Hassan El-Shazly

Hassan El-Shazly
El-Shazly with Tersana in 1965
Personal information
Full name Hassan Ahmed El-Shazly
Date of birth (1943-05-20)20 May 1943
Place of birth Kingdom of Egypt
Date of death 20 April 2015(2015-04-20) (aged 71)
Place of death Giza, Egypt
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Position(s) Midfielder / Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1959–1978 Tersana (173)
International career
1961–1975 Egypt[1] 62 (49)
Managerial career
2000–2001 Tersana
2002–2003 Al-Ittihad (Aleppo)
2003 Tersana
2009–2010 Tersana
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Egypt (as player)
Africa Cup of Nations
Third place 1963
Third place 1970
Third place 1974
Arab Games
Gold medal – first place 1965
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Hassan Ahmed El-Shazly (Egyptian Arabic: حسن الشاذلي, Hassan El Shazly) (13 November 1943 – 20 April 2015)[2] was an Egyptian footballer. He is considered as a historic player of Tersana. He was described as a "devastating shooter" and "lethal with both feet". He is the Africa Cup of Nations all-time top Egyptian scorer, and the all-time top scorer of the Egyptian Premier League. El-Shazly is considered as one of the best forwards in the history of African football.[3]

Career

El-Shazly played for the Egyptian team Tersana. He led Tersana to its only Egyptian League title in the 1963 season. He was the Egyptian Premier League top goalscorer for four times.[4] As of 2010, this is an Egyptian record that still holds. He scored 34 goals as the top league scorer of the 1974–75 Egyptian Premier League season, a one-season record that still stands. This was done at a relative old age; he was 32 years old. El-Shazly is the Egyptian Premier League's all-time goal scorer with 173 goals.[3][5]

El-Shazly with Tersana in 1967

He also represented the Egypt national football team, and was the top scorer with six goals at the 1963 African Cup of Nations. He played with his country in the 1965 Arab Games, and Egypt won the gold medal, he was the tournament top scorer with 9 goals. El-Shazly also played in the 1970 African Cup of Nations and scored 5 goals and his country finished third in the tournament. He played in the 1974 African Cup of Nations and scored his 12th goal in the Africa Cup of Nations record, becoming Egypt's all time top scorer in the tournament. He played 62 international caps and scored 49 goals for his country.[6][7]

Career statistics

Club

Club Season League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Tersana 1959–60 EPL 1 —
1960–61 1 1 — 2
1961–62 3 1 — 4
1962–63 29 2 — 31
1963–64 24 0 — 24
1964–65 23 10 — 33
1965–66 18 7 — 25
1966–67 9 3 — 12
1971–72 1 —
1972–73 5 —
1973–74 6 —
1974–75 34 3 7[a] 44
1975–76 14 4 — 18
1976–77 5 —
total 173 32 7 212
Career total 173 32 7 212
  1. ^ Goals in October League Cup

