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Ayman Abdel-Aziz
Egyptian footballer (born 1978) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ayman Mohamed Abdelaziz (Arabic: أيمن محمد عبد العزيز; born 20 November 1978) is an Egyptian football coach and a former footballer who played as a midfielder. He played for various clubs and the Egypt national team.[1] He had been out of Egypt for a very long time, after playing most of his career in Turkey. He currently works as general coach for Zamalek.
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Playing career
Ayman began playing club football with Egyptian side Zamalek in 1997. He moved to Turkey in 2000, where he would win the TFF First League title with Konyaspor.[2] Ayman played club football in Turkey with Süper Lig sides Kocaelispor, Gençlerbirliği and Trabzonspor.[3]
He has Turkish citizenship after long time spent in Turkey[4] with the name Ayman Aziz.[5]
Balili incident
On 12 August 2007, Ayman viciously tackled Sivasspor's Israeli striker Pini Balili.[6] Allegedly, Ayman swore at Balili in Arabic before the tackle and it caused the Sivasspor players to fight with the Trabzonspor players. A spectator then jumped onto the pitch and threw punches.[7] Sivasspor players responded and after that Trabzonspor supporters raided the pitch and the match was stopped.[8][9]
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Coaching career
On 2 February 2020, Ayman joint Misr Lel Makkasa SC as assistant manager, he left the club On 1 March 2020.[citation needed]
In September 2022, he became an assistant to Egypt national team manager Rui Vitória.[10]
Honours
Zamalek
Kocaelispor
References
External links
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