Ahmad Farag Mohamed Belal ( ar, أحمد فرج محمد بلال ; born August 20, 1980) is an

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football striker.

Career

Ahmed Belal started playing professionally for the Egyptian team,

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, since 2000. He competed for the club for five years. He scored 44 goals in

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, 3 goals in

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, and 9 Goals in African Club Cups. Ahmed Belal transferred in 2005 to the Turkish side

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, but chose to return home for his

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ian side because he wanted to win tournaments, the thing he missed in

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. In 2007, Belal has returned to his home again

after a short period in

. In 2009, Belal became the club captain after the release of former captain

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. In June 2010, Belal moved to

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, the club that recently promoted to the Egyptian Premier League. The reason for the transfer is to experience more first team football. He failed to find form in the first few matches and lost his starting line-up place but after regaining it under new coach

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he scored 5 goals and became the team 's top scorer and lead them away from the danger zone.

International career

Belal has an obvious contribution with national teams. He won the African Junior Championship title in 1997, and participated in the FIFA U-17 World Championship 1997 in Egypt, and scored 3 goals there. His biggest contribution came in African Cup of Nations

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, where he scored a goal for Egypt. Belal did not participate in the African Cup of Nations

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because of the Egyptian Coach Hassan Shehata point of view. While his debut national game was on 8 Aug 2002, against

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when he scored a goal in a friendly match in

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. After 5 years of absence Belal was called up for the Nile Basin Tournament held in Egypt in January 2011, he participated in the first two group matches but failed to score and lost his starting line-up place, however he returned at the semi-finals against

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scoring a

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and giving an awe inspiring performance that helped Egypt get a 5-1 victory.

Honours

Club

Al Ahly * CAF Champions League: 2001, 2005,

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: 2002, 2009 * Egyptian Premier League: 1998-99, 1999-00, 2004–05, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009-10 *

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: 2001, 2003, 2007 *

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: 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009

International

Egypt U17 * African Under-17 Championship: 1997

Individual

* Top scorer in the

(2002–2003)

References

External links

TFF statistics
{{DEFAULTSORT:Belal, Ahmad 1980 births Living people Egyptian footballers Egypt international footballers Al Ahly SC players Association football forwards Konyaspor footballers Expatriate footballers in Turkey Egyptian expatriate footballers Süper Lig players 2004 African Cup of Nations players Egyptian Premier League players People from Sharqia Governorate Egypt youth international footballers