Mohamed Ahmed Adel Hekal (; 23 March 1934 – 22 September 2018) was an Egyptian

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who played as a

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for Al-Ahly. He also played for the Egyptian national team, and was part of the team that won the

1959 Events January * January 1 – Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance. * January 2 – Soviet lunar probe Luna 1 is the first human-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reaches the ...

Africa Cup of Nations, and represented his country in the

1960 It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism. Events January * Janu ...

Summer Olympics.

Honours

Africa Cup of Nations The Africa Cup of Nations, commonly abbreviated as AFCON and officially known as the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons, is the main biennial international men's association football competition in Africa. It is s ...

: 1959

Artistic activity

He appeared as a guest of honor at the movie A Rumor of Love (Eshaet Hob ) in 1959 as himself, he also appeared at the movie

Schoolgirl Diary ''Schoolgirl Diary'' () is a 1941 Italian "Telefoni Bianchi, white-telephones" drama film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Alida Valli. Cast * Alida Valli as Anna Campolmi * Irasema Dilián as Maria Rovani (as Irasema Dilian) * Andrea Che ...

(Mozakarat Telmeza ) in 1962, and Talk of the City (Hadeth Al-Madina ) in 1964.

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* 1934 births 2018 deaths Egyptian men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Egypt men's international footballers Al Ahly SC players 1959 African Cup of Nations players 1962 African Cup of Nations players Olympic footballers for Egypt Footballers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Africa Cup of Nations–winning players Egyptian Premier League players Footballers from Cairo 20th-century Egyptian sportsmen {{Egypt-footy-goalkeeper-stub