Mohamed Abdel-Latif "Mimi" El-Sherbini (; 26 July 1938 – 20 January 2025) was an Egyptian

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who played as a defender for Al-Ahly and the Egyptian national team. He took part in the 1959 Africa Cup of Nations, scoring in Egypt's 4–0 victory against

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, and went on to win the tournament with the team. He also represented his country in the 1960 and

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Summer Olympics. After retiring, El-Sherbini moved into management, and was briefly in charge of the United Arab Emirates national team in 1975. He died on 20 January 2025, at the age of 86. According to news reports, he suffered from

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's disease and eventually died at Al-Salam Hospital in his hometown of Mansoura.

Honours

Egypt *

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1959 Events January * January 1 – Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance. * January 2 – Soviet lunar probe Luna 1 is the first human-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reaches the ...

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* 1938 births 2025 deaths Sportspeople from Mansoura, Egypt Egyptian men's footballers Men's association football defenders Egypt men's international footballers Egyptian Premier League players Al Ahly SC players Olympic footballers for Egypt Footballers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Footballers at the 1964 Summer Olympics Africa Cup of Nations–winning players 1959 African Cup of Nations players 1962 African Cup of Nations players 1963 African Cup of Nations players United Arab Emirates national football team managers Egyptian football managers Egyptian expatriate football managers Egyptian expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates Expatriate football managers in the United Arab Emirates 20th-century Egyptian sportsmen {{Egypt-footy-defender-stub