Omar Shendi (; 1915 – 23 April 1992) was an Egyptian

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who played as a defender for

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. He also played for the Egypt national team, and represented his country in the

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Biography

Omar Shendi played all of his career in

. He started his career in 1938 and played until 1949. He won with Zamalek the

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for four times in ( 1937–38, 1940–41, 1942–43, 1943–44). He also won with his team seven titles of the

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(the predecessor to the Egyptian Premier League) in (1939–40, 1940–41, 1943–44, 1944–45, 1945–46, 1946–47, 1948–49) and the

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in (1941). Shendi scored once in the infamous 6-0 win for Zamalek over

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in the 1942 Cairo Derby, he also played in the infamous 6–0 win over Al Ahly in the

1944 Egypt Cup final 1944 Egypt Cup Final, was the final match of 1943–44 Egypt Cup, when Zamalek (Farouk) defeated Al-Ahly by a score of 6–0, the largest winning margin in the derby and Egypt cup finals, Zamalek claimed the cup for the 7th time. Route to the fi ...

. He retired from football in 1949. Internationally, Shendi was called to represent

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at the 1936 Olympics in

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, but did not see any playing time, as the team was eliminated by

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in the group stage. Following his retirement from football, he worked as a football coach, primarily for Zamalek, working as a coach in the youth teams and as an assistant coach for the first team. He also had a stint as coach for

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of Jeddah in

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, in 1960. From 1963 to 1965 he managed Qadsia of

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and won the

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Honours

Player

Zamalek *

: 1937–38, 1940–41, 1942–43, 1943–44 *

: 1939–40, 1940–41, 1943–44, 1944–45, 1945–46, 1946–47, 1948–49 *

: 1941

Manager

Qadsia *

: 1964–65

References

1915 births 1992 deaths Egyptian men's footballers Men's association football defenders Egypt men's international footballers Zamalek SC players Olympic footballers for Egypt Footballers at the 1936 Summer Olympics Al-Ittihad Club (Jeddah) managers Qadsia SC managers Egyptian football managers Kuwait Premier League managers Expatriate football managers in Kuwait Expatriate football managers in Saudi Arabia Egyptian expatriate sportspeople in Kuwait Egyptian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia 20th-century Egyptian sportsmen {{Egypt-footy-defender-stub