Ahmed Abdelaziz Shobeir (; born 28 September 1960) is former Egyptian

goalkeeper In many team sports that involve scoring goal (sport), goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie, or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or i ...

who played for

Al Ahly Al-Ahly Sporting Club (), commonly known as Al-Ahly, is an Egyptian professional sports club based in Cairo, Egypt. The club is mainly known for its professional football team which currently plays in the Egyptian Premier League, the highest ...

club &

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. He is a former vice-president of the

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, and a previous official of Egyptian national Olympic team. He became notorious for his appearance with his national team in the

1990 FIFA World Cup The 1990 FIFA World Cup was the 14th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial Association football, football tournament for men's senior national teams. It was held from 8 June to 8 July 1990 in Italy, the second country to host the event for a second ...

, especially in the goalless draw against the Irish team, in which his teammates constantly passed the ball back to him as a deliberate time-wasting tactic, resulting in a dour, emotionless match. This match is said to be the catalyst for the implementation of the

back-pass rule In association football, the back-pass rule prohibits the goalkeeper from handling the ball in most cases when it is passed to them by a teammate. It is described in Law 12, Section 2 of the Laws of the Game. Award Goalkeepers are normally allo ...

following the tournament. He was also a member in the Egyptian Parliament, representing his city

Tanta Tanta ( ' ) is a city in Egypt. Tanta had a population of 658,798 in 2018, making it the fifth most populous city in Egypt. Tanta is located between Cairo and Alexandria: north of Cairo and southeast of Alexandria. The capital of Gharbia Gove ...

, in

Gharbia Governorate Gharbia ( ', , "the western governorate") is one of the governorates of Egypt. It is located in the north of the country, south of Kafr El Sheikh Governorate, and north of Monufia Governorate. Its capital is Tanta, which is 90 km north of ...

for the term, starting 2005 and ending in 2010. He was a member in the ruling National Democratic Party that eventually got dissolved following the 2011 Egyptian Revolution that toppled Egypt's President

Hosni Mubarak Muhammad Hosni El Sayed Mubarak (; 4 May 1928 – 25 February 2020) was an Egyptian politician and military officer who served as the fourth president of Egypt from 1981 to 2011 and the 41st Prime Minister of Egypt, prime minister from 1981 to ...

. He has been a renowned football T.V. commentator and show anchor since his retirement. He started at Dream channel and at "AlHayat TV" for his TV show "'El Kora Ma'a Shobeir" or "The Football with Shobeir". He then hosted a nightly football news and commentating show with the same name at ONTime Sport, as well as a radio show on ON Sport FM until July 2024. His youngest son, Mostafa Shobeir, is Al Ahly’s current goalkeeper.

Honours

Personal * 7th Best African Footballer by France Football 1989 * 5th Best African Footballer by France Football 1990 * Best Egyptian goalkeeper several times * Best Arab goalkeeper in 1987, 1989 & 1996 * President's Cup Most Valuable Player:

1993 The United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly of the United Nations designated 1993 as: * International Year for the World's Indigenous People The year 1993 in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands had only 364 days, since its ...

International * Participated in World Cup, Italy 1990 * African cup of nations 1986, Gold Medal * Pan Arab Games gold medal & Arab Cup title in 1992 * All-African Games gold medal in 1987 Al-Ahly * 8 Egyptian League titles * 7

Egypt Cup The Egypt Cup (also known as the Egyptian FA Cup and formerly as the King Farouk Cup) is the main knockout football cup competition in Egypt. It is the oldest club competition in Africa. The first team to win the trophy was Zamalek in 1922. Al A ...

titles * 1 African Champions League titles * 4

African Cup Winners' Cup The African Cup Winners' Cup was a football competition that started in 1975 and merged with the CAF Cup in 2004 to form the CAF Confederation Cup. It was a competition between the winning clubs of domestic cups in CAF-affiliated nations and w ...

titles * 1

Afro-Asian Club Championship The Afro-Asian Club Championship, sometimes referred to as the Afro-Asian Cup, was a football competition endorsed by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) and Asian Football Confederation (AFC), contested between the winners of the Africa ...

title in 1988 * 1 Arab cup winners' cup title in 1994 * 1 Arab club champions cup title in 1996 * Played for

Sports club, from 1980 to 1997

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Egyptian men's footballers Egypt men's international footballers Al Ahly SC players Members of the House of Representatives (Egypt) 1960 births Living people 1990 FIFA World Cup players 1986 African Cup of Nations players 1988 African Cup of Nations players 1992 African Cup of Nations players 1994 African Cup of Nations players Men's association football goalkeepers National Democratic Party (Egypt) politicians Sportspeople from Tanta FIFA Men's Century Club Egyptian Premier League players African Games gold medalists for Egypt African Games gold medalists in football Footballers at the 1987 All-Africa Games CAF Champions League–winning players 20th-century Egyptian sportsmen {{Egypt-footy-goalkeeper-stub

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