Nader El-Sayed

Nader El-Sayed (Arabic: نَادِر السَّيِّد; born 31 December 1972) is an Egyptian retired professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Nader El Sayed

Personal information
Date of birth	(1972-12-31) 31 December 1972 (age 52)
Place of birth	Dakahlia, Egypt
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
	Dikirnis
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1992–1998	Zamalek	103	(0)
1998–2000	Club Brugge	29	(0)
2000–2002	Goldi	20	(0)
2002–2003	Akratitos	17	(0)
2003–2004	Al Ittihad Alexandria	16	(0)
2004–2005	Al Masry	27	(0)
2005–2006	Al Ahly	2	(0)
2007–2008	ENPPI	4	(0)
International career
1992–2005	Egypt	110	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

He was widely recognized for the first time as goalkeeper for notable Egyptian club El Zamalek. After showing some classy performances for his club, he took the chance to move to Club Brugge in the Belgian League in 1998. After failing to reserve a starting place with his team, he decided to try his luck with Akratitos in the Greek Super League.^[2]

Nader participated with Al Ahly in the 2005 FIFA Club World Championship 5th place playoff against Sydney F.C. in Tokyo, the match which Sydney won 2–1.^[3]

On 9 January 2007 it was announced that Nader transferred to ENPPI after failing to reserve a starting place in Al Ahly.

International career

He used to play for Egypt national team until 2005,^[3] where he lost his place due to his irregular participating with Al Ahly. His last national game was against Ivory Coast away, ended with a loss for guests 2–0. This match was in 2006 World Cup Qualifiers. Nader's first national game was against Jordan ended with a draw 1–1.

Nader was the Captain of Egyptian team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona^[3] and participated in 1991 FIFA World Youth Championship in Portugal.^[3]

Also, he was the first Egyptian goalkeeper to be chosen twice as best keeper in African Cup of Nations since 1957. He had chosen in Burkina Faso 1998 and Ghana and Nigeria 2000 .

Honours

National Team

• Winner of African Cup of Nations Burkina Faso 1998.
• Winner of Arab Cup of Nations 1992.
• Winner of African Youth Championship 1991.

Zamalek

• African Cup of Champions Clubs: 2

  1993, 1996

• CAF Super Cup: 2

  1994, 1997

• Egyptian League: 2

  1991–92, 1992–93

• Afro-Asian Cup: 1

  1997

Ahly

• CAF Champions League 2005
• CAF Champions League 2006
• Egyptian League (2005/2006)
• Egyptian Soccer Cup (2005/2006)
• Egyptian Super Cup 2005/2006
• African Super Cup 2006.

Individual

• Two times Best African goalkeeper in African Cup of Nations1998 & 2000.
• Best goalkeeper in African Youth Nation Cup 1991
• Best Arab goalkeeper 1992
• Best Egyptian goalkeeper 1992–1998

Penalty shootouts

Nader is famous for saving penalty kicks. He saved 21 kicks in penalty shoot-outs, winning many tournaments for his country and his club.

See also

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