Nader El Sayed ( ar, نادر السيد; born 31 December 1972) is an Egyptian retired professional

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who played as a

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Club career

He was widely recognized for the first time as goalkeeper for notable Egyptian club

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. After showing some classy performances for his club, he took the chance to move to Club Brugge in the

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in 1998. After failing to reserve a starting place with his team, he decided to try his luck with Akratitos in the

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. Nader participated with

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in the

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5th place playoff against Sydney F.C. in

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, the match which Sydney won 2–1. On 9 January 2007 it was announced that Nader transferred to ENPPI after failing to reserve a starting place in

International career

He used to play for

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national team until 2005, where he lost his place due to his irregular participating with

. His last national game was against Ivory Coast away, ended with a loss for guests 2–0. This match was in 2006 World Cup Qualifiers. Nader's first national game was against

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ended with a draw 1–1. Nader was the Captain of Egyptian team at the

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in Barcelona and participated in

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. Also, he was the first Egyptian goalkeeper to be chosen twice as best keeper in African Cup of Nations since 1957. He had chosen in Burkina Faso 1998 and Ghana and Nigeria 2000 .

Honours

National Team * Winner of African Cup of Nations Burkina Faso 1998. * Winner of Arab Cup of Nations 1992. * Winner of African Youth Championship 1991. Zamalek * African Cup of Champions Clubs: 2 *: 1993, 1996 * CAF Super Cup: 2 *: 1994, 1997 * Egyptian League: 2 *: 1991–92, 1992–93 * Afro-Asian Cup: 1 *:

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Ahly * CAF Champions League 2005 *

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* Egyptian League (2005/2006) *

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(2005/2006) *

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2005/2006 *

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2005. Individual *Two times Best African goalkeeper in African Cup of Nations1998 & 2000. *Best goalkeeper in African Youth Nation Cup 1991 *Best Arab goalkeeper 1992 *Best Egyptian goalkeeper 1992–1998

Penalty shootouts

Nader is famous for saving penalty kicks. He saved 21 kicks in penalty shoot-outs winning many tournaments for his country and his club

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