 Aboutrika lining up for Al Ahly in 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Mohamed Mohamed Mohamed Aboutrika | |||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 7 November 1978 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Nahia, Giza, Egypt | |||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder, forward | |||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1990–1997 | Tersana | |||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1997–2003 | Tersana | 165 | (91) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2004–2013 | Al Ahly | 163 | (77) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | → Baniyas (loan) | 6 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 334 | (170) | ||||||||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2000 | Egypt U23 | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2012 | Egypt Olympic (O.P.) | 4 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2001–2013 | Egypt | 100 | (38) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||||||||
Mohamed Mohamed Mohamed Aboutrika (Arabic: محمد محمد محمد أبو تريكة; born 7 November 1978) is an Egyptian retired professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder and a forward. He was voted second place in the African Footballer of the Year award in 2008, and was one of five nominees for the 2006 award, and one of the ten nominated for the 2013 award. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest African players of all time.
Aboutrika won the African Cup of Nations in 2006 with the Egyptian national team. He also scored the winning goal to help Egypt win the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations. He helped his club Al Ahly to win the bronze medal in the FIFA Club World Cup in 2006.[2]
Off the pitch, he has been noted for both various humanitarian efforts as well as his philanthropy in Egypt.[3]
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- ^ "BBC Sport – Four Nigerians on Caf awards list". BBC Sport. 5 December 2013. Retrieved 5 December 2013.
- ^ Today, Politics (10 May 2018). "A National Hero's Quest for Justice: the Story of Mohamed Aboutrika in Egypt". Politics Today. Retrieved 28 April 2023.