Taha Ismail ( ar, طه اسماعيل; born 8 February 1939) is an Egyptian former

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

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for Al-Ahly and the Egypt national team. He represented his country in the

1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this ho ...

. After retiring, Ismail transitioned into managing the Saudi Arabia national team between 1972 and 1974, and two short spells managing the

Egypt national football team The Egypt national football team ( ar, منتخب مصر لكرة القدم), known colloquially as "the Pharaohs", represents Egypt in men's FIFA, international Association football, football, and is governed by the Egyptian Football Associati ...

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 ...

: 1959

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* * 1939 births Living people Egyptian footballers Association football forwards Egypt international footballers Al Ahly SC players 1959 African Cup of Nations players 1962 African Cup of Nations players 1963 African Cup of Nations players Olympic footballers of Egypt Footballers at the 1964 Summer Olympics Egyptian football managers Al-Ahli Saudi FC managers Ismaily SC managers Africa Cup of Nations-winning players 1994 African Cup of Nations managers Egyptian Premier League players Al-Wehda Club (Mecca) managers Expatriate football managers in Saudi Arabia Egyptian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia 20th-century Egyptian people {{Egypt-footy-forward-stub