Ahmed Hegazi

Ahmed Hegazi

Footballer

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Career & Clubs

Club career

Ismaily

Hegazi's professional playing career began on 24 November 2009, when he made his debut with Egyptian Premier League club Ismaily playing as a full back.

Fiorentina

On 22 December 2011, the Egyptian club announced having made a deal with Italian side Fiorentina in exchange for €1.5 million. The Egyptian company received a 15% sell on fee. Hegazi was given the number 3 shirt at Fiorentina. He made his unofficial debut for the club playing 30 minutes in a friendly against Viareggio. On 18 November 2012, he played 15 minutes in his official debut against Atalanta and scored his first goal for La Viola later that month in the second half of a Coppa Italia match against Juve Stabia on 28 November. On 12 December, Fiorentina announced that Hegazi had completed surgery after sustaining a severe leg injury in training. The club also announced that he had undergone reconstructive surgery on his anterior cruciate ligament. The expected recovery period before the player could return to sports activity was 5–6 months. In September 2013, he suffered another blow as he injured the same ligament again in training and took him out for six months making him miss most of the season. On 8 December 2014, Fiorentina announced that the player would be released in January 2015, along with Octávio, Mounir El Hamdaoui, Oleksandr Iakovenko and Joshua Brillante.

Perugia loan

On 2 February 2015, Hegazi joined Serie B side Perugia on loan for the rest of 2014–15…

International career

Hegazi made his international debut with the senior Egypt national team in an away game against Sierra Leone in 2011 when he was only 20 years and 7 months old. Ever since he has been a regular on the national team and has only missed games due to injury; in December 2016 Héctor Cúper, the Egypt national football team coach included him in the squad to compete in the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations. Hegazi was a regular in the back four during the tournament, playing every single minute and displaying a solid performance as the Egyptians went all the way to the final. His performance earned him an inclusion in the CAF Team of the tournament. CAF included Ahmed Hegazi and Mohamed Salah in the 2018 World Cup qualifiers Best XI. Hegazi played a crucial role for Egypt during the 2018 FIFA World Cup, where he helped Egypt reach the group stage. His standout performance against Uruguay, where he effectively neutralized key attackers, highlighted his defensive prowess. On 17 November 2020, during the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers, Hegazi captained the Egypt national team for the first time, playing 90 minutes in a 1–3 away win against Togo.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 18 May 2025

International

As of match played 28 January 2024

As of match played 28 January 2024 Egypt score listed first, score column indicates score after each Hegazi goal

Club
ACF Fiorentina (2012–2015)
Club
Ismaily SC (2009–2012)
Club
A.C. Perugia Calcio (2015–2015)
Club
Al Ahly SC (2015–)
Club
Egypt national under-20 football team (2009–2011)
Club
Egypt men's national football team (2011–)
Club
Egypt Olympic football team (2011–2014)
League
Premier League
National team
Egypt

Legacy

Honours

Al Ahly

Egyptian Premier League: 2015–16, 2016–17 Egypt Cup : 2016–17 Egyptian Super Cup: 2015 Al-Ittihad

Saudi Pro League: 2022–23 Saudi Super Cup: 2022 Egypt

Africa Cup of Nations runner-up: 2017 Individual

Africa Cup of Nations Team of the Tournament: 2017 Saudi Pro League Player of the Month: August 2021

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Identifiers & aliases
Description

Egyptian association football player (born 1991)

Position

centre-back

Extract from Wikipedia

Ahmed Elsayed Ali Elsayed Hegazy, simply known as Ahmed Hegazi, is an Egyptian former professional footballer who played as a centre-back.

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