Raafat Attia Helmy (, 6 February 1934 – 21 July 1978) was an Egyptian professional

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who played as a

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for

Zamalek Zamalek ( , ''al zamalek'') is a ''qism'' (ward) within the West District (''hayy gharb'') in the Western Area of Cairo, Egypt. It is an affluent district on a man-made island which is geologically a part of the west bank of the Nile River, wit ...

and the Egypt national team.

Biography

Attia started his career with Al Ittihad in 1952, he moved for

in 1957, he played for Zamalek for 10 years, and for the rest of his career. He won with Zamalek three Egyptian League titles in (1959–60, 1963–64, and 1964–65) and the

Egypt Cup The Egypt Cup (also known as the Egyptian FA Cup and formerly as the King Farouk Cup) is the main knockout football cup competition in Egypt. It is the oldest club competition in Africa. The first team to win the trophy was Zamalek in 1922. Al A ...

for four times (1958, 1959, 1960, and 1962). He played for the Egyptian national team, Attia was part of the team that won the

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at the

1955 Mediterranean Games The 1955 Mediterranean Games, officially known as the II Mediterranean Games, and commonly known as Barcelona 1955, were the 2nd Mediterranean Games. The Games were held in Barcelona, Spain over 10 days, from 15 to 25 July 1955, where 1,135 athle ...

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. He was a part of the team that won the

1957 African Cup of Nations The 1957 African Cup of Nations was the 1st edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the Association football, football championship of Africa organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The competition took place between 10 and 16 Febru ...

title where he scored the first ever goal in the tournament’s history. Although he missed the 1959 edition, he returned in the 1962 edition, when Egypt were runner-ups. He also represented his country in the

1960 It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism. Events January * Janu ...

and

1964 Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 – In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patria ...

Summer Olympics, where Egypt finished fourth in the tournament. Egypt_National_Football_Team_1959

After his retirement from football, he worked as a manager for a brief period. Attia worked in Saudi Arabia and managed the Saudi Arabian League football club Al-Wehda in the 1976–77 season. Raafat Attia died relatively young, at the age of 44 in a car accident, in 1978.

Honours

Zamalek *

Egyptian Premier League The Egyptian Premier League (), also known as the Nile League () for sponsorship reasons, after the addition of title sponsor Nile Developments, is a professional association football league in Egypt and the highest level of the Egyptian football ...

: 1959–60, 1963–64, 1964–65 *

: 1957–58, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1961–62 Egypt *

Mediterranean Games The Mediterranean Games is a multi-sport event organised by the International Committee of Mediterranean Games (CIJM). It is held every four years among athletes from countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea in Africa, Asia and Europe. The fi ...

1955 Events January * January 3 – José Ramón Guizado becomes president of Panama. * January 17 – , the first nuclear-powered submarine, puts to sea for the first time, from Groton, Connecticut. * January 18– 20 – Battle of Yijian ...

Africa Cup of Nations The Africa Cup of Nations, commonly abbreviated as AFCON and officially known as the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons, is the main biennial international men's association football competition in Africa. It is s ...

1957 Events January * January 1 – The Saarland joins West Germany. * January 3 – Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch. * January 5 – South African player Russell Endean becomes the first batsman to be Dismissal (cricke ...

Summer Olympics The Summer Olympic Games, also known as the Summer Olympics or the Games of the Olympiad, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The inaugural Games took place in 1896 in Athens, then part of the King ...

Fourth Place:

References

External links

Profile
at FIFA.com * 1934 births 1978 deaths Egyptian men's footballers Men's association football forwards Egypt men's international footballers Zamalek SC players Olympic footballers for Egypt Footballers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Footballers at the 1964 Summer Olympics 1957 African Cup of Nations players 1962 African Cup of Nations players Africa Cup of Nations–winning players Egyptian Premier League players Al Wehda FC managers Egyptian football managers Egyptian expatriate football managers Egyptian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia Expatriate football managers in Saudi Arabia 20th-century Egyptian sportsmen {{Egypt-footy-forward-stub