Islam Mohamed Ramadan Rashad ( ar, إسلام محمد رمضان رشاد) (born November 1, 1990), known as Milo, is an Egyptian
footballer
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. He plays as a
left back
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Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either s ...
for
Egyptian Premier League
The Egyptian Premier League ( ar, الدوري المصري الممتاز), also known as WE Egyptian Premier League (WE EPL) after the addition of title sponsor WE, is a professional association football league in Egypt and the top level of th ...
side
ZED FC
ZED Football Club ( ar, نادي زد لكرة القدم), formerly known as FC Masr, is an Egyptian professional football club based in Giza, Egypt. The club currently plays in the Egyptian Second Division, the second-highest league in the Egypt ...
.
Career
On May 28, 2012, it was announced that French
Ligue 1
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giants
Olympique Lyonnais
Olympique Lyonnais (), commonly referred to as simply Lyon () or OL, is a men and women's French professional football club based in Lyon in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. The men play in France's highest football division, Ligue 1. Founded in 1950, th ...
had shown interest in the player after showing a phenomenal performance at the
2012 Toulon Tournament
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Mexico U-23 won their first tournament title by defeat ...
in France.
Sporting and Benfica, along with Premier League giants
Arsenal
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, had also begun to show interest in signing the player after another good performance at the
2012 Arab Nations Cup
The 2012 Arab Cup ( ar, كأس العرب 2012) was the ninth edition of the Arab Cup for national football teams affiliated with the Union of Arab Football Associations (UAFA).
The tournament was hosted by Saudi Arabia between 22 June and 6 Jul ...
, despite Egypt's poor finish in the regional tournament. Ramadan was surprised that these many clubs had so much interest in him and later expressed his desire that he would like to join Arsenal. He played for Egypt at the
2012 Summer Olympics
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.
In the summer 2019, Milo joined
Ala'ab Damanhour SC
Ala'ab Damanhour Sporting Club ( ar, نادي الألعاب الرياضية بدمنهور), is an Egyptian football club based in Damanhour, Egypt. The club is currently playing in the Egyptian Third Division, the third-highest league in the ...
.
في أندية الممتاز "ب" دمنهور تعاقد مع إسلام .. وبني سويف يصعد "3" ناشئين
almessa.gomhuriaonline.com, 17 September 2019 He later would move on to join ZED FC.
References
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1990 births
Living people
Egyptian men's footballers
Egypt men's international footballers
Men's association football defenders
Egyptian Premier League players
Haras El Hodoud SC players
Al Ahli SC (Tripoli) players
El Entag El Harby SC players
El Raja SC players
Olympic Club (Egypt) players
Olympic footballers for Egypt
Footballers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Footballers from Alexandria
Libyan Premier League players