Fouad Gamil (born 1897, date of death unknown) was an Egyptian

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. He competed in the men's tournament at the

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Career

Gamil was a part of

Zamalek SC Zamalek Sporting Club ( ar, نادي الزمالك للألعاب الرياضية), commonly referred to as Zamalek, is an Egyptian sports club based in Giza. It is one of the most successful football clubs in Africa and the Middle East, an ...

team that won the

Sultan Hussein Cup The Sultan Hussein Cup (1917–1938) was the first local Egyptian football (soccer), football competition. It preceded the Egypt Cup, Egyptian Cup & the regional leagues (Cairo League, Cairo, Alexandria, Bahary & Canal Zone League, Canal). In 1916 ...

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, becoming the first Egyptian team to ever win a title. He represented

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in the men's tournament at the

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Honours

Zamalek *

, 1922 *

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, 1932 *

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: 1922–23, 1928–29, 1929–30 *

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: 1924–25

References

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* 1897 births Year of death missing Egyptian men's footballers Egypt men's international footballers Olympic footballers for Egypt Footballers at the 1924 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing Men's association football defenders {{Egypt-footy-bio-stub