| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Essam Baheeg | ||
| Date of birth | 26 February 1931 | ||
| Place of birth | Alexandria, Egypt | ||
| Date of death | 4 December 2008 (aged 77) | ||
| Place of death | Cairo, Egypt | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1949–1960 | Farouk / Zamalek | ||
| International career | |||
| 1953–1960 | Egypt | (4) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1987–1988 | Zamalek | ||
| 1999–2000 | Qanah | ||
| 2000–2001 | Sharqiya | ||
| Sohag | |||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Essam Baheeg (Arabic: عصام بهيج; 26 February 1931 – 4 December 2008) was an Egyptian footballer who played as a winger for Zamalek. He also played for the Egyptian national team, and represented his country and was part of the team that won the 1959 Africa Cup of Nations.
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 17 July 1955 | Barcelona, Spain |  France B |
6–2 | Win | 1955 Mediterranean Games | |||||
| 2. | 20 July 1955 | Barcelona, Spain |  Spain B |
1–1 | Draw | 1955 Mediterranean Games | |||||
| 3. | 29 May 1959 | Al Ahly Stadium, Cairo, United Arab Republic |  Sudan |
2–1 | Win | 1959 African Cup of Nations | |||||
| 4. | 29 May 1959 | Al Ahly Stadium, Cairo, United Arab Republic | Sudan |
2–1 | Win | 1959 African Cup of Nations | |||||
| Correct as of 13 January 2017[1] | |||||||||||
He appeared at the movie Talk of the City (Hadeeth Al-Madina Arabic: حديث المدينة) in 1964.[2]