Ahmed Hamdi (footballer)

Ahmed Hamdi
Personal information
Full name Ahmed Hamdi Hussein Hafez[1]
Date of birth (1998-02-10) 10 February 1998 (age 26)[2]
Place of birth Cairo, Egypt
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[3]
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
Zamalek
Number 5
Youth career
2005–2015 Al Ahly
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2019 Al Ahly 14 (1)
2019El Gouna (loan) 14 (1)
2019–2021 El Gouna 26 (6)
2021CF Montréal (loan) 19 (2)
2021–2023 CF Montréal 13 (0)
2024– Zamalek 13 (1)
International career
2017 Egypt U20 3 (0)
2019 Egypt U23 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 October 2022

Hussein Hafez (Arabic: أحمد حمدي حسين حافظ; born 10 February 1998) is an Egyptian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Egyptian Premier League side Zamalek.

Career

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Hamdy is a product of the Al Ahly youth system. On 18 December 2015, he made his debut with Al-Ahly in a 2015–16 Egyptian Premier League match against Smouha SC under José Peseiro. He started the match before being substituted in the second half.[4]

On 4 February 2021, Hamdy joined Canadian Major League Soccer club CF Montréal on loan for the 2021 season.[5] On 19 October 2021, Montréal announced they had exercised their purchase option on Hamdy.[6]

Upon completion of the 2023 Season, CF Montréal would announce that they would not pick up Hamdi's contract for 2024, ending his time with the club.[7]

In January 2024, Hamdy joined Zamalek. Later that year, on 19 May, he scored the only goal in a 1–0 victory over RS Berkane in the CAF Confederation Cup final second leg, which granted his club their second title in the competition by winning on away goals rule following a 2–2 draw on aggregate.[8]

Honours

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Montreal Impact

Zamalek

References

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  1. ^ Ahmed Hamdi at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ Ahmed Hamdi at Soccerway. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  3. ^ "Ahmed Hamdi Hussein Hafez". CF Montréal. Archived from the original on 6 December 2021. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
  4. ^ "الظهور الرسمي الأول لأحمد حمدي في هزيمة قاسية للأهلي - الأهلي.كوم". www.el-ahly.com.
  5. ^ "CF Montréal acquires Ahmed Hamdi". CF Montreal. 4 February 2021. Archived from the original on 4 February 2021. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  6. ^ Montréal, C. F. "Le CF Montréal exerce l'option de transfert permanent d'Ahmed Hamdi | FC Montreal". CF Montréal.
  7. ^ "CF Montréal exercises options on four players for the 2024 season". CF Montréal. December 1, 2023.
  8. ^ "VIDEO: Zamalek overcome RS Berkane to win Confederation Cup". KingFut. 19 May 2024.
  9. ^ "Montreal beats Toronto FC 1-0 to win Canadian Championship Voyageurs Cup". Retrieved November 21, 2021.[permanent dead link]
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