Engy Sayed

Engy Ahmed Atya Sayed (Arabic: إنجي أحمد عطية سيد, born September 4, 1986), shortly Engy Sayed, is an Egyptian footballer who plays as a forward for the Egypt national team and for Egyptian Women's Premier League club Al-Amerya.

Engy Sayed

Sayed with Trabzon İdmanocağı in 2017
Personal information
Full name	Engy Ahmed Atya Sayed
Date of birth	(1986-09-04) 4 September 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth	Cairo, Egypt
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Wadi Degla
2017–2018	Trabzon İdmanocağı	8	(3)
International career
	Egypt
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of January 13, 2018

Early life

Engy Sayed was born in Cairo, Egypt on 4 September 4, 1986.^[1][2] She was supported by her family who love football, and used to play in the street with her brothers and other relatives. She marketed herself to foreign clubs through YouTube.^[3]

Club career

Engy Sayed (right) of Trabzon İdmanocağı attacking Beşiktaş J.K. (black/white in the 2017–18 Turkish Women's First League's away match.

Sayed played for the Cairo-based Wadi Degla SC before she moved in November 2017 to Turkey to join Trabzon İdmanocağı, who play in the Turkish Women's First Football League^[1][2][4] (with jersey number 8).

She currently captains Egyptian club Al-Amerya. The team lost in the finals of the Egyptian Ladies FA Cup in 2023. It is the second time Sayed has lost in the finals with the club.^[5][6]

International career

Sayed appeared for the Egypt women's national football team at the 2016 Africa Women Cup of Nations held in Cameroon.^[2] She scored twice in their qualifying campaign for the tournament, both goals being against Libya.^[7] As of 2023, she served as Egypt's captain.^[6][8]