Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Ahmed Elsayed Ali Elsayed Hegazy[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | [1] | 25 January 1991||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Ismailia, Egypt | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Centre-back | ||||||||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Neom | ||||||||||||||||
Number | 26 | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
Ismaily | |||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2009–2012 | Ismaily | 28 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2012–2015 | Fiorentina | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2015 | → Perugia (loan) | 10 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2015–2017 | Al Ahly | 40 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2017 | → West Bromwich Albion (loan) | 21 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2017–2021 | West Bromwich Albion | 72 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
2020–2021 | → Al-Ittihad (loan) | 26 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
2021–2024 | Al-Ittihad | 56 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
2024– | Neom | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
2009–2011 | Egypt U20 | 13 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
2011–2014 | Egypt U23 | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2021 | Egypt Olympic (O.P.) | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2011– | Egypt | 83 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:32, 21 July 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 March 2023 |
Ahmed Elsayed Ali Elsayed Hegazy (Egyptian Arabic: أحمد السيد علي السيد حجازي; born 25 January 1991), simply known as Ahmed Hegazi, is an Egyptian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Saudi First Division League club Neom and captains the Egypt national team.
Hegazi has played for the senior Egyptian national team since 2011; during this period, his only absences from the squad have been due to injury. He has represented Egypt in the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup, 2011 African U-20 Championship, 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup, the 2012 Summer Olympics, 2017 Africa Cup of Nations and the 2018 FIFA World Cup. In 2017, he was included in the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations CAF Team of the tournament due to his impressive performances.