Ibrahim Hassan Hussein ( ar, إبراهيم حسن حسين; born 10 August 1966) is an Egyptian former professional football player who played as a

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. Ibrahim Hassan has well over 100

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. His twin brother Hossam also played professional football, and they shared clubs for most of their extensive careers.

Club career

Born in

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, Hassan played professionally for almost twenty years, in a career in which he shared teams with his sibling Hossam for its vast majority. He represented

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(twice),

PAOK FC P.A.O.K. FC ( el, ΠΑΕ ΠΑΟΚ, Πανθεσσαλονίκειος Αθλητικός Όμιλος Κωνσταντινουπολιτών, '' Panthessaloníkios Athlitikós Ómilos Konstadinoupolitón'', "Pan-Thessalonian Sports club, Athlet ...

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, Al Ain SCC,

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 ...

and Al-Masry, even joining his twin in his abroad spells in

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, Switzerland and

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. Hassan retired at almost 40 years of age, going on to have a spell as assistant manager in former team El-Masry, where his brother would also start his coaching career in 2008. In 2010, after a brief spell as assistant manager with Zamalek, he became the club's

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International career

Hassan played 125 games and scored 12 goals for

for almost 20 years, as Hossam. He appeared for the national team at the

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, helping it to two draws and a narrow 0–1 defeat against

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. His brother was also an undisputed starter, as the pair became the first players from Africa to be selected to FIFA's Century Club. Hassan remains the only Egyptian footballer who made the FIFA world team selection (three times) and played in 1990 and 1999 against Bosnia and South Africa respectively.

Career statistics

International

Honours

Club

Egyptian League The Egyptian Premier League ( ar, الدوري المصري الممتاز), also known as WE Egyptian Premier League (WE EPL) after the addition of title sponsor WE, is a professional association football league in Egypt and the top level of th ...

(14): 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1988–89, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2003–04 * Egyptian Cup (5): 1984–85, 1988–89, 1992–93, 1995–96, 2001–02 *

Egyptian Super Cup The Egyptian Super Cup is Egyptian football's annual match contested between the champions of the previous Egyptian Premier League season and the holders of the Egypt Cup. If the Egyptian Premier League champions also won the Egypt Cup then the ...

(2): 2001, 2002 *

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 wa ...

(4): 1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1992–93 *

African Champions League The CAF Champions League, known for sponsorship purposes as the TotalEnergies CAF Champions League and formerly the African Cup of Champions Clubs, is an annual football club competition organized by the Confederation of African Football and co ...

(2): 1986–87, 2001–02 *

Arab Champions League The Arab Club Champions Cup ( ar, كأس العرب للأندية الأبطال, french: Ligue des Champions Arabe) is an annual regional club football competition organised by the Union of Arab Football Associations (UAFA) and contested by eli ...

: 1995–96 *

Arab Cup Winners' Cup The Arab Cup Winners' Cup ( ar, الكأس العربية للأندية الفائزة بالكؤوس) was a football competition between the winning clubs of national cup competitions in Arab nations. It started in 1989 and merged with the Arab ...

: 1993–94 *

Arab Super Cup The Arab Super Cup ( ar, الكأس العربية الممتازة) was an Arab The Arabs (singular: Arab; singular ar, عَرَبِيٌّ, DIN 31635: , , plural ar, عَرَب, DIN 31635, DIN 31635: , Arabic pronunciation: ), also known ...

: 1997, 1998 * Afro-Asian Cup: 1988 * African Super Cup: 2002 *

: 2002–03 *

Saudi-Egyptian Super Cup The Saudi-Egyptian Super Cup was a competition organised by the Saudi and Egyptian football federations, between the league and cup champions from each federation. The cup winners from each federation participated in the President el-Sisi's Cup Winn ...

: 2003 *

UAE League The UAE Pro League ( ar, دوري المحترفين الإماراتي), known for sponsorship reasons as the ADNOC Pro League, is the top professional football league in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The first team to win the title was Al ...

: 1999–2000

International

;Egypt * Arab Nations Cup: 1992

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hassan, Ibrahim 1966 births Living people Egyptian twins Sportspeople from Cairo Twin sportspeople Egyptian footballers Association football defenders Al Ahly SC players Zamalek SC players Al Masry SC players Super League Greece players PAOK FC players Swiss Super League players Neuchâtel Xamax FCS players Al Ain FC players Egypt international footballers 1990 FIFA World Cup players 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup players 1988 African Cup of Nations players 1992 African Cup of Nations players 2000 African Cup of Nations players Egyptian expatriate footballers Egyptian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Expatriate footballers in Switzerland Expatriate footballers in Greece Expatriate footballers in the United Arab Emirates FIFA Century Club Egyptian Premier League players UAE Pro League players Egyptian expatriate sportspeople in Greece Egyptian expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates

Club career

International career

Career statistics

International

Honours

Club

International

See also

References

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