Hossam Ashour

Hossam Ashour
Ashour with Al Ahly in 2011
Personal information
Full name Hossam Mohamed Ashour Sanad Atia[1]
Date of birth (1986-03-09) 9 March 1986 (age 38)[2]
Place of birth Cairo, Egypt
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[3]
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Youth career
Al Ahly
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2020 Al Ahly 286 (3)
2020–2022 Al Ittihad 8 (0)
International career
2005 Egypt U20 1 (0)
2008–2018 Egypt 14 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Hossam Mohamed Ashour Sanad Atia (Arabic: حسام محمد عاشور سند عطية, born 9 March 1986) is an Egyptian former footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.

After progressing through the club's youth system, Ashour established himself in the first team of Al Ahly and became one of the most decorated footballers with a single club.[4] He has made more than 500 appearances in all competitions.[5]

Having represented Egypt at under-20 level, he made his senior international debut for Egypt in 2008 and won 14 caps in total.[6]

  1. ^ Hossam Ashour at Soccerway. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  2. ^ "FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2012 presented by Toyota: List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 29 November 2012. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 December 2012.
  3. ^ "FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2008 Presented By TOYOTA — List Of Players" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 5 December 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 December 2008.
  4. ^ "حسام عاشور.. جندي الأهلي المجهول الذي عانق 36 لقبًا". Al-Masry Al-Youm (in Arabic). 20 March 2020.
  5. ^ "Hossam Ashour Reaches Historic 500th Appearance with Ahly". albawaba.com. 6 February 2019.
  6. ^ "Hossam Ashour". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 11 February 2019.