Emam Ashour Metwally Abdelghany (Arabic: إمام عاشور متولي عبدالغني; born 20 February 1998) is an Egyptian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Egyptian Premier League club Al Ahly and the Egypt national football team.
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| Full name | Emam Ashour Metwally Abdelghany[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 20 February 1998[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | El Senbellawein, Dakahlia, Egypt | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Al Ahly | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 22 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| –2015 | Ghazl El Mahalla | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2019 | Ghazl El Mahalla | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | → Haras El Hodoud (loan) | 31 | (4) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2023 | Al Zamalek | 77 | (13) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Midtjylland | 5 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Al Ahly | 11 | (3) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2021 | Egypt U23 | 11 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021– | Egypt | 9 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:23, 18 October 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 November 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Club career edit
Ashour started his career at Ghazl El Mahalla, then he joined Zamalek in 2019.
He later played for Midtjylland in Denmark, then returned to Egypt to join Al Ahly in July 2023.[2]
On 15 December 2023, he scored his first goal for Al Ahly in a 3–1 win over Al-Ittihad in the FIFA Club World Cup second round.[3]
Career statistics edit
Club edit
- As of match played 12 March 2024[4]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Haras El Hodoud | 2018-19 | Egyptian Premier League | 31 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 32 | 4 | ||
| Zamalek SC | 2018-19 | Egyptian Premier League | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 1[b] | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2019-20 | Egyptian Premier League | 12 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 14 | 2 | |||
| 2020-21 | Egyptian Premier League | 21 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4[c] | 0 | — | 28 | 6 | ||
| 2021-22 | Egyptian Premier League | 29 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 7[c] | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | 40 | 5 | |
| 2022-23 | Egyptian Premier League | 15 | 2 | — | 1[c] | 0 | — | 16 | 2 | |||
| Total | 77 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 102 | 15 | ||
| FC Midtjylland | 2022-23 | Danish Superliga | 5 | 1 | — | 2[d] | 1 | — | 7 | 2 | ||
| Al Ahly | 2022-23 | Egyptian Premier League | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | — | 2 | 2 | ||
| 2023-24 | Egyptian Premier League | 8 | 0 | — | 8[c] | 0 | 6[e] | 1 | 22 | 1 | ||
- ^ Includes Egypt Cup
- ^ a b Appearance in Egyptian Super Cup
- ^ a b c d Appearance(s) in CAF Champions League
- ^ Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
- ^ One appearance in African Football League, two appearances in Egyptian Super Cup & three appearances and 1 one goal in FIFA Club World Cup
International edit
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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| Egypt U-23 | 2019 | 8[a] | 0 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 5[b] | 0 | |
| Egypt | 2021 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 8[c] | 0 | |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 5[d] | 0 | |
| Total | 30 | 0 | |
- ^ Two appearances in U-23 Africa Cup of Nations
- ^ Three appearances in the Olympic Games
- ^ Two appearances in Africa Cup of Nations
- ^ Three appearances in Africa Cup of Nations
Honours edit
Zamalek
- Egyptian Premier League 2020–21, 2021–22
- Egypt Cup: 2018–19, 2020–21
- Egyptian Super Cup: 2019–20
- CAF Super Cup: 2020
Egypt U23
Al Ahly
- Egyptian Super Cup: 2023–24
- FIFA Club World Cup Third-Place: 2023
- Egypt Cup: 2022–23
References edit
- ^ a b c "FIFA Club World Cup Saudi Arabia 2023™: List of Players: Al Ahly SC" (PDF). FIFA. 6 December 2023. p. 1. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 December 2023. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
- ^ "Emam Ashour arrives at Al Ahly to complete summer move". KingFut. 16 July 2023.
- ^ "Al Ahly FC 3–1 Al Ittihad FC". FIFA. 15 December 2023.
- ^ a b "E. Ashour". Soccerway.
- ^ Emam Ashour at National-Football-Teams.com
External links edit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Emam Ashour.
- Emam Ashour at Soccerway
- Emam Ashour – UEFA competition record (archive)
