Hassan Shehata

Hassan Shehata

Shehata in 2012
Personal information
Full name	Hassan Hassan Shehata
Date of birth	(1947-06-19) 19 June 1947 (age 77)
Place of birth	Kafr El Dawwar, Beheira, Egypt
Position(s)	Forward, attacking midfielder
Youth career
	Kafr El Dawar
	Zamalek
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1966–1968	Zamalek
1968–1973	Kazma		(49)
1973–1982	Zamalek		(77)
International career‡
1970–1981	Egypt[1]	52	(14)
Managerial career
1983–1985	Zamalek U20
1985–1986	Zamalek (assistant)
1986–1988	Al-Wasl
1989–1990	Al-Merreikh
1990–1992	Ittihad El Shorta
1992–1993	Al Ittihad Alexandria
1993–1994	Ittihad El Shorta
1995–1996	Zamalek (assistant)
1996–1997	El Minya
1997–1998	El Sharkia
1998–1999	El Shams
1999	Al-Ahly Benghazi
1999–2000	Suez
2000	Al-Fujairah
2001	Dina Farms[2]
2001–2003	Egypt U20
2003–2004	El Mokawloon
2004–2011	Egypt
2011–2012	Zamalek
2012	Al-Arabi
2014	Difaâ El Jadidi
2014–2015	El Mokawloon
2015–2016	Petrojet
2018–2020	FC Mauerwerk (technical advisor)
Medal record Men's football Representing  Egypt (as player) African Games 1973 Africa Cup of Nations 1974 Representing  Egypt (as manager) Africa Cup of Nations Winner 2006 Winner 2008 Winner 2010
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 February 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 February 2023

Hassan Shehata (Egyptian Arabic: حسن شحاتة; born 19 June 1947) is an Egyptian retired football manager and former professional football player who played as a forward. He is considered as one of the best forwards in the history of African football.^[3][4] He was nicknamed the "Master".^[5] As a manager, Shehata led Egypt to three consecutive Africa Cup of Nations titles, in 2006, 2008 and 2010. He is the first ever coach to win three consecutive Africa Cup of Nations titles.

Shehata is one of only two coaches to win the Africa Cup three times, along with Ghana's Charles Gyamfi. As a player, Shehata is widely regarded the best of his generation. He is considered one of the greatest Egyptian footballers of all time. He scored some memorable goals that lived in the fans' memories. The songs and chants that the fans sang in his name are considered eternal in the memory of football fans in Egypt. Shehata started his career in Zamalek, he played almost his whole career with the Cairo giants. He was a prolific goal scorer and is considered one of Zamalek's top scorers of all-time. In 1974, Shehata came 3rd in the African Player of the Year by France Football. Despite not winning the Africa Cup of Nations with Egypt as a player and only obtaining a bronze medal in the 1974 edition, however, as a manager, he won the title three consecutive times, becoming the only manager to make this achievement.^[6]

He stated in a press release that he is proud to be affiliated with the Zamalek Club, and stressed that he had spent the best days of his life inside the White Castle (Zamalek), and he was associated with great players during his career as a player in the team. Shehata pointed out that he is very proud of the Zamalek fans, who created the fame and stardom of all the players who played for the club throughout its long history, and that he considers the Zamalek fans to be the number one player in the system, and their support for the team has not differed over the ages.^[7][8]