Ibrahim Hassan

Ibrahim Hassan Hussein (Arabic: إبراهيم حسن حسين‎; born 10 August 1966) is an Egyptian former professional football player who played as a right back. Ibrahim Hassan has well over 100 caps for Egypt. His twin brother Hossam also played professional football, and they shared clubs for most of their extensive careers.[1][2]

For the Ghanaian sprinter, see Ibrahim Hassan (athlete). For the Egyptian footballer born 1990, see Ibrahim Hassan (footballer, born 1990).

Ibrahim Hassan
Personal information
Full name Ibrahim Hassan Hussein
Date of birth (1966-08-10) 10 August 1966
Place of birth Cairo, Egypt
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Right back
Youth career
1983–1985 Al Ahly
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1985–1990 Al Ahly 78 (14)
1990–1991 PAOK 24 (6)
1991–1992 Neuchâtel Xamax 13 (0)
1992–1999 Al Ahly 161 (24)
1999–2000 Al Ain
2000–2004 Zamalek 61 (12)
2004–2006 Al Masry 47 (4)
National team
1988–2002 Egypt 131 (14)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

Born in Cairo, Hassan played professionally for almost twenty years, in a career in which he shared teams with his sibling Hossam for its vast majority. He represented Al Ahly (twice), PAOK FC, Neuchâtel Xamax, Al Ain SCC, Zamalek SC and Al-Masry, even joining his twin in his abroad spells in Greece, Switzerland and United Arab Emirates.

Hassan retired at almost 40 years of age, going on to have a spell as assistant manager in former team El-Masry, where his brother would also start his coaching career in 2008.[3] In 2010, after a brief spell as assistant manager with Zamalek, he became the club's director of football.

International career

Hassan played 125 games and scored 12 goals for Egypt for almost 20 years, as Hossam.[4] He appeared for the national team at the 1990 FIFA World Cup, helping it to two draws and a narrow 0–1 defeat against England. His brother was also an undisputed starter, as the pair became the first players from Africa to be selected to FIFA's Century Club. However Ibrahim Hassan remains the only Egyptian footballer who made the FIFA world team selection (three times) and in fact played twice on two separate occasions in 1990 & 1999 against Bosnia and South Africa respectively

Career statistics

International
Egypt national team[5]
YearAppsGoals
1988163
1989201
1990150
1991114
199240
199371
199460
199571
199631
1997120
199800
1999121
2000110
200162
200210
Total13114

Honours

Club

International
Egypt

References
  1. Smyth, Rob (4 August 2004). "Footballing Questions Answered". London: The Guardian. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
  2. The game's terrible twins; FIFA.com, 12 February 2010
  3. "Hossam Hassan appointed as Al-Masri Coach". Yallakora. Archived from the original on 18 August 2009. Retrieved 20 November 2009.
  4. "Ibrahim Hassan– Goals in International Matches". RSSSF. 23 July 2003. Retrieved 12 February 2012.
  5. Ibrahim Hassan - Century of International Appearances
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