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Adam El-Abd
Egypt international footballer (born 1984) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Adam Mohamad El-Abd (Arabic: آدم العبد; born 11 September 1984) is a retired professional footballer who played as a defender. El-Abd made over 500 first team appearances in his professional career and also played for the Egypt national team.
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Early and personal life
Born in Brighton, East Sussex,[1] to an Egyptian father and a British mother, El-Abd holds dual-nationality. His older brother Joe played professional rugby union and is a coach at Castres Olympique.[3] His younger brother Sami was an apprentice at Brighton, before moving into non-League football with Crawley Town, Hayes & Yeading United, Whitehawk, Bognor Regis Town, Dorking Wanderers and Horsham.
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Club career
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Brighton & Hove Albion
El-Abd joined Brighton & Hove Albion's youth department when he was nine and was granted a scholarship there at 16. He signed his first professional contract of two and a half years at the age of 19. He made his full league début for the club in the 2–1 win at Notts County in November 2003. He was then a regular in the first team squad, playing either in defence at right-back or centre-half, or in a more defensive midfield role.[4]
During the game at Huddersfield Town on 18 March 2008, El-Abd was stretchered off with medial collateral ligament damage and ruled out for the remainder of the season.[5]
In June 2008, El-Abd signed a new two-year deal with Brighton.[6] He won the Seagulls Player of the Season award for their League One winning 2010–11 campaign.[4]
El-Abd hit the milestone of 250 league appearances for Brighton on 7 March 2012, named Man of the Match in a 2–2 draw with Cardiff City. El-Abd made his 300th and final league appearance for the Seagulls coming on as a 90th-minute substitute against Birmingham City on 11 January 2014.
Bristol City
On 16 January 2014, El-Abd transferred to League One club Bristol City for an undisclosed fee.[7] Rarely used at Bristol City, he spent time out on loan at Bury,[8] Swindon Town,[9] and Gillingham.[10]
Shrewsbury Town
After his contract at Bristol City expired, he moved to League One club Shrewsbury Town on a free transfer in July 2016, signing a two-year contract,[11] where he immediately became captain in place of the departed Nathaniel Knight-Percival.[12] He scored his first goal for the club in a 2–1 home victory against Chesterfield on 20 August,[13] but was sent off in a 2–1 defeat at former club Bury three weeks later.[14] After the departure of Shrewsbury manager Micky Mellon, El Abd scored a "30 yard half-volley" in a 1–1 draw away at Southend United on 29 October, to hand new boss Paul Hurst a point in his first match in charge.[15]
El-Abd left the club at the end of June 2017 after his contract was cancelled by mutual consent.[16]
Wycombe Wanderers
On 3 July 2017, El-Abd signed a two-year contract with League Two side Wycombe Wanderers.[17] In May 2018 he extended his contract for a further year, to the end of the 2019–20 season.[18] El-Abd left Wycombe on 2 September 2019 by mutual consent.[19]
Stevenage
He signed for Stevenage on 6 September 2019,[20] but was released by the Hertfordshire side at the end of the 2019–20 season having made just 4 appearances in all competitions.[21]
Whitehawk
El-Abd joined Whitehawk on 5 August 2020, firstly as player-assistant manager,[22] then as a player and assistant U18 coach for the 2021–22 season,[23] before leaving at the end of the season.[24]
Worthing
On 8 June 2022, El-Abd joined newly promoted National League South club Worthing, linking up with former Brighton teammate Adam Hinshelwood, now Worthing manager.[25]
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International career
El-Abd stated in a 2005 interview with EgyptianPlayers.com that he intended to play for the Egyptian national side if he got the call.[26]
On 15 May 2012, and for the first time, Egypt national team coach Bob Bradley included El-Abd in the squad for friendly games against Cameroon, Togo, and Senegal, and also against Mozambique in a FIFA World Cup Qualifier.[27]
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- As of match played 11 February 2020
Footnotes
- a. ^ appearances in the Football League Trophy.
Bognor Regis Town statistics unavailable
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Honours
Brighton & Hove Albion
Individual
- Brighton & Hove Albion Player of the Season: 2010–11[4]
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