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year[1]
National team Year Apps Goals
Egypt 1961 4 5
1963 11 9
1964 7 4
1965 7 9
1966 2 1
1967 4 0
1968 4 3
1969 5 4
1970 4 5
1971 6 4
1972 5 4
1974 3 1
1975 2 0
Total 64 49
Scores and results list Egypt's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each El-Shazly goal.
List of international goals scored by Hassan El-Shazly
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 31 August 1961 Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca, Morocco  Libya 1-0 2-1 1961 Arab Games [1]
2 3 September 1961 Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca, Morocco  Saudi Arabia 2-0 13-0 1961 Arab Games [8]
3 5-0
4 10-0
5 5 September 1961 Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca, Morocco  Kuwait — 8-0 1961 Arab Games [1]
6 18 September 1963 Salerno, Italy  Spain Amateurs — 1-1 1963 Mediterranean Games [1]
7 20 September 1963 Stadio Alberto Pinto, Caserta, Italy  Malta Amateurs 5-0 6-0 1963 Mediterranean Games [1]
8 6-0
9 24 November 1963 Kumasi Sports Stadium, Kumasi, Ghana  Nigeria 3-0 6-3 1963 African Cup of Nations [9]
10 4-0
11 5-1
12 26 November 1963 Kumasi Sports Stadium, Kumasi, Ghana  Sudan 1-0 2-2 1963 African Cup of Nations [9]
13 30 November 1963 Accra Sports Stadium, Accra, Ghana  Ethiopia 1-0 3-0 1963 African Cup of Nations [9]
14 2-0
15 15 January 1964 Nasser Stadium, Cairo Egypt  Uganda — 3-1 1964 Summer Olympics qualification [1]
16 22 March 1964 Alexandria, Egypt  Algeria — 2-2 Friendly [1]
17 27 March 1964 Nasser Stadium, Cairo Egypt  Sudan 4-1 4-1 1964 Summer Olympics qualification [1]
18 17 April 1964 Khartoum, Sudan  Sudan 2-0 3-3 1964 Summer Olympics qualification [1]
19 3 September 1965 Cairo, Egypt Aden Colony Aden — 14-0 1965 Arab Games [1]
20 —
21 —
22 —
23 —
24 4 September 1965 Cairo, Egypt  Lebanon 2-0 3-0 1965 Arab Games [10]
25 9 September 1965 Cairo, Egypt  Libya — 8-1 1965 Arab Games [1]
26 —
27 —
28 25 February 1966 Cairo, Egypt  Bulgaria — 2-2 Friendly [1]
29 12 November 1968 Cairo, Egypt  Soviet Union — 4-1 Friendly [1]
30 —
31 —
32 27 June 1969 Cairo, Egypt  Jordan — 6-1 Friendly [1]
33 —
34 19 September 1969 Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt  Algeria 1-0 1-0 1970 African Cup of Nations qualification [11]
35 28 September 1969 20 August 1955 Stadium, Algiers, Algeria  Algeria 1-1 1-1 1970 African Cup of Nations qualification [11]
36 6 February 1970 Wad Madani Stadium, Wad Madani, Sudan  Guinea 4-1 4-1 1970 African Cup of Nations [11]
37 14 February 1970 Municipal Stadium, Khartoum, Sudan  Sudan 1-1 1-2 1970 African Cup of Nations [11]
38 16 February 1970 Municipal Stadium, Khartoum, Sudan  Ivory Coast 1-0 3-1 1970 African Cup of Nations [11]
39 2-0
40 3-0
41 21 March 1971 Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt  Morocco — 3-2 1972 African Cup of Nations qualification [1]
42 —
43 11 July 1971 Tripoli, Libya  Syria 1-0 1-0 1971 Al-Jalaa Tournament [1]
44 16 July 1971 Tripoli, Libya  Libya — 2-3 1971 Al-Jalaa Tournament [1]
45 12 January 1972 Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad, Iraq  Syria — 4-2 1972 Palestine Cup of Nations [1]
46 —
47 14 January 1972 Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad, Iraq  Iraq 1-0 3-1 1972 Palestine Cup of Nations [12]
48 24 November 1972 Cairo, Egypt  Somalia — 4-1 1973 All-Africa Games qualification [1]
49 6 March 1974 Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt  Ivory Coast 1-0 2-0 1974 African Cup of Nations [13]

Honours

Tersana[4]
Egypt[4]
Individual[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t Hassan Ahmed El-Shazly - Goals in International Matches
  2. ^ "Egyptian league all-time scorer Hassan El-Shazly dies at 71". Ahram Online. 20 April 2015.
  3. ^ a b Abdel-Ghani, Alaa "History of greatness" Archived 2011-06-05 at the Wayback Machine, Al-Ahram Weekly, 7 April 2004. Retrieved on 12 April 2010.
  4. ^ a b c d Said, Tarek "Famous Egyptian Players ", egyptianfootball.net. Retrieved on 14 April 2010.
  5. ^ "Egypt - All-Time Topscorers". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 2024-05-06.
  6. ^ Pierrend, José Luis (2006-02-12). "African Nations Cup - Topscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 2009-08-06.
  7. ^ "Hassan Ahmed El-Shazly - Goals in International Matches". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 2024-05-06.
  8. ^ "Egypt v Saudi Arabia, 03 September 1961". 11v11. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
  9. ^ a b c "African Nations Cup 1963". RSSSF. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
  10. ^ "4th Pan Arab Games, 1965 (Cairo, Egypt)". Retrieved 2 July 2024.
  11. ^ a b c d e "Egypt Versus Algeria". RSSSF. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
  12. ^ "Palestine Cup 1972". RSSSF. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
  13. ^ "African Nations Cup 1974". RSSSF. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
  14. ^ Said, Tarek. "Egypt - All-Time Topscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 2009-08-06.


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