![]() Sayed with Trabzon İdmanocağı in 2017 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Engy Ahmed Atya Sayed | ||
Date of birth | 4 September 1986 | ||
Place of birth | Cairo, Egypt | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Wadi Degla | |||
2017–2018 | Trabzon İdmanocağı | 8 | (3) |
International career | |||
Egypt | |||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of January 13, 2018 |
Engy Ahmed Atya Sayed (Arabic: إنجي أحمد عطية سيد, born September 4, 1986), shortly Engy Sayed, is an Egyptian footballer who plays as a forward for the Egypt national team and for Egyptian Women's Premier League club Al-Amerya.
Engy Sayed was born in Cairo, Egypt on 4 September 4, 1986.[1][2] She was supported by her family who love football, and used to play in the street with her brothers and other relatives. She marketed herself to foreign clubs through YouTube.[3]
Sayed played for the Cairo-based Wadi Degla SC before she moved in November 2017 to Turkey to join Trabzon İdmanocağı, who play in the Turkish Women's First Football League[1][2][4] (with jersey number 8).
She currently captains Egyptian club Al-Amerya. The team lost in the finals of the Egyptian Ladies FA Cup in 2023. It is the second time Sayed has lost in the finals with the club.[5][6]
Sayed appeared for the Egypt women's national football team at the 2016 Africa Women Cup of Nations held in Cameroon.[2] She scored twice in their qualifying campaign for the tournament, both goals being against Libya.[7] As of 2023, she served as Egypt's captain.[6][8]