Ahmed Salah (volleyball)

Ahmed Salah (born 19 August 1984), also known as Ahmed Abdel Naeim (Arabic: احمد صلاح), is an Egyptian indoor volleyball player. Since 2003 he is a member of the Egypt men's national volleyball team, where he goes by the nickname Salah. He competed at the 2008 and 2016 Summer Olympics and 2006, 2010 and 2014 World Championships.^[1]

Ahmed Salah
Salah at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Full name	Ahmed Abdelhey Salah El din
Nationality	Egyptian
Born	(1984-08-19) 19 August 1984 (age 40) Egypt
Height	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)
Weight	87 kg (192 lb)
Spike	342 cm (135 in)
Block	316 cm (124 in)
Volleyball information
Position	Opposite Spiker
Current team	Al Ahly (volleyball)
Number	4
Career
Years Teams 2001-2009 Al Ahly SC 2010–2011 Dynamo Yanter 2010–2012 Al Ahly SC 2012–2013 Halkbank Ankara 2013–2014 Galatsaray 2014–2018 AL GAISH 2018-present Al Ahly SC
National team
2003–Now  Egypt
Honours Men's Volleyball Representing  Egypt African Championship 2005 Egypt 2007 South Africa 2009 Morocco 2011 Morocco 2013 Tunisia 2015 Egypt 2017 Egypt Mediterranean Games 2005 Almería
Last updated: 10 June 2018

Abdelhay was named most valuable player (MVP) at the 2011 and 2015 and best server at the 2011 and 2013 African Championships; he was also voted as best spiker at the 2011 World Cup. He is a patriot and refused several offers to change nationality despite the financial privileges.^[1] He retired internationally in 2023 after winning his 7th African championship in Cairo.

Honours

Club

Al Ahly SC

• Egyptian Volleyball League (12): 2001/02, 2002/03, 2003/04, 2005/06, 2006/07, 2008/09, 2009/10, 2010/11, 2018/19, 2019/20, 2020/2021, 2023/24
• Egyptian Volleyball Cup (12) : 2001/02, 2002/03, 2003/04, 2004/05, 2005/06, 2006/07, 2007/08, 2009/10, 2010/11, 2018/19, 2019/2020, 2023/24.
• African Clubs Championship (8): 2003, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2019, 2022, 2024
• Arab Clubs Championship (6): 2002, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2020, 2023 .
• Egyptian Volleyball Super Cup (2)

 2023, 2024

Halkbank Ankara

• CEV Cup (1): 2012–13
• Turkish Volleyball Cup (1) : 2013–14

Al Gaish

• Egyptian Volleyball League (2): 2015/16, 2016/2017.
• Egyptian Volleyball Cup (2): 2014/15, 2016/17.
• African Clubs Championship : 2016

Al Hilal

• Arab Clubs Championship: 2011

International

• Men's African Volleyball Championship (7): 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2023
• Mediterranean Games : 2005
• Volleyball at the African Games : 2003, 2007
• 3 × Arab Games : 2006, 2014, 2016

Individual

• FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup Best Spiker (1): 2011
• FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup Top Scorer (1): 2015
• Men's African Volleyball Championship MVP (1): 2005, 2009, 2011
• Men's African Volleyball Championship Best Server (2): 2007, 2011
• Men's African Volleyball Championship Best Spiker (1): 2007
• Olympic Continental Qualification Tournament (Africa) MVP (1): 2008
• Olympic Continental Qualification Tournament (Africa) Best Spiker (1): 2008
• African Clubs Championship MVP (2): 2009, 2010
• African Clubs Championship Best Spiker (1): 2015
• Arab Clubs Championship MVP: 2006, 2011
• Arab Clubs Championship Best Server: 2005, 2010
• Arab Clubs Championship Best Spiker: 2006
• Egyptian League MVP: 2007
• Egyptian League Best Server: 2001
• Egyptian League Best Spiker: 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2007
• best player & best attacker (in African cup for youth 2002)
• best server (8th rashid international volleyball tournament 2004)