Samir Ibrahim Kamouna (; born 2 April 1972) is an Egyptian
football
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coach and former player who manages
El Minya SC
Minya Sporting Club (), is an Egyptian football club based in El Minya, Egypt. The club plays in the Egyptian Second Division, the second-highest league in the Egyptian football league system
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. A former defender, he played for the
Egypt national team.
Club career
Kamouna had a spell in German
Bundesliga
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with
1. FC Kaiserslautern
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, and in the Turkish
Super Lig
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with
Bursaspor
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.
His best performance in Egypt was while playing for
Al Ahly
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.
International career
Kamouna received his first international cap with the
Egypt national team against
Ethiopia
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on 4 June 1995.
Kamouna played for Egypt in two African Cups of Nations,
1996 African Cup of Nations
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and
1998 African Cup of Nations
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. He scored in the first, and Egypt won the latter. He then participated in
1999 FIFA Confederations Cup
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and scored twice.
Kamouna earned 45 caps scoring eight goals.
Career statistics
:''Scores and results list Egypt's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Kamouna goal.''
Honours
Al Mokawloon
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Egypt Cup
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:
1994–95
Al Ahly
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Egyptian Premier League
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:
1996–97,
1997–98
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Arab Super Cup
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History
The Arab Supe ...
:
1997
Events January
* January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States.
* January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis.
* January 1 ...
,
1998
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''.
Events January
* January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...
*
Egypt Cup
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:
2002–03
Egypt
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African Cup of Nations
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:
1998
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''.
Events January
* January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...
*
African Youth Cup of Nations:
1991
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*
1991 FIFA World Youth Championship
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participation
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1972 births
Living people
Egyptian men's footballers
Footballers from Cairo
Men's association football defenders
Egypt men's international footballers
1996 African Cup of Nations players
1998 African Cup of Nations players
1999 FIFA Confederations Cup players
Egyptian Premier League players
Bundesliga players
Al Mokawloon Al Arab SC players
Al Ahly SC players
1. FC Kaiserslautern players
Bursaspor footballers
Al Ittihad Alexandria Club players
Al Masry SC players
Petrojet SC players
Egyptian expatriate men's footballers
Egyptian expatriate sportspeople in Germany
Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
Egyptian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey
20th-century Egyptian sportsmen