Hany Hassan Abou Rida ( arz, هاني أبو ريدة) (born 14 August 1953) is the former president of

Egyptian Football Association The Egyptian Football Association ( ar, الاتحاد المصري لكرة القدم) is the governing body of football in Egypt. A member of FIFA since 1923 and a founding member of CAF, the EFA has jurisdiction for the Egyptian football lea ...

, a member of the

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(since 2009) and a member of CAF Executive Committee, until he was pressured by the public to resign from his presidential position, after Egypt’s AFCON 2019 loss against

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, which he did on July 6, 2019.

Early life

Hany Abo Rida was born on 14 August 1953 in

Port Said Port Said ( ar, بورسعيد, Būrsaʿīd, ; grc, Πηλούσιον, Pēlousion) is a city that lies in northeast Egypt extending about along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, north of the Suez Canal. With an approximate population of 6 ...

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. At a young age he began to play football with Elmasry Club, but he had a serious injury which led him to leave the football ground. He studied Engineering, and running own business since 1979. In 1991, he became a member of

Board. In 2004, he started his career in

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. He later became the president of Egyptian Football Association from 2016 to 2019.

Professional career

* Football player,

; Board member 1989–2019 * LOC Vice President –

1997 FIFA U-17 World Championship The FIFA U-17 World Championship 1997, the seventh edition of the tournament, was held in the cities of Cairo, Ismailia, Alexandria, and Port Said in Egypt between 4 September and 21 September 1997. Players born after 1 January 1980 could particip ...

* LOC President –

2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup The 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup was the 17th edition of the FIFA U-20 World Cup, which was hosted by Egypt from 24 September to 16 October 2009. The tournament was initially going to take place between 10 and 31 July. However, the 2009 FIFA Confedera ...

* LOC President – CAN 2006 * CAF President – 2011 CAF U-23 Championship * FIFA Council member - since May 2017

References

External links

Official Website
in Arabic 1953 births FIFA officials Football people in Egypt Living people People from Port Said {{Egypt-footy-bio-stub

Early life

Professional career

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