Ibrahim Youssef

Club career

Youssef started his career in Zamalek, which he played for throughout his entire career. He played for 13 years in Zamalek, he won the Egyptian Premier League for three times in (1977–78, 1983–84, 1987–88) seasons. He also won with Zamalek the Egypt Cup for three times (1977, 1979, 1988). On the continental level, he won with Zamalek the CAF Champions League twice in (1984, 1986), as well as the Afro-Asian Club Championship in (1987).

International career

Youssef was called to the Egypt national football team for the 1976, 1980 and the 1984 African Cup of Nations. He also played for Egypt at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. In the 1986 African Cup of Nations, he was injured and did not play. Youssef played for Egypt in the 1983 Mediterranean Games, where his team won a bronze medal, and the 1984 African Cup of Nations, where Egypt finished in the fourth place. He won the gold medal with Egypt at the 1987 African Games.

Post-football career

Besides his career as a police officer in the Egyptian National Police, after his retirement from football in an early age due to his injury, Youssef coached the Egypt national under-17 football team and Zamalek for a brief period. Later, he worked in football management and became Zamalek's board member for more than a period.

Ibrahim Youssef was born in the Imbaba, Giza on 1 January 1959. He comes from a football family, as he is the younger brother of footballer El-Sayed, and the elder brother of footballer Ismail.

Zamalek

Egyptian Premier League: 1977–78, 1983–84, 1987–88 Egypt Cup: 1976–77, 1978–79, 1987–88 Egyptian Friendship Cup: 1986 CAF Champions League: 1984, 1986 Afro-Asian Club Championship: 1987 Egypt

African Games: 1987 Individual

Best Egyptian footballer several times Best Libero in Africa Cup of Nations: 1984 2nd place - African footballer of the year by France Football: 1984 3rd place - African footballer of the year by France Football: 1985 Considered the best Libero in Egypt's history MasterCard African Team of the 20th Century: 1998