Amir Azmy Megahed (; born February 14, 1983) is an Egyptian football coach and retired player. He currently works as assistant coach for

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Career

In December 2003, Azmy was suspended from football for 14 months following a positive doping test at the

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. Azmy pledged not guilty for the dope found in his blood, and claimed that it was a component of a prescribed drug he took as part of his muscular enhancement training. He appealed for the suspension to be cancelled, but the appeal was not accepted. After spending the suspension period, he signed for PAOK and was a regular starter before being transferred to Al-Shabab in

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in what was eventually an unsuccessful experience for the player, where he featured very rarely as a starter. As a result, Amir moved to the

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and joined

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and was a key member of the team in their winning of the Cypriot title and qualifying as a result to the

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. After signing to Hacettepe Spor in June 2008, Azmy rapidly became a regular starter among the back four of the team. He featured as a starter in the first four games of the

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, and made some decent displays, among which he was chosen as

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against

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. In September 2008, Azmy started the match against Fenerbahçe, and was chosen to man-mark the

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international

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. He played a decent game, and well-managed to prevent the player's attacking chances, and helped his team to beat Fenerbahçe 1-0 for the first time in history. On September 25, 2008, Amir Azmy was chosen among a list of seven players playing abroad to feature for

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in their last game of the

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first round against

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on October 12.

Personal life

His father,

Azmi Mohamed Megahed Azmi Mohamed Megahed (; 15 April 1950 – 12 September 2020) was an Egyptian volleyball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1976 Summer Olympics. Biography Born in Dakahlia, Megahed played for Zamalek SC and Egypt national ...

, was a volleyball player.

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