Raafat Attia ( ar, رأفت عطية, 6 February 1934 – 21 July 1978) was an Egyptian

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

who played as a

forward Forward is a relative direction, the opposite of backward. Forward may also refer to: People * Forward (surname) Sports * Forward (association football) * Forward (basketball), including: ** Point forward ** Power forward (basketball) ** Sm ...

for

Al Ittihad Alexandria Al Ittihad Alexandria Club ( ar, نادي الإتحاد السكندري), simply known as Al Ittihad, is an Egyptian sports club based in Alexandria, Egypt. The club is mainly known for its professional football team, which currently plays i ...

and

Zamalek Zamalek ( ar, الزمالك , ''al zamalek'') is an affluent district of western Cairo encompassing the northern portion of Gezira Island in the Nile River. The island is connected with the river banks through three bridges each on the east ...

. He also managed Saudi Arabian club Al-Wehda in 1976. He also played for the Egyptian national team, and was part of the team that won the

1957 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1957th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 957th year of the 2nd millennium, the 57th year of the 20th century, and the 8th year ...

Africa Cup of Nations where he scored the first goal ever at the Africa Cup of Nations, and 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 * Jan ...

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 Patriarc ...

Summer Olympics.

Honours

Zamalek * Egyptian Premier League: 1959–60, 1963–64, 1964–65 *

Egypt Cup The Egypt Cup (also known as Egyptian FA Cup, formerly King Farouk Cup) is the main knockout football cup competition in Egypt. List of finals The following table provides a summary of seasons: Notes: * The Winner and Runner-up of 1960–61 Eg ...

: 1957–58, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1961–62 Egypt * Africa Cup of Nations:

References

External links

Profile
at FIFA.com * 1934 births 1978 deaths Egyptian footballers Men's association football forwards Egypt men's international footballers Zamalek SC players Olympic footballers for Egypt Footballers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Footballers at the 1964 Summer Olympics 1957 African Cup of Nations players 1962 African Cup of Nations players Africa Cup of Nations-winning players Egyptian Premier League players Al Wehda FC managers Egyptian football managers Egyptian expatriate football managers Egyptian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia Expatriate football managers in Saudi Arabia {{Egypt-footy-forward-stub