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Mohamed Salah
Personal information
Full name Mohamed Salah Ghaly
Date of birth (1992-06-15) 15 June 1992 (age 31)
Place of birth Basion, El Gharbia, Egypt
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)
Right Wing
Team information
Current team
 FC Basel
Number 22
Youth career
2002–2010
El Mokawloon
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2012
El Mokawloon
 41 (11)
2012– Basel 47 (9)
International career‡
2010–2011 Egypt U20 11 (3)
2011–2012 Egypt U23 11 (4)
2011– Egypt 27 (17)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24:00, 14 December 2013 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24:00, 26 November 2013 (UTC)

Mohamed Salah Ghaly (born 15 June 1992 in Basion,

Winger for Swiss Super League club Basel and the Egypt national team. As well as representing the Egyptian national team at an early age, he also participated in 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup and the 2012 Summer Olympics. He won the Swiss Super League in his first season with Basel, and was awarded the CAF Most Promising African Talent of the Year in 2012 CAF Awards.[1]

Club career

El Mokawloon

Salah played his youth football with

Port Said Stadium disaster, early February 2012, the Egyptian Premier League was stopped and all subsequent matches were postponed. On 10 March 2012, the Egyptian Football Association announced their decision to cancel the remainder of the season.[3]

Basel

Swiss Super League club Basel had been monitoring Salah for some time, and after the Port Said Stadium disaster the club organised a friendly match with the Egypt U-23 team. This match took place on 16 March in the Stadion Rankhof, in Basel, and despite Salah only playing during the second half, he scored twice. The game ended in a 4–3 win for the Egypt U-23 team.[4] Basel subsequently invited Salah to remain in the city for a week's training. On 10 April 2012, it was announced that Salah had signed for Basel on a four year contract starting from 15 June 2012.[5][6]

Salah scored on his unofficial debut on 23 June 2012 against Steaua Bucureşti during a friendly match, a 4–2 defeat. He made his official Basel debut in a UEFA Champions League preliminary stage match against the Norwegian club Molde on 8 August, coming on as a substitute in the 74th minute. He made his league debut on 12 August against Thun, playing the full match. He scored his first league goal a week later, the second goal in the 2–0 home win against Lausanne. Salah scored his first Europa League goal in the quarter-finals on 11 April 2013, as Basel advanced to the semi-finals by beating Tottenham Hotspur 4–1 on penalties after a 4–4 aggregate draw.[7] In the semi-final on 2 May, Salah scored against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, although they were beaten 2–5 on aggregate.[8] Despite late disappointment in Europe, Basel comfortably won the Swiss Super League season 2012–13 Championship title[9] and finished runners-up in the Swiss Cup.[10]

At the beginning of the

Chelsea in the 2–1 away win during the group stage, During the return tie on 26 November at the St. Jakob-Park Salah scored the winning goal as Basel beat Chelsea for the second time with a 1–0 home win.[11]

International career and goals

Egypt U-23

During the association football Men's tournament at the 2012 Summer Olympics Salah scored a goal in each of the three games in the Preliminary round. These being the final goal in the 3–2 defeat against Brazil, the equalizer in the 1–1 draw with New Zealand and the first goal in the 3–1 win against Belarus. The team reached the last eight, but were knocked out by Japan.

Goals for the U-23 team

Scores and results list Egypt's goal tally first.

Senior team

Salah played his debut for the Egypt national football team on 3 September 2011 in the 2–1 away defeat by Sierra Leone. He scored his first goal for the team in the 3–0 win against Niger just one month later. He scored a goal in the 93rd minute in stoppage time against Guinea to give Egypt an important 3–2 away victory in a 2014 FIFA World Cup Qualifier.

On 9 June 2013, Salah scored three goals (hat-trick) along with an assist when Egypt won their fourth consecutive match in the 2014 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers. The next match against Mozambique, he scored a goal that led Egypt to qualify from their group.

On 10 September 2013, he scored a goal against Guinea, the game ended 4-2. Salah scored his sixth goal in the World Cup qualifications and is currently the top scorer of Egypt as well as the CAF Qualification leader.

Goals for the senior team

Scores and results list Egypt's goal tally first.[13]

Titles and honours

Basel

Individual

References

  1. ^ http://www.cafonline.com/football/news/16154-toure-wins-his-second-african-player-of-the-year-award.html
  2. ^ http://www.goal.com/en-gh/teams/egypt/1648/al-mokawloon
  3. ^ "Egypt's Premier League cancelled". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 10 March 2012. Retrieved 11 March 2012.
  4. ^ Marti, Caspar (2012). "Munteres Testspiel gegen Ägyptens Olympia-Auswahl endet 3:4" (in German). FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 16 March 2012. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  5. ^ FC Basel 1893 (2012). "Der FCB verpflichtet den ägyptischen Nationalspieler Mohamed Salah" (in German). FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 10 April 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ Ahmed Abd El Rasoul (2012). "Egypt rising star Salah officially joins FC Basel". Ahram Online. Retrieved 10 April 2012. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  7. ^ "Basel break Spurs' hearts from the spot". Uefa. 2013. Retrieved 11 April 2013. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  8. ^ Haylett, Trevor (2013). "Basel take heart after Chelsea defeat". Eufa. Retrieved 3 May 2013. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  9. ^ Schifferle, Michael (2013). "Season review: Switzerland". Eufa. Retrieved 10 June 2013. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  10. ^ SFV (2013). "Telegramm Schweizer Cup Final". Schweizerischer Fussballverband. Retrieved 20 May 2013. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help) (in German)
  11. ^ Basel FC BS Chelsea Group Stage Match Report .UEFA Website . (English)
  12. ^ a b FC Basel 1893 Egypt U23 Match Review . nilesports.com . Retrieved 16 March 2012
  13. ^ 44923

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