Gamal Abdel-Hamid (; born 24 November 1957) is an Egyptian

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manager and former

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who played as a

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. He played for

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and the

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. He is one of the all-time top scorers of the

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. He is regarded as one of the best forwards in the history of African football. Abdel-Hamid was a part of the team that won the

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. He captained

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at the

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. He started his professional career in

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, however, after his injury, he signed for

in a highly publicized move in 1983. He spent the rest of his career with in the White Castle. After his retirement, he was elected as Zamalek's board member for more than a period. He also works as a football analyst in Egyptian sports channels.

Club career

Al-Ahly

Gamal Abdel-Hamid began his career by playing for the Ain El-Sira Youth Center, afterwards, he took tests at the 54 El-Harby Club in 1976, and was picked up by Chico and presented to Captain Awadin, Al Ahly's Youth coach. He began his professional career with

on April 24, 1977, when he replaced Al-Ahly striker Mahmoud El-Khatib at the beginning of the second half against El-Sekka El-Hadid in the 26th week of the

, and scored his first goal only 23 minutes after his participation, scoring the third and final goal for Al Ahly in the match against Ahmed. Before. Abdel-Hamid scored his last goal for Al Ahly, against El-Salergani, Isco's goalkeeper, on May 1, 1982, in the 25th round, in the 67th minute, to lead Al-Ahly to a 3-0 victory. His career with Al Ahly continued for 6 years until he suffered a serious injury on October 10, 1982 in a joint match with goalkeeper

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, which completely changed his football path. His career in Al Ahly witnessed his participation in 110 matches, during which he scored 33 goals, including 28 in the league in 91 matches, 3 goals in 10 matches in the

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, and two African goals in 9 matches. With Al-Ahly, he achieved 8 championships in 6 years, including 5 league championships in 1976-77, 1978-79, 1979-80, 1980-81, 1981-82, and two Egypt Cup titles in 1978 and 1981, Al Ahly’s first

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, and he was Al-Ahly's top scorer along with El-Khatib in the Egyptian Premier League’s 1978-79 season with 7 goals.

Zamalek

Abdel-Hamid missed the 1982-83 season due to injury after Al Ahly released him, and Zamalek coach

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picked him up, starting to write a new history for him with his new club over 10 consecutive seasons. He scored 96 goals in Zamalek shirt across 232 matches, succeeding

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and

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as Zamalek’s top scorer in the last six decades. Abdel-Hamid scored 73 goals in the

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, placing him in fourth place on the list of Zamalek’s top scorers, behind Abdel Halim Ali,

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, and Hassan Shehata, ahead of

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by one goal, his record in 188 matches. Abdel-Hamid became the fifth player to score 100 goals in the history of the Egyptian league, when he scored a goal against

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in the second round of the 1992-93 season, with 101 goals in 279 league matches, and he came ninth in the list of the all-time top scorers. He scored 7 goals in the

in 12 matches, bringing his number of his goals in domestic competitions to 111 goals in 301 matches with both clubs he played for. Abdel-Hamid also scored 16 African goals in 31 matches, with Zamalek shirt. He also scored a goal in a single participation in the

1987 Afro-Asian Club Championship The 1987 Afro-Asian Club Championship, was the 2nd Afro-Asian Club Championship competition endorsed by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) and Asian Football Confederation (AFC), contested between the winners of the African Champions' Cu ...

. Abdel-Hamid achieved 9 titles with Zamalek, including 4 league titles in the seasons; 1983-84, 1987-88, 1991-92, 1992-93. He also won the Egypt Cup once in

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, and won the

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twice in

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and

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, and he achieved the Afro-Asian title in

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. He won the title of top scorer in the Egyptian Premier league in the 1987-88 season, with 10 goals.

International career

Abdel-Hamid's career with

began in 1979 when Abdel Moneim El-Hag, the national team coach at the time, included him in his ranks to participate in the

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qualifiers. He played his first match against

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at Zamalek Stadium, and Egypt won with a score of 3-0. By 1984, Abdel-Hamid became one of the stars of Egyptian football and participated in winning the

. He then became Egypt's captain in the 1987 African Games in

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, and Egypt won the gold medal. He was also joint top-scorer at the

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, with 2 goals. Abdel-Hamid captained Egypt at 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 ...

group stage. He scored 24 international goals for his country.

Post retirement career

After Gamal Abdel Hamid retired from football, he headed to training for a short period at Saudi club Al-Hazem in 2003, an Al-Taawoun for the 2003-04 season, both clubs in the

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. Then he moved to the field of sports management and held the position of member of the Board of Directors of

for more than a period. He also works as a football analyst in television for Egyptian sports channels.

Honours

Club

Ahly *

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: 1978-79, 1979-80, 1980-81, 1981-82 *

: 1977-78, 1980-81, 1982-83 *

Zamalek *

: 1983-84, 1987-88, 1991-92, 1992-93 *

: 1987-88 *

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International

Egypt *

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Individual

Top Scorer:

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Top Scorer:

Top Scorer: 1987–88 * Captain of

* Scored 101 goals in

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Gamal Abdel Hamid - Goals in International Matches
/ref> * Scored 18 Goals in African Club Cups (16 goals for Zamalek and 2 goals for Ahly)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Abdel-Hamid, Gamal 1957 births Living people Zamalek SC players Al Ahly SC players Egyptian men's footballers Egypt men's international footballers Egyptian football managers 1990 FIFA World Cup players 1986 African Cup of Nations players 1988 African Cup of Nations players 1992 African Cup of Nations players Africa Cup of Nations–winning players Egyptian Premier League players Men's association football midfielders Al-Hazem F.C. managers Al Taawoun FC managers Saudi First Division League managers Expatriate football managers in Saudi Arabia Egyptian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia CAF Champions League–winning players 20th-century Egyptian sportsmen