cup in 1921, becoming the first Egyptian team to ever win a tournament.
He also played for the Egypt national football team in their first match in 1916. With the Egypt national football team, he was in the first team created to represent the country in 1916. He participated with Egypt at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp and the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris.[1][2]
- ^ "حسين حجازي رياضيون" [Athletes: Hussein Hijazi]. State Information Service of Egypt. 23 December 2013. (Egyptian flags and personalities).
- ^ عزت, محمود (8 October 2021). "حسين حجازي - أبو الكرة المصرية الذي كتب الإنجليز فيه الشعر.. وإشادة خاصة من ملك إسبانيا". FilGoal.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 16 May 2024.