Mahmoud Abou El-Saoud Zaki Mohamed Kassem (; born November 30, 1987) is an Egyptian

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who plays as a

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for

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side El Mokawloon El Arab. He was also a member of

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Club career

Mansoura

Although he was still playing for the Egyptian Second Division side

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, Mahmoud Abou El-Saoud greatly shined. After a long and intense race with Smouha in 2008–09, Abou El-Saoud led his club to promote from the second division to the

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. He continued to put strong performances with his side in the Premier League and as a result he was called by Hassan Shehata to the

for his first time ever. Even with his effort, Mansoura was eventually relegated to the second division by the end of the 2009–10 season.

Al Ahly

On 22 June 2010, Mansoura chairman, Ibrahim Megahed, announced the transfer of Mahmoud Abou El-Saoud to the Cairo giant Al Ahly.AbdelAziz, Omar – ( Filgoal
"Aboul-Saoud completes Ahly move"
The daily news Egypt, 2010-06-22. Retrieved on 23 June 2010. The transfer was estimated for LE 5 million. He made a few appearances in the league, and despite two goalkeeping mistakes in Al Ahly's match against Ismaily that cost them the game, he started the next game, against Semouha, under new coach Zizo.

International career

Although Mahmoud Abou El-Saoud was part of the Egyptian squad that won the

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, he did not participate in any of the matches.

Honors

Club

;Al Ahly *

: 2010–11

National team

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2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

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* * 1987 births Living people Egyptian men's footballers Egypt men's international footballers 2010 Africa Cup of Nations players Men's association football goalkeepers Sportspeople from Mansoura, Egypt Egyptian Premier League players El Mansoura SC players Smouha SC players Al Ahly SC players Al Mokawloon Al Arab SC players El Qanah FC players CAF Champions League–winning players 21st-century Egyptian sportsmen {{Egypt-footy-goalkeeper-stub