Ibrahim Hassan

For the Ghanaian sprinter, see Ibrahim Hassan (athlete). For the Djiboutian long-distance runner, see Bouh Ibrahim. For the later Egyptian footballer, see Ibrahim Hassan (footballer, born 1991).

Ibrahim Hassan Hussein Ahmed (Arabic: إِبْرَاهِيم حَسَن حُسَيْن أَحْمَد; born 10 August 1966) is an Egyptian football director and former professional football player who played as a right back. He is currently the director of the Egyptian national team. Ibrahim Hassan has 131 caps for Egypt. His twin brother Hossam also played professional football, and they shared clubs for most of their extensive careers.^[1][2]

Ibrahim Hassan

Personal information
Full name	Ibrahim Hassan Hussein
Date of birth	(1966-08-10) 10 August 1966 (age 59)
Place of birth	Cairo, Egypt
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Right back
Youth career
1975–1984	Al Ahly
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1984–1990	Al Ahly	78	(14)
1990–1991	PAOK	24	(6)
1991–1992	Neuchâtel Xamax	13	(1)
1992–1999	Al Ahly	161	(24)
1999–2000	Al Ain
2000–2004	Zamalek	61	(12)
2004–2006	Al Masry	47	(4)
International career
1988–2002	Egypt	131	(14)
Medal record Men's football Representing  Egypt FIFA Arab Cup 1992 Syria
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Born in Cairo, Hassan played professionally for almost twenty years, in a career in which he shared teams with his sibling Hossam for its vast majority. He represented Al Ahly (twice), PAOK FC, Neuchâtel Xamax, Al Ain SCC, Zamalek SC and Al-Masry, even joining his twin in his overseas spells in Greece, Switzerland and United Arab Emirates.

In the summer of 2000, Hassan moved to Zamalek, winning three Egyptian Premier League titles (in 2000–01, 2001–02 and 2003–04) with the Cairo giants, in addition to the 2002 Egypt Cup and the Egyptian Super Cup in 2001 and 2002. At the continental level, Hassan won with Zamalek the 2002 CAF Champions League, 2003 CAF Super Cup, 2003 UAFA Club Cup and the 2003 Saudi-Egyptian Super Cup.

Hassan retired at almost 40 years of age, going on to have a spell as assistant manager with former team El-Masry, where his brother would also start his coaching career in 2008.^[3] In 2010, after a brief spell as assistant manager with Zamalek, he became the club's director of football.

International career

Hassan played 131 games and scored 14 goals for Egypt over almost 20 years, as Hossam.^[4] He appeared for the national team at the 1990 FIFA World Cup, helping it to two draws and a narrow 0–1 defeat against England. His brother was also an undisputed starter, as the pair became the first players from Africa to be selected to FIFA's Century Club. Hassan remains the only Egyptian footballer who made the "FIFA world team" selection (three times) and played in 1990 and 1999 against Bosnia and South Africa respectively.

Career statistics

International

Egypt national team[5]
Year	Apps	Goals
1988	16	3
1989	20	1
1990	15	0
1991	11	4
1992	4	0
1993	7	1
1994	6	0
1995	7	1
1996	3	1
1997	12	0
1998	0	0
1999	12	1
2000	11	0
2001	6	2
2002	1	0
Total	131	14

Honours

Club

Al Ahly

• Egyptian League: 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1988–89, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99
• Egypt Cup: 1985, 1989, 1993, 1996
• African Cup Winners' Cup: 1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1992–93
• African Champions League: 1986–87
• Arab Champions League: 1995–96
• Arab Cup Winners' Cup: 1993–94
• Arab Super Cup: 1997, 1998
• Afro-Asian Cup: 1988

Al Ain

• UAE League: 1999–00

Zamalek

• Egyptian League: 2000–01, 2002–03, 2003–04
• Egypt Cup: 2002
• Egyptian Super Cup: 2001, 2002
• CAF Champions League: 2001–02
• CAF Super Cup: 2002
• Arab Champions League: 2003
• Saudi-Egyptian Super Cup: 2003

International

Egypt

• Arab Cup: 1992

See also

• List of men's footballers with 100 or more international caps