 Elneny with Egypt at the 2018 FIFA World Cup | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Mohamed Naser Elsayed Elneny[1] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 11 July 1992[2] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | El Mahalla El Kubra, Egypt[3] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[3] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | |||||||||||||||||||
| Team information | ||||||||||||||||||||
Current team | Al Jazira | |||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 17 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1997–2008 | Al Ahly | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2010 | Al Mokawloon | |||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2013 | Al Mokawloon | 35 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | → Basel (loan) | 15 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2016 | Basel | 76 | (5) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2024 | Arsenal | 91 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | → Beşiktaş (loan) | 27 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Al Jazira | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2011 | Egypt U20 | 7 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2015 | Egypt U23 | 5 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2024 | Egypt Olympic (O.P.) | 6 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2011– | Egypt | 103 | (8) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:14, 25 August 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:30, 10 September 2024 (UTC) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Mohamed Naser Elsayed Elneny (Arabic: محمد ناصر السيد النني; born 11 July 1992)[4] is an Egyptian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for UAE Pro League club Al Jazira and the Egypt national team.
Elneny began his senior career in the Egyptian Premier League, before moving to Swiss club Basel in January 2013. He won eight honours at Basel, including the Swiss Super League in each of his four seasons. In January 2016, he transferred to Arsenal. He joined Beşiktaş on loan for the 2019–2020 season and departed Arsenal in 2024.
Elneny competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics for the Egyptian under-23 team. He has earned over 100 caps for the senior team since 2011, representing Egypt at the Africa Cup of Nations in 2017, 2019, 2021 and 2023, as well as the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
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- ^ "Mohamed Elneny: Overview". ESPN. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
- ^ a b "Mohamed Elneny". Arsenal F.C. Archived from the original on 27 May 2022. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
- ^ Hamdallah, Abu Bakr (30 December 2016). "قصة صعود "النني".. من شوارع المحلة إلى عاصمة الضباب للمزيد". Tahrir News. Archived from the original on 15 July 2018. Retrieved 1 October 2016.