Mohamed Barakat

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Mohamed Barakat

Personal information
Full name	Mohamed Barakat Ahmed Bastamy[1]
Date of birth	(1976-09-07) 7 September 1976 (age 47)
Place of birth	Cairo, Egypt
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	El Sekka El Hadid
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1995–1998	El Sekka El Hadid	21	(6)
1998–2002	Ismaily	79	(14)
2002–2003	Al Ahli Saudi	21	(10)
2003–2004	Al Arabi	9	(0)
2004–2013	Al Ahly	149	(41)
Total		279	(71)
International career
2000–2010	Egypt	70	(9)
Medal record Men's football Representing  Egypt Africa Cup of Nations Winner 2006 Egypt
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mohamed Barakat Ahmed Bastamy is an Egyptian former footballer. A right-footed

. However, in 2006 his career was marred by a long spell of injuries.

Club career

Early career

Barakat began his career at unheralded Sekka but really found his feet when he joined

.

Gulf Countries

The 2002 Egyptian Footballer of the Year has joined

in Qatar.

Al Ahly

Barakat returned to Egypt in 2004 to join Al Ahly. Some have commented that the combination with Mohamed Aboutrika and Emad Moteab formed the most formidable triangle in African Soccer, and they were given the moniker of "The Bermuda Triangle".

Mohamed Barakat won the

. Barakat started the season of 2013 with some bad performances, but after sometime he got back to his perfect form and scored in the CAF Super Cup 2013 the winning goal, which led Al Ahly to win the cup. After he played a match against Benzarty match in CAF Champions League 2013 and scored a goal from a penalty, he also made an assist to Emad Meteb. Two weeks later there were rumors of his retirement and Barakat admitted he was thinking of retiring because he is 37 years old. After with two days Barakat scored two goals against Enpii in the Egyptian league from a penalty and a shot. People all thought and said Barakat still has one or two seasons ahead after that amazing performance and goals and that he looked like he was eighteen while playing even though he is 37, but unfortunately three weeks after, Barakat announced that he was going to retire at the end of this season, putting an end to the career.

Retirement

After the

International career

Barakat made his debut for the Pharaohs in June 2000 against South Korea. He played 4 matches in 2002 African Cup of Nations and all Egypt's matches in 2006 Africa Cup of Nations. Barakat ended his international career on 18 November 2009 after his dream to reach the 2010 FIFA World Cup was crashed by Algeria that won 1–0, he told the press about that discussion on 11 August 2010.

International goals

Source: ^[4]

Goal	Date	Venue	Opponent	Result	Competition	Scored
1	11 Mar 2001	Egypt	Algeria	5–2	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification	1
2	24 Apr 2001	Egypt	Canada	3–0	Friendly	1
3	13 July 2001	Egypt	Namibia	8–2	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification	2
5	8 Aug 2002	Egypt	Ethiopia	4–1	Friendly	1
6	23 Aug 2002	Egypt	Sudan	3–0	Friendly	2
8	25 Jan 2004	Stade Taïeb Mhiri, Sfax, Tunisia	Zimbabwe	2–1	2004 African Cup of Nations	1
9	5 Nov 2009	Egypt	Tanzania	5–1	Friendly	1

Honours and achievements

Club

Ismaily

• Egyptian Premier League: 2001–02
• Egypt Cup: 2000

Al Ahli Saudi

• Arab Unified Club Championship: 2002

Al Ahly

• Egyptian Premier League: 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11
• Egypt Cup: 2006, 2007
• Egyptian Super Cup: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011
• CAF Champions League: 2005, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2013
• CAF Super Cup: 2006, 2007, 2009, 2013

International

Egypt

• African Cup of Nations: 2006

Individual

Awards

• BBC African Footballer of the Year
  : 2005
• African Inter-Club Player of the Year: 2005
• CAF Team of the Year: 2005

Performances

• Joetex Frimpong
  )

References

External links

• Mohamed Barakat – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Egyptian Barakat wins BBC award
• Egypt's outstanding Pharaoh
• Barakat named the best player in Africa's continental club competition