Hassan Shehata

Zamalek

After a friendly match with the Bahari team against the national team, Mohamed Hassan Helmy, the national team's football director, offered him to join Zamalek, and he agreed. In his first match with Zamalek, which was held in November 1966, Shehata succeeded in scoring a Hat-trick as Zamalek won 4-0.

Kazma Al Kuwaiti

After the outbreak of the 1967 war, the local competition in Egypt stopped, and Shehata joined the Kuwaiti football club Kazma SC. after Zamalek's approval. He achieved several successes in Kuwait, including winning the Asian footballer of the Year award in 1970. Thus, Shehata is the only player to win the title of best player in a continent other than his home one.

Shehata became Kuwaiti football rising star, he signed for Kazma while they were in the 2nd division and was a main reason for the qualification to the Premier League. Shehata had an outstanding record with Kazma in his five year spell. He was also recruited into the Kuwaiti Armed Forces and participated with the Kuwaiti national team in the World Military Championship in Bangkok, Thailand. He also participated with the Kuwait national football team in the AFC Asian Cup. Shehata scored a total of 85 goals for Kazma in all competitions. He also has a brief spell for Al Arabi SC and scored for them 3 goals in the AFC Champions League. Shehata wa Kuwaiti Premier League top scorer for 3 seasons (1969–70, 1970–71, 1971–72).

Return to Zamalek

Shehata returned to Egypt…

Shehata was called for the Egypt national football team for the first time in 1970, where his first international match was against Libya on 27 December 1970 in Tripoli at the Africa Cup of Nations Qualifiers in which Egypt won with a single goal scored by Hanafi Halil and assisted by Shehata. In the 1973 All-Africa Games in Lagos, Shehata scored against Nigeria in the semifinal where his country won the bronze medal after defeating Ghana in the third place playoff.

In 1974, Egypt was hosting the Africa Cup of Nations, he scored twice in the third place playoff against Congo at the Cairo Stadium, and the hosts finished third in the 1974 African Cup of Nations. He won named the best midfielder, and was included in the CAF Team of the tournament. Shehata came 3rd in the African Footballer of the Year voting by France Football in 1974. In 1975, he led his country to winning the 1975 Palestine Cup of Nations for their second time. Shehata score a hat trick against Yemen in the group stage, he was the tournament's top scorer with 5 goals. Shehata led his country in the 1976 African Cup of Nations in Ethiopia, where Egypt finished fourth, after losing to Nigeria with a score of 2–3 in the third place playoff. He scored a memorable goal for the Pharaohs against Tunisia in the 1978 African Cup of Nations qualifiers match that took place on April 27, 1977 at El Menzah Stadium in Tunis.

In the 1980 African Cup of Nations, Shehata captained Egypt in the tournament, and scored his…

Shehata was a regular goalscorer who was known for his ability to finish chances with either foot. He also scored a number of goals from long-range shots outside the box. He played as a forward and an attacking midfielder, he even performed his defensive duties, he was also a generous provider of assists for his teammates. He was an accurate free-kick taker, typically shooting directly on goal. Shehata's playing style which combined technical skill, dribbling, long-range shooting and stamina earned him the nickname "Master". He was a good header and his agility helped him to become a great goal scorer. Shehata was known to be a fair and highly influential player, he had a charisma and high sportsmanship. He was a prominent figure in Egypt's intellectual community, especially for his loyalty to Zamalek and Egypt, for what he represents not only as a footballer but as an Egyptian. He scored decisive goals in matches for both the national team and the club.

Hassan Shehata was born on June 19, 1947 in the city of Kafr El Dawwar, Beheira into an athletic family. He began playing football since he was ten years old when he was a student in Kafr El Dawwar primary school, then at Salah Salem Commercial Secondary School. As a child, Shehata joined Kafr El Dawwar Club, one of the Egyptian Second division A clubs at that time.