Ahmed Hassan

Football player infobox
playername = Ahmed Hassan


fullname = Ahmed Hassan
nickname = El Saker El Masri (The Egyption Falcon)
height = height|m=1.81
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1975|05|02
cityofbirth = Maghagha
countryofbirth = Egypt
currentclub = El Ahly
clubnumber = 17
position = Midfielder/Winger
youthyears = 1991-96
youthclubs = Aswan
years = 1996-97
1997-98
1998-2000
2000-01
2001-03
2003-05
2005-08
2008-Present
clubs = Aswan
Ismaily
Kocaelispor
Denizlispor
Gençlerbirliği
Beşiktaş
Anderlecht
El Ahly
caps(goals) = 15 (7)
22 (6)
49 (5)
30 (8)
41 (23)
79 (30)
53 (17)
9(2)
nationalyears = 1995 -Present
nationalteam = Egypt Captain
nationalcaps(goals) = 144 (24)
pcupdate = September 7, 2008
ntupdate = September 7, 2008

Ahmed Hassan ( _ar. أحمد حسن) (born 2 May 1975, in Maghagha,Egypt) [ [http://www.rsca.be/playerfile.php?language=en&playerid=74&menu=3&submenu=15&supersubmenu= RSCA.BE, Official website of RSC Anderlecht ] ] is an Egyptian football player who plays as an attacking midfielder or on the right wing for El Ahly in (Egypt) and the Egyptian national team.

Career

He started his professional football career at Aswan Club in the Egyptian lower divisions. After one season there, he moved to the more successful Ismaily. He was 20 when he was selected for the first time to play in the Egyptian national team's friendly match against Ghana on 29 December, 1995 [ [http://nationscup.mtnfootball.com/live/content.php?Player_ID=470 MTNfootball.com - MTN Africa Cup of Nations - Player Profile: Ahmed Hassan (Egypt) ] ] . After his impressive performances with the Egyptian national team in the African Cup of Nations 1998, including scoring a goal from a long range shot against South Africa in the final that helped win the tournament, Hassan joined Turkish side Kocaelispor at the age of 22. In 2000, he was transferred to Denizlispor. In 2001, he joined his Egyptian international teammate Abdel Zaher El-Saqua when he moved to Gençlerbirliği.

After three successful seasons with the club, during which the team twice made the Turkish Cup Final, he moved to Beşiktaş where he was a first team regular as well as a regular on the team's scoring sheet. He particularly impressed manager Jean Tigana who, despite being known for selecting younger players for his first team, still regarded the 30-year-old Hassan a key player of the squad. He stated that "Hassan is a hardworking player who is quick and talented. His only problem is not liking the team play. He wants to be free on the pitch. He is my irregular prince as he doesn't play in the team-system." [ [http://www.egyptianplayers.com/ahmed-hasan/articles-ahmedhasan382.htm Tigana's Irregular Prince ] ]

African Cup of Nations

Hassan has played in six African Cup of Nations tournaments for Egypt, winning the tournament three times, first in 1998 and again in 2006 and finally in 2008. In the African Cup of Nations 2006, he was chosen as captain of his country and helped the team's cause with 4 goals in 6 matches, which placed him as the second top goal scorer of the tournamenthttp://www.fifa.com/en/mens/index/0,2527,114620,00.html?articleid=114620] . He was named later "Best Player of the tournament" after winning his second title and Egypt's fifth.

In 2008 Ahmed Hassan Captained Egypt to their sixth African Cup of Nations Victory.

Ahmed Ramadan Hassan is one of few players who have earned more than 100 international caps for Egypt.

R.S.C. Anderlecht

After he was named "Best Player of the African Cup of Nations 2006", Fulham F.C., Newcastle United F.C., and Espanyol were reportedly interested in signing him. However, he chose to move to R.S.C. Anderlecht, the Belgian First Division champions, on a free transfer after he chose not to extend his contract with Beşiktaş, which ended in 2006. Hassan joined Anderlecht due to its automatic qualification to the UEFA Champions League.

He has been an important part of the Anderlecht attack, setting-up and scoring goals himself. Currently, his position in the midfield is in front of Lucas Biglia and Jan Polák, just behind the strikers Serhat Akin and Nicolas Frutos. He has stated that this season will be his last for "Les Mauves". His family has already returned to Egypt, where he will follow them next year, possibly in the January transfer window

Hassan became second to win the Belgian Golden Shoe, which you get when you are the most valuable player of the year, after winner Steven Defour of Standard de Liège. That was a huge disappointment for him and one of the reasons he left Belgium behind. [ [http://goal.com/en/Articolo.aspx?ContenutoId=412691 Goal.com - Africa - Egypt’s Hassan To Return Home ] ] .

Return to Egypt

He chose to move to Egyptian club El Ahly to end his career in Egypt. He signed a 2 year contract with El Ahly as of May 2008. He scored in his first competitive match against legendary rival Zamalek, in the opening of the CAF Champions League, from a long-range free-kick.He scored his second after a week exactly and against Zamalek too from a cross from his teammate Mohamed Barakat. He scored 2 goals in the first 2 games he played.

Notes

External links

* [http://www.freewebs.com/ahmedhassan10/ahmedhassan.html/ Ahmed Hassan Unofficial Website]
* [http://www.egplayers.blogspot.com/ ALL ABOUT EGYPTIAN PLAYERS]
* http://www.egyptianplayers.com/ahmed-hasan/Ahmed-Hassan-page.htm
* [http://www.rsca.be/playerfile.php?language=en&playerid=74&menu=3&submenu=15 Player profile at rsca.be]
* [http://www.rsca.be/playerfile.php?language=fr&playerid=74&menu=3&submenu=15 Player fiche at rsca.be]
* [http://www.rsca.be/playerfile.php?language=nl&playerid=74&menu=3&submenu=15 Player fiche at rsca.be]
* http://www.socceregypt.com/socceregypt/socceregypt.php/2006/4/24/egyptian_player_abroad_playeras_profile_1
* [http://www.tff.org/Default.aspx?pageId=526&kisiID=29472 Profile at TFF.org]