Hany Omar Mohamed Said Zakaria Gad ( ar, هاني عمر محمد سعيد زكريا جاد; born 22 April 1980) is an Egyptian retired professional

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who played as a

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Club career

Born in

Cairo Cairo ( ; ar, القاهرة, al-Qāhirah, ) is the capital of Egypt and its largest city, home to 10 million people. It is also part of the largest urban agglomeration in Africa, the Arab world and the Middle East: The Greater Cairo metro ...

, Egypt, Said started his youth career at

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in 1997. The following year, he moved to the Italian club

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where he played for three seasons in

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. In February 2003, after five years with Bari, Said moved to

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side

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for the second half of the 2002–03 season. In summer 2003 he moved to

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where he could not find his place. During the 2004–2005 season he played for and suffered relegation with Belgian first-tier club

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. In 2006, Said left Al Masry for

Ismaily Ismaily Sporting Club ( ar, نادي الإسماعيلي الرياضي) is an Egyptian professional football club, established on 20 March 1921 as El Nahda Sporting Club ( ar, جمعية نهضة الشباب المصري ) ( Egyptian pronunci ...

. His performances during the Africa Cup of Nations 2008 in Ghana made Said a target for Egypt's biggest clubs,

Zamalek SC Zamalek Sporting Club ( ar, نادي الزمالك للألعاب الرياضية), commonly referred to as Zamalek, is an Egyptian sports club based in Giza. It is one of the most successful football clubs in Africa and the Middle East, an ...

and

. On 5 July 2018, Zamalek announced the signing of Said on a reported three-year contract. Two days later, it was reported Said had refused to sign the contract despite having signed a pre-contract agreement. On 12 July, Said was fined by the

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and obliging him to play Zamalek after he had stated he was not "willing to play for any team in Egypt other than Ahli". In summer 2001, after his contract with Zamalek ended Said joined Misr Lel-Makkasa on a free transfer. In August, Zamalek attempted to re-sign him. In April 2018, Said announced he would retire at the end of the season. He retired in November 2019.

International career

In March 2002 CAF and

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banned Hany for six months after testing positive for drugs in

2002 African Cup of Nations The 2002 African Cup of Nations was the 23rd edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the association football championship of Africa (Confederation of African Football, CAF). It was hosted by Mali. Just like in 2000 African Cup of Nations, 2000, th ...

which was held in Mali. He returned to Egypt national team in

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but he did not participate in the winning team of

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, however

Hassan Shehata Hassan Shehata ( ar, حسن شحاتة; born 19 June 1947) is an Egyptian former professional football player. Before retirement he played as a forward. He then became a football manager, who is now retired. Shehata led Egypt to victory in 3 ti ...

the coach of Egypt has recalled him in the preliminary squad for

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which won the cup too.

Honours

Egypt *

African Cup of Nations The Africa Cup of Nations referred to as AFCON (french: Coupe d'Afrique des Nations, sometimes referred to as CAN, or TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons), and sometimes as African Cup of Nations, is the main internati ...

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