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DeutschAli Zein
| Ali Zein | |||
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.jpg) Zein in 2016 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Ali Zein Mohamed al-Hawwari | ||
| Born | 14 December 1990 Abu Mina', Qena Governorate, Egypt | ||
| Nationality | Egyptian | ||
| Height | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||
| Playing position | Left back | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Dinamo București | ||
| Number | 90 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
1996–2008 | Al Ahly | ||
| Senior clubs | |||
| Years | Team | ||
2008–2013 | Al Ahly | ||
2013–2014 | Étoile Sportive du Sahel | ||
2014–2016 | Al Jazira Club | ||
2016–2018 | Pays d'Aix UC | ||
2018– | Sharjah Sports Club | ||
2020 | → Al Ahly (loan) | ||
2021–2022 | → FC Barcelona | ||
2022– | → Dinamo București | ||
2023 | → Al Ahly (loan) | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2011– | Egypt | 268 | (320) |
Ali Zein Mohamed al-Hawwari (Arabic: علي زين محمد الهواري; born 14 December 1990) is an Egyptian handball player for Romanian side Dinamo București player for Emirati on loan from Sharjah Sports Club and the Egyptian national team.[1]
Club career
[edit]Zein was born in Abu Mina', Qena Governorate, hailing from the Hawwara tribe.[2][3] He started his career at Al Ahly in 1996–97,[4] then he played for Étoile Sportive du Sahel, Al Jazira Club[broken anchor], Pays d'Aix Université Club and Sharjah Sports Club, before joining Barcelona in July 2021,[5] where he won the 2021–22 EHF Champions League.[6] After one season he transferred to Dinamo București.[7]
International career
[edit]He played for Egypt U20 at the 2009 Junior World Championship and 2011 Junior World Championship.
He won the 2013 Mediterranean Games, and the African Championship in 2016, 2020, 2022 and 2024 with Egypt.[8][9] He also represented Egypt at the World Men's Handball Championship in 2013, 2015, 2019,[10][11] 2021 and 2023, and in the 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics.
Honours
[edit]- Club
Al Ahly
- Egypt Handball Cup: 2009
- Arab Handball Championship of Champions: 2010
- African Handball Champions League: 2012
- Egyptian Handball League: 2012–13
- African Handball Cup Winners' Cup: 2013
Étoile du Sahel
- Tunisian Handball Cup: 2013–14
Al Jazira
- UAE Handball League: 2015–16
- UAE President's Handball Cup: 2015–16
Sharjah
- UAE Handball League: 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21
- UAE President's Handball Cup: 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21
Barcelona
- EHF Champions League: 2021–22
- Liga ASOBAL: 2021–22
- Copa del Rey: 2021–22
- Copa ASOBAL: 2021–22
- Supercopa ASOBAL: 2021–22
Dinamo București
- Liga Națională: 2023
- International
Egypt
- Mediterranean Games: 2013
- African Championship: 2016, 2020, 2022, 2024; runner-up 2018
- Individual
- Best Player at the 2018 African Championship
- Best Left Back at the 2020 African Championship
- Best Left Back at the 2022 African Championship
References
[edit]- ^ "2015 World Championship Roster" (PDF). IHF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 December 2014. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
- ^ «الهواري» أول صعيدي يرتدي قميص برشلونة.. فرحة عارمة في قنا (in Arabic). Akhbar el-Yom. 2 July 2021.
- ^ صعيدي في برشلونة.. علي زين يُحقق حلمًا تأخر 12 عامًا (in Arabic). elnas.net. 15 July 2021.
- ^ "Zein: "From the first day, this was my game"". International Handball Federation. 14 April 2023.
- ^ "HANDBALL: Ali Zein makes sensational move to World champions Barcelona". KingFut. 2 July 2021.
- ^ "FC Barcelona and Ali Zein go their separate ways". FC Barcelona. 29 June 2022.
- ^ "HANDBALL: Ali Zein joins Dinamo București from Barcelona". KingFut. 14 April 2022.
- ^ "HANDBALL: Egypt crowned African champions for eighth time". KingFut. 18 July 2022.
- ^ "Handball: Egypt in quest for Paris ticket as they host African championship". Ahram Online. 16 January 2024.
- ^ 2019 World Men's Handball Championship roster
- ^ "إعلان قائمة مصر النهائية لمونديال اليد". kooora.com. 7 January 2019.
External links
[edit]- Ali Zein at the Ligue Nationale de Handball (in French)
- Ali Zein at Olympedia
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