Hossam Hassan Mohamed Abdalla ( ar, حسام حسن محمد عبدالله; born April 30, 1989, in

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) is an Egyptian

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who plays as a

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for

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He is the older brother of

Ibrahim Hassan Ibrahim Hassan Hussein ( ar, إبراهيم حسن حسين; born 10 August 1966) is an Egyptian former professional football player who played as a right back. Ibrahim Hassan has well over 100 caps for Egypt. His twin brother Hossam also playe ...

. Hassan was included in

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's Egypt U-23 team for the

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in London. He performed well as a central defensive midfielder. His good showing earned a loan move to Turkish

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side

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on loan for one year.

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* 1989 births Living people Egyptian men's footballers Al Masry SC players Çaykur Rizespor footballers Gil Vicente F.C. players Primeira Liga players Men's association football midfielders Egyptian expatriate men's footballers Egyptian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Egypt men's international footballers Olympic footballers for Egypt Footballers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Footballers from Cairo {{Egypt-footy-midfielder-stub