Hossam Ashour
Ashour with Al Ahly in 2011
Personal information
Full name Hossam Mohamed Ashour Sanad Atia[1]
Date of birth (1986-03-09) 9 March 1986 (age 37)[2]
Place of birth Cairo, Egypt
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[3]
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Youth career
Al Ahly
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2020 Al Ahly 290 (3)
2020–2022 Al Ittihad 8 (0)
International career
2005 Egypt U20 8 (0)
2008–2018 Egypt 15 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Hossam Mohamed Ashour Sanad Atia (Arabic: حسام محمد عاشور سند عطية, born 9 March 1986) is an Egyptian footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder.

After progressing through the club's youth system, Ashour established himself in the first team of Al Ahly and has won 39 domestic and continental competitions with the club, the most for any professional player for a single club .[4] He has made more than 500 appearances in all competitions.[5]

Having represented Egypt at under-20 level, he made his senior international debut for Egypt in 2008 and has won 14 caps.[6]

Club career

Born in Cairo,[1] Ashour began his career in the youth system at Al Ahly before being promoted to the first team at the age of seventeen by manager Manuel José de Jesus after attracting his attention in a youth training session. He made his debut in the Egyptian Premier League during the 2003–04 season during a march against El Mansoura.[7] He became the youngest player in the club's history to captain the side in a match against Ittihad El Shorta during the 2009–10 season after club captain Osama Hosny was substituted.[8]

In 2014, Ashour made his 100th appearance in the CAF Champions League during a match against Tanzanian side Young Africans, becoming only the fourth Al-Ahly player reach the tally after Essam El-Hadary, Wael Gomaa and Shady Mohamed.[9]

In May 2017, Ashour was banned for four matches and fined 40,000 Egyptian pounds after being charged with assaulting a referee. Al Ahly manager Hossam El-Badry was also charged for an incident with the referee during the match.[10] Ashour was appointed club captain in his thirteenth year with Al Ahly, winning his first trophy as captain in January 2018 in a 1–0 victory over Al-Masry in the 2017 Egyptian Super Cup.[11] The trophy was his 33rd senior trophy for the club, making him the most decorated player in the club's history.[11][12]

In May 2020, Ashour decided not to renew his contract with Al Ahly.[13] In October 2020, Ashour joined Al Ittihad.[14]

International career

Youth

Ashour represented Egypt at under-20 level, playing in the 2005 African Youth Championship in Benin as the side finished as runners-up to Nigeria. He also played for the side at the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship as Egypt were eliminated in the group stage. He later played for the Egypt Olympic squad.[7]

Senior

Ashour made his debut for the Egypt senior side in a 4–0 defeat to Sudan on 20 August 2008.[6][15]

Honours

Al Ahly:[1][7]

References

  1. ^ a b c Hossam Ashour at Soccerway. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  2. ^ "FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2012 presented by Toyota: List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 29 November 2012. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 December 2012.
  3. ^ "FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2008 Presented By TOYOTA — List Of Players" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 5 December 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 December 2008.
  4. ^ "حسام عاشور.. جندي الأهلي المجهول الذي عانق 36 لقبًا". Al-Masry Al-Youm (in Arabic). 20 March 2020.
  5. ^ "Hossam Ashour Reaches Historic 500th Appearance with Ahly". albawaba.com. 6 February 2019.
  6. ^ a b "Hossam Ashour". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  7. ^ a b c Mohamed Mossad (23 December 2017). "Hossam Ashour: Egypt's Lost Generation". Kingfut.com. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  8. ^ Mohamed Magny (9 March 2018). "Hossam Ashour .. 32 years equal 33 championship". Tech 2. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  9. ^ "Ashour: 100 Continental Games is a Surprise". Confederation of African Football. 19 March 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  10. ^ "Egyptian FA suspends Hossam Al Badry & Ashour 4 matches". Nile Sports. 1 May 2017. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  11. ^ a b Abdelrahman Amr (14 January 2018). "Hossam Ashour: I want to be most titled player in the world". Kingfut.com. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  12. ^ "Ahly seeking to extend celebrations against Wydad". Confederation of African Football. 2 June 2017. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  13. ^ "Hossam Ashour reveals complications in his retirement plan". Kingfut.com. 30 May 2020.
  14. ^ "OFFICIAL: Hossam Ashour joins Ittihad of Alexandria". kingfut.com. 25 October 2020.
  15. ^ Hatem Maher (21 August 2008). "Error-ridden Egypt embarrassed by Sudan". Egypt Daily News. Retrieved 17 June 2018.

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Al Ittihad Alexandria Club – current squad
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