Amr Gamal
 Gamal with HJK Helsinki in 2018 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Amr Gamal Sayed Ahmed[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 3 August 1991[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Nag Hammadi, Qena, Egypt | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Pharco | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Al Ahly | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2021 | Al Ahly | 68 | (18) |
| 2017–2018 | → Bidvest Wits (loan) | 13 | (2) |
| 2018 | → HJK (loan) | 12 | (1) |
| 2019–2021 | → Tala'ea El Gaish (loan) | 59 | (13) |
| 2021– | Pharco | 57 | (7) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2014– | Egypt | 19 | (3) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 May 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 November 2017 | |||
Amr Gamal Sayed Ahmed (Egyptian Arabic: عمرو جمال سيد أحمد; born 3 August 1991) is an Egyptian footballer who plays for Egyptian Premier League club Pharco as a striker.[2]
Club career
[edit]On 28 May 2013, Gamal made his debut with Al-Ahly senior team in 2012–13 Egyptian Premier League match against Ghazl El Mahalla SC. He came off the bench to score the winner in the 90th minute.[3] On 26 December 2013, Gamal played his second league game with Al-Ahly against El-Entag El-Harby in a win 2–0. He came off the bench in the first half and scored a goal.[4]
Gamal was a member of the Al-Ahly squad that won the 2013 CAF Champions League and was included in the squad for 2013 FIFA Club World Cup.[citation needed] He participated against C.F. Monterrey in the second half.[citation needed]
On 27 October 2014, he suffered an injury to his cruciate ligament during the game against Alassiouty Sport in the season of 2014–15 Egyptian Premier League, five minutes after the beginning of the game. After eight months, Gamal returned to football, scoring his first after reappearance on 3 July 2015 against Wadi Degla SC in the same season in a match Al-Ahly won 3–1.[citation needed]
Amr Gamal became the first Egyptian to play in South Africa after Al Ahly agreed a loan deal with Bidvest Wits on 12 August 2017.[5]
On 22 March 2018, HJK Helsinki announced the signing of Gamal on loan until the end of August 2018.[6]
International career
[edit]On 5 March 2014, he made his international debut with the Egyptian national team vs Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina national team
Career statistics
[edit]- As of 30 May 2024.[7]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Al Ahly | 2012–13 | Egyptian Premier League | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | – | 2 | 1 | |
| 2013–14 | Egyptian Premier League | 21 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 5[c] | 3 | 1[d] | 0 | 30 | 14 | |
| 2014–15 | Egyptian Premier League | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | – | 1[e] | 0 | 14 | 3 | ||
| 2015–16 | Egyptian Premier League | 19 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 8[b] | 1 | 0[e] | 0 | 32 | 5 | |
| 2016–17 | Egyptian Premier League | 16 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4[b] | 2 | 0[e] | 0 | 24 | 7 | |
| Total | 68 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 102 | 30 | ||
| Bidvest Wits (loan) | 2017–18 | South African Premier Division | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | 6[f] | 3 | 19 | 5 | |
| HJK (loan) | 2018 | Veikkausliiga | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 15 | 1 | |
| Tala'ea El Gaish (loan) | 2019–20 | Egyptian Premier League | 27 | 3 | 5 | 0 | – | – | 32 | 3 | ||
| 2020–21 | Egyptian Premier League | 32 | 10 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 33 | 11 | |||
| Total | 59 | 13 | 6 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 65 | 14 | ||
| Pharco | 2021–22 | Egyptian Premier League | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | 1[g] | 0 | 12 | 2 | |
| 2022–23 | Egyptian Premier League | 24 | 3 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 25 | 4 | |||
| 2023–24 | Egyptian Premier League | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | 2[g] | 1 | 24 | 3 | ||
| Total | 57 | 7 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 3 | 1 | 61 | 9 | ||
| Career total | 209 | 41 | 24 | 8 | 18 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 262 | 59 | ||
- ^ Includes Egypt Cup and Suomen Cup
- ^ a b c Includes CAF Champions League
- ^ Includes CAF Super Cup and CAF Champions League
- ^ Includes FIFA Club World Cup
- ^ a b c Includes Egyptian Super Cup
- ^ Includes MTN 8 and Carling Knockout Cup
- ^ a b Includes Egyptian League Cup
International goals
[edit]- Scores and results list Egypt's goal tally first.
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 15 October 2014 | Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt |  Botswana |
1–0 | 2–0 | 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
| 2 | 11 October 2015 | Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates |
 Zambia |
3–0 | 3–0 | Friendly |
Honours
[edit]Club
[edit]- Al Ahly
- Egyptian Premier League: 2013–14, 2015–16, 2016–17
- Egypt Cup: 2017
- Egyptian Super Cup: 2014
- CAF Champions League: 2013
- CAF Confederation Cup: 2014
- CAF Super Cup: 2014
- Bidvest Wits
- HJK Helsinki
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "FIFA Club World Cup Morocco 2013: List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 11 December 2013. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 December 2013.
- ^ "Amr Gamal". Soccerway. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
- ^ Debutant Gamal snatches dramatic Ahli comeback
- ^ "فى الجول | الموقع الرياضى الرائد فى مصر و الوطن العربى". FilGoal.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 18 May 2018.
- ^ "Amr Gamal becomes first Egyptian footballer to play in SA". BBC Sport.
- ^ "LISÄÄ HYÖKKÄYSVOIMAA KLUBIIN". hjk.fi (in Finnish). Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi. 22 March 2018. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
- ^ Amr Gamal at Soccerway
External links
[edit]
- 1991 births
- Egyptian men's footballers
- Egyptian expatriate men's footballers
- Living people
- People from Qena Governorate
- Egyptian Premier League players
- South African Premier Division players
- Veikkausliiga players
- Al Ahly SC players
- Bidvest Wits F.C. players
- Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi players
- Tala'ea El Gaish SC players
- Expatriate men's soccer players in South Africa
- Expatriate men's footballers in Finland
- Egypt men's international footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- 21st-century Egyptian sportsmen