Saleh Gomaa (; born 1 August 1993) is an Egyptian professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who formerly played for

Al Ahly Al-Ahly Sporting Club (), commonly known as Al-Ahly, is an Egyptian professional sports club based in Cairo, Egypt. The club is mainly known for its professional football team which currently plays in the Egyptian Premier League, the highest ...

and currently plays for Ismailia based club,

Ismaily SC Ismaily Sporting Club () is an Egyptian football club, established on 20 March 1921 as El Nahda Sporting Club () ( Egyptian pronunciation: Nady El Nahda), based in Ismaïlia, Egypt. The club is best known for its football team. Also it's consi ...

, and the Egyptian national team. He competed at the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

and the

2013 African U-20 Championship The 2013 African U-20 Championship officially known as the Orange African U-20 Championship, Algeria 2013 was the 19th edition of the Africa U-20 Cup of Nations, African U-20 Championship. The competition was held in Algeria in the cities of Oran ...

. As a 19-year-old, he played at the 2013 African U-20 championship in Algeria and won "The Player of the Tournament" award, when the Egyptians won their trophy. He is the elder brother of the Egyptian footballer Abdallah Gomaa.

Career

Gomaa has played for the Egypt national team and was the youngest player in the squad when he represented Egypt at the 2012 London Olympics. In just one year, Gomaa represented Egypt for the U20, U23, and the first team squads.

With clubs

International career

Gomaa was a member of the

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that won the

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. He scored two goals in the competition, including a penalty in the final against Ghana. He was selected as the best player of the tournament. Gomaa was a key player for the Egyptian team at the CAF U23 Championship in Morocco.

Honours

;Al Ahly *

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 ...

: 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19 *

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 ...

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

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;Egypt *

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gomaa, Saleh 1993 births Living people Egyptian men's footballers Olympic footballers for Egypt Footballers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Egypt men's international footballers ENPPI SC players Primeira Liga players Men's association football midfielders Al Ahly SC players Egyptian Premier League players Egyptian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Egyptian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in Saudi Arabia Saudi Pro League players Al Faisaly FC players People from North Sinai Governorate 21st-century Egyptian sportsmen