Mourad Fahmy (1 July 1910-1 September 1983) was an Egyptian

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player and coach who helped Egypt to their first

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 ...

victory.

Biography

Mourad Fahmy was a football player for

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. Between 1955 and 1958 Fahmy was coach of the Egyptian national football team. He led Egypt to the inaugural African Cup of Nations in

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. After retiring from coaching, Mourad Fahmy became a founding member of the

Confederation of African Football The Confederation of African Football, or CAF for short (french: link=yes, Confédération Africaine de Football, ar, link=yes, الاتحاد الأفريقي لكرة القدم, al-Ittiḥād al-Afrīqī li-Kurat al-Qadam), is the administ ...

(CAF). Fahmy was the general secretary of CAF between 1961 and 1982. Fahmy was also minister of Agriculture under President Nasser. Mourad Fahmy died in 1983 whilst attending a CAF meeting in Abidjan.

Personal life

Mourad Fahmy was grandfather to Amr Fahmy, who served as the General-Secretary of the

from 2017 to 2019.

Honors

1957 African Cup of Nations The 1957 African Cup of Nations was the first edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the football championship of Africa ( CAF). Hosted by Sudan, participating teams were Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia. Overview South Africa was drawn to play Ethi ...

References

1910 births 1983 deaths Footballers from Cairo Egypt national football team managers Al Ahly SC players Egyptian men's footballers Agriculture ministers of Egypt Egyptian football managers Egyptian sports executives and administrators Association football executives Men's association football defenders 1957 African Cup of Nations managers {{Egypt-footy-bio-stub