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Tewfik Abdullah
Tewfik Abdullah (also Tawfik Abdallah and variations, Arabic: توفيق عبد الله) (23 June 1896 – 1963) was an Egyptian football player, He was the second Egyptian to play in the English Football League and the first in the First Division. He was one of four Egyptians who played professional football in Britain before World War Il. He began his career in Egypt with Cairo International SC, today's Zamalek, and played for Egypt in the 1920 Olympics. In England he featured for Derby County in the First Division. He further was active for some lower division clubs in England, Scotland and Wales before playing for several clubs in the American Soccer League between 1924 and 1928. There he won the National Challenge Cup with the Fall River F.C.. After returning to Egypt he won the National Cup there with Al Ahly SC before returning to Cairo International. He finished his playing career in Canada. Later he was manager of Cairo International and the Egyptian national team. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cairo
Cairo ( ; ar, القاهرة, al-Qāhirah, ) is the Capital city, capital of Egypt and its largest city, home to 10 million people. It is also part of the List of urban agglomerations in Africa, largest urban agglomeration in Africa, List of largest cities in the Arab world, the Arab world and List of largest metropolitan areas of the Middle East, the Middle East: The Greater Cairo metropolitan area, with a population of 21.9 million, is the Megacity, 12th-largest in the world by population. Cairo is associated with ancient Egypt, as the Giza pyramid complex and the ancient cities of Memphis, Egypt, Memphis and Heliopolis (ancient Egypt), Heliopolis are located in its geographical area. Located near the Nile Delta, the city first developed as Fustat, a settlement founded after the Muslim conquest of Egypt in 640 next to an existing ancient Roman empire, Roman fortress, Babylon Fortress, Babylon. Under the Fatimid Caliphate, Fatimid dynasty a new city, ''al-Qāhirah'', was foun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
