Mahmoud Saad (footballer, born 1952)

For the Egyptian footballer of the same name, see Mahmoud Saad (footballer, born 1983).

Mahmoud Saad El-Din Ahmed Abdel-Kader (Arabic: مَحْمُود سَعْد الدِّين أَحْمَد عَبْد الْقَادِر; born 3 March 1952)^{[citation needed]} is an Egyptian football manager and former player, who played for the national team. He has previously coached Zamalek SC, as well as the Egypt national Olympic team at the 1992 Summer Olympics.^[1]

Mahmoud Saad

Personal information
Full name	Mahmoud Saad El-Din Ahmed Abdel-Kader
Date of birth	(1952-03-03) 3 March 1952 (age 73)
Place of birth	Khanka, Egypt
Position(s)	Centre-back
Youth career
1968–1970	Zamalek
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1970–1971	Zamalek
1971–1974	Al-Safa'
1975–1981	Zamalek
International career
1975–1980	Egypt
Managerial career
1989–1990	Saudi Club
1991–1992	Egypt U20
1992	Zamalek (assistant)
1994–1995	Al-Safa'
1996–1997	Zamalek (assistant)
1998–1999	Lebanon
1999	Zamalek (staff)
2001–2002	Al-Safa'
2002–2003	Zamalek (assistant)
2004	El-Qanah
2005–2006	Al-Merrikh
2006	Zamalek (caretaker)
2006–2007	Zamalek (assistant)
2009	Zamalek (assistant)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Saad played in Zamalek's youth teams in 1968. He played for the first team in 1970. Due to football activities stoppage for the War of Attrition, he moved to Al-Safa' in 1971 and played until 1974.

Saad (second sitting from right) with Zamalek in 1978

He returned to Egypt and played for Zamalek in 1975. He won with Zamalek the Egyptian Premier League in (1977–78), and the Egypt Cup in (1975, 1977, 1979). He spent the rest of his career with the Cairo Giants. He retired in 1981.

After retirement, he worked as a head coach. He had several spells with Zamalek in the youth teams and the first team. He also coached the Lebanon national football team and won the third place at the Friendship Tournament third place in 1998. With Al-Merrikh SC, he won the Sudan Cup in 2006.

Honours

Player

Zamalek

• Egyptian Premier League: 1977–78
• Egypt Cup: 1975, 1977, 1979

Manager

Lebanon

• Friendship Tournament third place: 1998

Al-Merrikh SC

• Sudan Cup: 2006