Nader El Sayed ( ar, نادر السيد; born 31 December 1972) is an Egyptian retired professional
footballer
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who played as a
goalkeeper
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.
Club career
He was widely recognized for the first time as goalkeeper for notable Egyptian club
El Zamalek
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and ...
. After showing some classy performances for his club, he took the chance to move to
Club Brugge in the
Belgian League
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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
Greek Super League
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.
Nader participated with
Al Ahly
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in the
2005 FIFA Club World Championship
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5th place playoff against
Sydney F.C. in
Tokyo
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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
Al Ahly
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.
International career
He used to play for
Egypt
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national team until 2005,
where he lost his place due to his irregular participating with
Al Ahly
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. 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
Jordan
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ended with a draw 1–1.
Nader was the Captain of Egyptian team at the
1992 Summer Olympics
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in Barcelona
and participated in
1991 FIFA World Youth Championship
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in
Portugal
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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
*:
1997
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Ahly
*
CAF Champions League 2005
*
CAF Champions League 2006
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*
Egyptian League (2005/2006)
*
Egyptian Soccer Cup
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List of finals
The following table provides a summary of seasons:
Notes:
* The Winner and Runner-up of 1960–61 E ...
(2005/2006)
*
Egyptian Super Cup
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2005/2006
*
African Super Cup
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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
See also
*
List of men's footballers with 100 or more international caps
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References
External links
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1972 births
Living people
Zamalek SC players
Egyptian footballers
Egypt international footballers
Egyptian expatriate footballers
Egyptian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
1999 FIFA Confederations Cup players
Olympic footballers of Egypt
Footballers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
FIFA Century Club
A.P.O. Akratitos Ano Liosia players
Association football goalkeepers
Al Masry SC players
Al Ittihad Alexandria Club players
Club Brugge KV players
Belgian Pro League players
1996 African Cup of Nations players
1998 African Cup of Nations players
2000 African Cup of Nations players
2002 African Cup of Nations players
2004 African Cup of Nations players
Expatriate footballers in Belgium
Expatriate footballers in Greece
Egyptian Premier League players
People from Dakahlia Governorate