Ehab Galal

Ehab Galal (Arabic: إِيهَاب جَلَال; 14 August 1967 – 11 September 2024) was an Egyptian football player and manager.

Ehab Galal

Ehab Galal, 2019
Personal information
Date of birth	(1967-08-14)14 August 1967
Place of birth	Dakahlia, United Arab Republic
Date of death	11 September 2024(2024-09-11) (aged 57)
Place of death	Heliopolis, Cairo, Egypt
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1987–1990	El Shams
1990–1999	Ismaily
1999–2003	Al Masry
2003–2004	El Qanah
Managerial career
2004	Al Masry (Sporting Director)
2007–2008	Kahrabaa Ismailia
2008	Al Hammam
2008–2010	Ismaily (Sporting Director)
2010–2011	Al Hammam
2012–2014	Kafr El Sheikh
2014	Telephonat Beni Suef
2014–2017	El Makkasa
2017–2018	ENPPI
2018	Zamalek
2018	Al Ahli SC
2018–2020	Al Masry
2020	El Makkasa
2020–2021	El Makkasa
2021	Ismaily
2021–2022	Pyramids
2022	Egypt
2022–2023	Pharco FC
2023–2024	Ismaily
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Managerial career

Galal was the manager of El Makkasa for three seasons of 2014–2017, he also managed Enppi and Zamalek clubs during the 2017–18 Egyptian Premier League season.^[1] In 2018, he managed El Masry until 2020, then he had coached El Makkasa for six months in the same year.^[2]

On 12 April 2022, it was announced that Galal was going to be the Egyptian national team manager after Carlos Queiroz's departure.^[3] On 16 June 2022, he was sacked from his position after three games in charge.^[4]

On 17 December 2022, he became the head coach of Pharco FC. However, he resigned after only eight games on 24 January 2023.^[5] In August 2023, he became Ismaily's head coach for the second tenure after 2021.^[6]

Death

Galal died from a stroke in Heliopolis, Cairo, on 11 September 2024, at the age of 57.^[7]

Honours

Player

Ismaily

• Egypt Cup: 1996–97

Manager

El Makkasa

• Egyptian Premier League runner-up: 2016–17