Ahmed Eid Abdel Malek Abdou ( ar, أحمد عيد عبد الملك عبده; born May 15, 1980) is an Egyptian retired

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, who last played for

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in the

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. He is known for his time at

Haras El Hodood Haras El Hodood Sporting Club ( ar, نادي حرس الحدود الرياضي, lit=Border Guard Club), is an Egyptian professional sports club based in El Max, Alexandria. It is best known for its professional football team, that competes in ...

and

Zamalek Zamalek ( ar, الزمالك , ''al zamalek'') is an affluent district of western Cairo encompassing the northern portion of Gezira Island in the Nile River. The island is connected with the river banks through three bridges each on the east ...

. He also played for national side

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. He is an attacking midfielder.

Club career

Early career

He started his career in

youth team and transferred to

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. He scored 5 goals in the 2003–04 Egyptian Premier League.

Haras El Hodood

He joined

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's side

in 2004. In October 2008, the club won the

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after beating ENPPI on penalties in the

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. Abdel Malek is also famous for scoring the fastest goal in African football history, finding the net after only ten seconds of the 2006 CAF Confederation Cup game between Haras El Hedood and Guinean side Kalom.

Zamalek

He joined

in 2013. After winning

, Eid announced on

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that he will not continue his career in Zamalek. He was released from his contract.

International career

Abdel Malek made his debut with Egyptian national team in 2005 against

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. He was included in the 2006 African Cup of Nations winning squad. The Haras El-Hodood skipper found his form with the national team again during the

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qualifiers in which he scored 2 decisive goals in two consecutive games against

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and

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., He was included in the Egypt's Squad in

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, he was given no 10 after the dismiss of

Emad Moteab Emad Mohamed Abdelnaby Ibrahim Moteab ( ar, عماد محمد عبد النبي إبراهيم متعب; born 20 February 1983) is an Egyptian semi-retired professional footballer who played as a striker. Career statistics International :Sourc ...

due to injury. In early 2010, Hassan Shehata, Egypt's head coach, named Abdel Malek among the Egyptian squad that will defend its title in the 2010 African Cup of Nations .

International goals

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Honors

Club

;Haras El-Hodoud *

: 2008–09, 2009–10 *

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: 2010 ;Zamalek SC *

: 2014–15 *

: 2012–13, 2013–14

International

;Egypt * African Cup of Nations:

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References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Abdel Malek, Ahmed Eid 1980 births Living people Egyptian footballers Egypt international footballers 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup players 2006 Africa Cup of Nations players 2010 Africa Cup of Nations players Egyptian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Libya Haras El Hodoud SC players Al Masry SC players Wadi Degla SC players Zamalek SC players Al-Ahly SC (Benghazi) players Egyptian Premier League players Association football midfielders Libyan Premier League players Egyptian expatriate sportspeople in Libya Aswan SC players El Gouna FC players