Ahmed Hamdi (footballer)

Ahmed Hamdi
Personal information
Full name Ahmed Hamdi Hussein Hafez[1]
Date of birth (1998-02-10) 10 February 1998 (age 26)[2]
Place of birth Cairo, Egypt
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[3]
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Zamalek
Number 5
Youth career
2005–2015 Al Ahly
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2019 Al Ahly 14 (1)
2019 → El Gouna (loan) 14 (1)
2019–2021 El Gouna 26 (6)
2021 → CF Montréal (loan) 19 (2)
2021–2023 CF Montréal 13 (0)
2024– Zamalek 13 (1)
International career
2017 Egypt U20 3 (0)
2019 Egypt U23 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 October 2022

Hussein Hafez (Arabic: أحمد حمدي حسين حافظ; born 10 February 1998) is an Egyptian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Egyptian Premier League side Zamalek.

Career

Hamdy is a product of the Al Ahly youth system. On 18 December 2015, he made his debut with Al-Ahly in a 2015–16 Egyptian Premier League match against Smouha SC under José Peseiro. He started the match before being substituted in the second half.[4]

On 4 February 2021, Hamdy joined Canadian Major League Soccer club CF Montréal on loan for the 2021 season.[5] On 19 October 2021, Montréal announced they had exercised their purchase option on Hamdy.[6]

Upon completion of the 2023 Season, CF Montréal would announce that they would not pick up Hamdi's contract for 2024, ending his time with the club.[7]

In January 2024, Hamdy joined Zamalek. Later that year, on 19 May, he scored the only goal in a 1–0 victory over RS Berkane in the CAF Confederation Cup final second leg, which granted his club their second title in the competition by winning on away goals rule following a 2–2 draw on aggregate.[8]

Honours

Montreal Impact

Zamalek

References

  1. ^ Ahmed Hamdi at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ Ahmed Hamdi at Soccerway. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  3. ^ "Ahmed Hamdi Hussein Hafez". CF Montréal. Archived from the original on 6 December 2021. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
  4. ^ "الظهور الرسمي الأول لأحمد حمدي في هزيمة قاسية للأهلي - الأهلي.كوم". www.el-ahly.com.
  5. ^ "CF Montréal acquires Ahmed Hamdi". CF Montreal. 4 February 2021. Archived from the original on 4 February 2021. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  6. ^ Montréal, C. F. "Le CF Montréal exerce l'option de transfert permanent d'Ahmed Hamdi | FC Montreal". CF Montréal.
  7. ^ "CF Montréal exercises options on four players for the 2024 season". CF Montréal. December 1, 2023.
  8. ^ "VIDEO: Zamalek overcome RS Berkane to win Confederation Cup". KingFut. 19 May 2024.
  9. ^ "Montreal beats Toronto FC 1-0 to win Canadian Championship Voyageurs Cup". Retrieved November 21, 2021.[permanent dead link‍]