Zak Abdel

Not to be confused with Zak Abel.

Zak Abdel (Arabic: زكي عبد الفتاح, romanized: Zaki Abdul Fattah; born 20 July 1961, Cairo, Egypt) is a former professional soccer player and now professional goalkeeping coach.

Zak Abel

Personal information
Date of birth	(1961-07-20) 20 July 1961 (age 64)
Position	Goalkeeper

Career

Abdel had a 16-year professional playing career for Ghazl El Mahalla SC of the Egyptian First Division, winning two championships.^[1]

He has worked in international football as goalkeeper coach for the USMNT (2007–2011) and the Egypt national football team (2011–2014) and the Canada men's national soccer team.^[2]

He worked as the goalkeeper coach at MLS soccer club LA Galaxy for 7 years, as well as with the now defunct Chivas USA.

He was announced in the goalkeeping coach role at the newly formed Los Angeles FC ahead of their inaugural season in 2018, working under former National team coach Bob Bradley, with whom he has consistently worked for a number of years.^[3]

On 20 July 2019, Abdel had an altercation with Zlatan Ibrahimović, following elbowing Mohamed El Monir.^[4]