Rifaat El-Fanagily

Rifaat El-Fanagily

Personal information
Full name	Rifaat El-Fanagily
Date of birth	(1936-05-01)1 May 1936
Place of birth	Damietta, Egypt
Date of death	23 June 2004(2004-06-23) (aged 68)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1953–1970	Al-Ahly
International career
1957–1966	Egypt
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Rifaat El-Fanagily (Arabic: رفعت الفناجيلي; 1 May 1936, in Damietta – 23 June 2004) was an Egyptian footballer who played as a midfielder for Al-Ahly. He also played for the Egyptian national team, and was part of the team that won the 1957 and 1959 Africa Cup of Nations, and represented his country in the 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics.[1][2]

Honours

Al Ahly

• Egyptian Premier League: 1953–54, 1955–56, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1958–59, 1960–61, 1961–62
• Egypt Cup: 1952–53, 1955–56, 1957–58, 1960–61, 1965–66

Egypt

• Africa Cup of Nations: 1957, 1959

References

1. "Obituary: Death of 'The Engineer'". Al-Ahram Weekly. Archived from the original on 12 January 2010. Retrieved 26 October 2011.
2. "Rifaat El-Fanagily". Olympedia. Retrieved 13 December 2021.

External links

• Rifaat El-Fanagily at National-Football-Teams.com