Ahmed Mostafa (footballer, born 1997)

For other people named Ahmed Mostafa, see Ahmed Mostafa (disambiguation).

Ahmed Mostafa Kotb (born 21 October 1997) is an Egyptian footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Egyptian Premier League club Smouha.

Ahmed Mostafa

Personal information
Full name	Ahmed Mostafa Kotb
Date of birth	(1997-10-21) 21 October 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth	Saudi Arabia
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)[1]
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team	Modern Sport FC
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2017–2018	Petrojet	5	(0)
2017–2018	→ El Dakhleya (loan)	28	(3)
2018–2020	Gent	1	(0)
2019	→ Smouha (loan)	7	(0)
2019–2020	→ Abha (loan)	5	(0)
2020	→ Al-Adalah (loan)	5	(0)
2020–2022	Ismaily	36	(2)
2022	Smouha	1	(1)
2023–2024	→ Al-Okhdood (loan)	8	(0)
2024-	Modern Sport FC	8	(0[2])
International career‡
2017	Egypt U20	2	(0)
2018–	Egypt U23	3	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 22:52, 8 May 2019 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 22:52, 8 May 2019 (UTC)

Professional career

Mostafa joined Gent on 31 May 2018 from Petrojet for a fee around $550,000.^[3] Mostafa made his professional debut with Gent in a 3–0 Belgian First Division A win over Cercle Brugge on 2 September 2018.^[4] On 25 January 2019, Mostafa was loaned out to Smouha SC for the rest of the season in order for him get some valuable match experience.^[5] Mostafa had struggled for game time, featuring just eight minutes with the first-team. He later played in Saudi Arabia for Abha and Al-Adalah, before returning to Egypt to sign for Ismaily.^[6]

On 21 July 2023, Mostafa joined Al-Okhdood on a one-year loan.^[7]

International career

Mostafa represented the Egypt U20s at the 2017 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations.^[8][9]