Ahmed Elmohamady

ENPPI

Born in Basyoun, El Gharbia, Egypt, Elmohamady started his youth career at Ghazl El-Mahalla in 2003. He started to play for the first team in 2004 at the age of 17. Two years later, he joined ENPPI. Although he started his career as a striker with Ghazl El Mahalla, he played as a right-sided defender after joining ENPPI. For a long time, Elmohamady attracted the attention of several European clubs. However, ENPPI was reluctant to allow him to move to any of them. In summer 2007, ENPPI turned down an offer from Hertha BSC, because the German side failed to meet the Egyptian club's financial demands. The player refused another bid from Rapid București of Romania in 2007. On 25 November 2008, Elmohamady completed a five-day trial with Premier League side Blackburn Rovers following Rovers' manager Paul Ince's request. Rovers' new manager, Sam Allardyce, sent a senior official to Egypt to initiate talks with the Egyptian club in January 2009. However, the deal fell through as Allardyce believed it would be difficult for Elmohamady to make immediate impact.

Sunderland

Elmohamady impressed Sunderland manager Steve Bruce while on trial with the Premier League side in August 2009. However, on 31 January 2010, Sunderland failed to sign him. Belgian side Club Brugge were also interested in the player and had, according to ENPPI, already made an offer. ENPPI accepted loan bids from both West Bromwich Albion and Sunderland for Elmohamady but while West Brom's…

Elmohamady played several times for Egypt U21s and was a participant in the 2007 African Youth Championship which was held in Republic of the Congo. He was the rising star of the Egyptian team and one of the stars of the tournament despite playing out of position as a forward. He made his senior international debut in August 2007 at the age of 19 in a friendly against Ivory Coast in Paris. He was included in Egypt's final 2008 Africa Cup of Nations squad. The tournament was held in Ghana and Egypt went on to win the competition with Elmohamady featuring as a substitute. Since then, he has cemented his place in the starting lineup as a right-back or winger. He started all of Egypt's six matches in the second round of the 2010 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers. In the 2009 Confederations Cup, he was sent off in Egypt's opening match against Brazil for deliberately handling Lúcio's goal-bound effort in the last minute. Brazil would go on to score the penalty and win 4–3.

Following his retirement from playing, Elmohamady returned to former club Aston Villa as a club ambassador. In September 2023, he was given a full-time role in the club's commercial department.

Elmohamady is married to Egyptian fashion designer Hiba Elawadi. He has a son and a daughter. They reside in Farnham. In England, Sunderland fans nicknamed him "Elmo". Elmohamady is a Muslim.