Nader El Sayed ( ar, نادر السيد; born 31 December 1972) is an Egyptian retired professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Club career

He was widely recognized for the first time as goalkeeper for notable Egyptian club El Zamalek. After showing some classy performances for his club, he took the chance to move to

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in the Belgian League in 1998. After failing to reserve a starting place with his team, he decided to try his luck with

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in the Greek Super League. Nader participated with Al Ahly in the

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5th place playoff against

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in Tokyo, the match which Sydney won 2–1. On 9 January 2007 it was announced that Nader transferred to ENPPI after failing to reserve a starting place in Al Ahly.

International career

He used to play for Egypt national team until 2005, where he lost his place due to his irregular participating with Al Ahly. His last national game was against

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away, ended with a loss for guests 2–0. This match was in 2006 World Cup Qualifiers. Nader's first national game was against Jordan ended with a draw 1–1. Nader was the Captain of Egyptian team at the

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in Barcelona and participated in

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in Portugal. Also, he was the first Egyptian goalkeeper to be chosen twice as best keeper in

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since 1957. He had chosen in Burkina Faso 1998 and Ghana and Nigeria 2000 .

Honours

National Team * Winner of

Burkina Faso 1998. * Winner of Arab Cup of Nations 1992. * Winner of African Youth Championship 1991. Zamalek *

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: 2 *: 1993, 1996 *

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: 2 *: 1994, 1997 *

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: 2 *: 1991–92, 1992–93 *

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: 1 *:

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Ahly *

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* CAF Champions League 2006 *

(2005/2006) * Egyptian Soccer Cup (2005/2006) * Egyptian Super Cup 2005/2006 * African Super Cup 2005. Individual *Two times Best African goalkeeper in

1998 & 2000. *Best goalkeeper in African Youth Nation Cup 1991 *Best Arab goalkeeper 1992 *Best Egyptian goalkeeper 1992–1998

Penalty shootouts

Nader is famous for saving penalty kicks. He saved 21 kicks in penalty shoot-outs winning many tournaments for his country and his club

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