Ahmad Belal

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Ahmad Belal
Personal information
Full name Ahmed Farag Mohamed Belal[1]
Date of birth (1980-08-20) August 20, 1980 (age 43)[1]
Place of birth Diyarb Negm, Sharkia, Egypt
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
Al Ahly
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2005 Al Ahly 90 (60)
2005–2007 Konyaspor 30 (15)
2006–2006 →
Ankaragücü
(loan)		 13 (3)
2007–2010 Al Ahly 41 (11)
2010–2011
Smouha
 23 (7)
2011–2012
ENPPI
 1 (0)
2012–2012
Al-Naft
 0 (0)
2013–2013
Al-Wehdat
 1 (0)
International career‡
2002–2011 Egypt[2] 26 (19)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of June 1, 2008
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 30 January 2011

Ahmad Farag Mohamed Belal (

football striker
.

Career

Ahmed Belal started playing professionally for the Egyptian team,

Egyptian League, 3 goals in Egypt Cup
, and 9 Goals in African Club Cups.

Ahmed Belal transferred in 2005 to the Turkish side Konyaspor, but chose to return home for his Egyptian side because he wanted to win tournaments, the thing he missed in Turkey.

In 2007, Belal has returned to his home again Al Ahly after a short period in Turkey. In 2009, Belal became the club captain after the release of former captain Shady Mohamed.

In June 2010, Belal moved to

Smouha, the club that recently promoted to the Egyptian Premier League
. The reason for the transfer is to experience more first team football.

He failed to find form in the first few matches and lost his starting line-up place but after regaining it under new coach

Hamza El-Gamal
he scored 5 goals and became the team 's top scorer and lead them away from the danger zone.

International career

Belal has an obvious contribution with national teams. He won the African Junior Championship title in 1997, and participated in the

FIFA U-17 World Championship 1997
in Egypt, and scored 3 goals there.

His biggest contribution came in

Egypt 2006 because of the Egyptian Coach Hassan Shehata point of view. While his debut national game was on 8 Aug 2002, against Ethiopia when he scored a goal in a friendly match in Cairo. After 5 years of absence Belal was called up for the Nile Basin Tournament held in Egypt in January 2011, he participated in the first two group matches but failed to score and lost his starting line-up place, however he returned at the semi-finals against Kenya scoring a hat-trick
and giving an awe inspiring performance that helped Egypt get a 5-1 victory.

Honours

Club

Al Ahly

International

Egypt U17

  • African Under-17 Championship
    : 1997

Individual

  • Top scorer in the
    Egyptian League
    (2002–2003)

References

  1. ^ a b c "FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2008 Presented By TOYOTA — List Of Players" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 5 December 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 December 2008.
  2. ^ Ahmed Belal - Goals in International Matches

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