Ahmed Hamoudi ( ar, أحمد حمودي; born 30 July 1990) is an Egyptian

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who plays as an

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for Egyptian Premier League club

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Club career

Smouha

Hamoudi played his youth football with Smouha Sporting Club and advanced to their first team in 2010. In his first season he played regularly. Following the

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on 1 February 2012, the Egyptian Premier League was suspended, and on 10 March 2012, the Egyptian Football Association announced their decision to cancel the remainder of the season. The following season play restarted, however, after the

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on 3 July 2013, the Egyptian season was suspended for security reasons, and a decision was reached to cancel the remainder of the season. The next season was again played in full and Hamoudi with

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were runners-up in the championship.

Basel

On 29 July 2014

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announced that they had signed Hamoudi on a four-year contract. He joined Basel's first team for their 2014–15 season under head coach

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. After playing in one test game, Hamoudi played his debut played for his new club in the Swiss Cup away game on 23 August 2014 as Basel won 4–0 against CS Italien ( GE). He played his domestic league debut and scored his first league goal in the home game in

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on 23 September 2014. It was the last goal of the match and the pass came from his Egyptian teammate Mohamed Elneny, as Basel won 3–1 against

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. The season 2014–15 was a successful one for Basel. Basel entered the Champions League in the

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. They reached the

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on 9 December 2014, as they managed a 1–1 draw at

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against

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. But they were knocked out of the competition by

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in the

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. At the end of the 2014–15 season, Basel won the championship for the sixth time in a row. In the

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Basel reached the final. However, for the third time in a row they finished as runners-up. However, Hamoudi failed to make a lasting impression during that season under trainer

. Of the 50 competition matches (36 Swiss League fixtures – 6 Swiss Cup and 8 Champions League) that Basel played that season, Hamoudi appeared in just 20 and he was mainly used as a substitute. So for the next season Hamoudi was loaned out to

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. Somewhat more than a year later, on 31 August,

announced that the contract between them and the 26-year-old Egyptian international Hamoudi had been resolved on mutual consent with immediate effect. During his season with the club, Hamoudy played a total of 28 games for Basel scoring a total of three goals. Twelve of these games were in the Swiss Super League, four in the Swiss Cup, four in the 2014–15 Champions League and four were friendly games. He scored one goal in the domestic league, one in the cup and the other was scored during the test games.

Zamalek

On Sunday 5 August 2015 Hamoudi joined Zamalek on loan until the end of the 2015–16 season, he made his debut on 23 August 2015 and scored twice in the 3–1 away win against

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in the fifth round of the

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Al Ahly

On 30 January 2017, Hamoudi joined Al Ahly from Al Batin.

Honors

Club

;Basel * Swiss Super League: 2014–15 * Swiss Cup runner up: 2014–15 ;Zamalek SC: *

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: 2014–15 ;Al Ahly * Egyptian Premier League: 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19 *

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Individual

Top Goalscorer:

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(6 goals)

References

External links

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Profile at Swiss Football League Website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hamoudi, Ahmed 1990 births Living people Egyptian footballers Egypt men's international footballers Egyptian expatriate footballers Swiss Super League players Saudi Professional League players Egyptian Premier League players Smouha SC players FC Basel players Zamalek SC players Al Batin FC players Al Ahly SC players Pyramids FC players Egyptian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Egyptian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia Expatriate footballers in Switzerland Expatriate footballers in Saudi Arabia Men's association football midfielders Sportspeople from Alexandria