Abdallah El Said

This article is about Egyptian footballer. For other people with similar name, see Abdullah Said.

Abdallah Mahmoud Said Bekhit (Arabic: عبد الله محمود السعيد بخيت; born 13 July 1985) is an Egyptian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Egyptian Premier League club Zamalek

Abdallah El Said
عبد الله السعيد

El Said with Egypt at the 2018 FIFA World Cup
Personal information
Full name	Abdallah Mahmoud Said Bekhit[1]
Date of birth	(1985-07-13) 13 July 1985 (age 40)
Place of birth	Ismailia, Egypt
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team	Zamalek
Number	19
Youth career
–2004	Ismaily
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2004–2011	Ismaily	140	(36)
2011–2018	Al Ahly	154	(50)
2018	→ KuPS (loan)	7	(0)
2018	Al-Ahli	14	(2)
2019–2023	Pyramids	126	(36)
2024–	Zamalek	27	(7)
International career
2008–2022	Egypt	58	(6)
Medal record Representing  Egypt Men's football Africa Cup of Nations Runner-up 2017 Gabon Runner-up 2021 Cameroon
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17 January 2025

In May 2018 he was named in Egypt's squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.^[2]

Club career

El Said agreed to a three-year contract extension with Ismaily in May 2007.^[3]

In 2011 after various problems with his team and due to Ismaily's need for money and after long negotiations, El Said signed with Al Ahly despite earlier reports assuring that he is going to sign with Zamalek due to Ismaily's bitter rivalry with Ahly.^[4]

El Said made his debut with Al Ahly against ENPPI, he scored 4 goals in his first season before it was cancelled due to the Egyptian Revolution of 2011.

On 10 April 2018, El Said joined Finish side KuPS on loan for two months. Following the conclusion of the loan, he joined Saudi Arabian side Al-Ahli Saudi.^[5] In January 2019, El Said joined the Egyptian side Pyramids.^[6]

In January 2024, El said joined Zamalek.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played January 2025^[7]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup[a]		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Ismaily	2003–04	Egyptian Premier League	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
	2004–05		3	0	0	0	0	0	—		2	0
	2005–06		14	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	17	4
	2006–07		24	7	3	0	0	0	0	0	27	7
	2007–08		27	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	28	5
	2008–09		29	9	0	0	1	0	0	0	30	9
	2009–10		15	3	0	0	4[b]	0	—		19	3
	2010–11		26	8	1	0	0	0	—		27	8
	Total		140	36	8	0	20	2	7	5	180	44
Al Ahly	2010–11	Egyptian Premier League	0	0	1	0	0	0	—		1	0
	2011–12		15	4	0	0	10[b]	1	4[c]	1	29	6
	2012–13		14	0	0	0	10[b]	2	3[d]	0	27	2
	2013–14		17	9	0	0	8	1	—		25	10
	2014–15		29	6	5	4	12	3	1[e]	2	47	15
	2015–16		30	11	3	1	5	1	1[f]	0	39	13
	2016–17		28	10	2	0	11[b]	2	1[g]	0	42	12
	2017–18		21	10	0	0	1	2	—		22	12
	Total		154	50	11	5	57	12	10	3	232	70
KuPS (loan)	2018	Veikkausliiga	7	0	0	0	—				7	0
Al-Ahli	2018–19	Saudi Pro League	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	2
Pyramids	2018–19	Egyptian Premier League	18	4	3	0	—		—		21	4
	2019–20		25	17	1	0	12[h]	4	—		38	21
	2020–21		26	6	2	1	9[h]	3	—		37	10
	2021–22		31	6	5	0	10[h]	0	—		46	6
	2022–23		18	1	1	0	9[h]	3	0	0	28	4
	2023–24		8	2	0	0	4[b]	0	2[e]	0	16	2
	Total		126	36	12	1	44	10	2	0	184	47
Zamalek	2023–24	Egyptian Premier League	19	5	1	1	—		—		22	6
	2024–25		9	2	0	0	7[h]	1	3[i]	0	19	3
	Total		28	7	1	1	7	1	3	0	41	9
Career total			469	132	32	7	128	25	22	8	658	172

1. Includes Egypt Cup
2. Appearances in CAF Champions League
3. One appearance and one goal in Egyptian Super Cup, three appearances in FIFA Club World Cup
4. One appearance in CAF Super Cup, two appearances in FIFA Club World Cup
5. Appearance(s) in Egyptian Super Cup
6. Appearance in CAF Super Cup
7. Appearance in FIFA Club World Cup
8. Appearances in CAF Confederation Cup
9. Two appearances in Egyptian Super Cup, one appearance run CAF Super Cup

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[8]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Egypt	2008	1	0
	2009	1	0
	2010	0	0
	2011	2	0
	2012	1	0
	2013	6	0
	2014	0	0
	2015	2	1
	2016	10	4
	2017	10	1
	2018	8	0
	2019	7	0
	2020	2	0
	2021	6	0
	2022	2	0
Total		58	6

Scores and results list Egypt's goal tally first.^[8]

List of international goals scored by Abdallah El Said

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	17 November 2015	Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria, Egypt	Chad	2–0	4–0	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
2	27 February 2016		Burkina Faso	1–0	2–0	Friendly
3				2–0
4	9 October 2016	Stade Municipal de Kintélé, Brazzaville, Congo	Congo	2–1	2–1	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
5	13 November 2016	Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria, Egypt	Ghana	2–0	2–0
6	21 January 2017	Stade de Port-Gentil, Port-Gentil, Gabon	Uganda	1–0	1–0	2017 Africa Cup of Nations

Honours

Al Ahly

• Egyptian Premier League: 2013–14, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18
• Egypt Cup: 2016–17
• Egyptian Super Cup: 2011, 2015, 2017
• CAF Champions League: 2012, 2013
• CAF Confederation Cup: 2014
• CAF Super Cup: 2013, 2014

Zamalek

• Egypt Cup: 2024–25
• CAF Super Cup: 2024
• CAF Confederation Cup: 2023–24

Individual

• Egyptian Premier League top goalscorer: 2019–20