Mohamed Abdel-Latif "Mimi" El-Sherbini ( ar, ميمي محمد عبد اللطيف الشربيني) (born 26 July 1938) is an Egyptian former
footballer
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who played as a
defender for
Al-Ahly and the
Egyptian national team. He took part in the
1959 Africa Cup of Nations, scoring in Egypt's 4–0 victory against
Ethiopia
Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the ...
, and went on to win the tournament with the team. He also represented his country in the
1960
It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism.
Events
January
* Ja ...
and
1964
Events January
* January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved.
* January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarch ...
Summer Olympics.
After retiring, El-Sherbini moved into management, and was briefly in charge of the
United Arab Emirates national team in 1975.
Honours
*
Africa 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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1959
Events January
* January 1 - Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance.
* January 2 - Lunar probe Luna 1 was the first man-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reached the vicinity of E ...
References
External links
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1938 births
Living people
People from Mansoura, Egypt
Egyptian men's footballers
Men's association football defenders
Egypt men's international footballers
Al Ahly SC players
Olympic footballers for Egypt
Footballers at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Footballers at the 1964 Summer Olympics
1959 African Cup of Nations players
1962 African Cup of Nations players
1963 African Cup of Nations players
United Arab Emirates national football team managers
Africa Cup of Nations-winning players
Egyptian Premier League players
Egyptian football managers
Egyptian expatriate football managers
Egyptian expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates
Expatriate football managers in the United Arab Emirates
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