Amer Taher Abou Zeid Alsayed, publicly known as Taher Abou Zeid, or Taher Abouzaid ( both are correct translations from the original alphabet in ar, عامر طاهر أبو زيد السيد) is the Egyptian Minister of State for Sports
and a retired
footballer
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. He played as a midfielder for
Al Ahly
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and the
Egyptian national team.
Sports career
In the FIFA U20 World Cup 1981 Taher Abouzaid was the top-scorer of the Egyptian team and the scorer of the World Cup. For many years Abouzaid played for the
Egypt national football team
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. In the
1984
Events
January
* January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888.
* January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast A ...
African Cup of Nations he was also the top scorer with four goals. In the 1986 African Cup of Nations he was the Egyptian team leading scorer helping his team to win the African Cup of Nations 1986. He also played in the
1990 FIFA World Cup
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finals. Abouzaid also played for Egypt at the
1984 Summer Olympics
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.
He was on the Al-Ahly's board of directors.
Honours
Personal
* Top Scorer of the FIFA U20 World Cup 1981.
* Top Scorer of the African Cup of Nations 1984.
* Second best African footballer of the year 1984.
* CAF official selection Africa all-star team 1986.
* Scored Seven goals for Egypt in
African Cups of Nations
* Scored 23 Goals for Ahly in African Club Cups
* Winner 1986 African Cup of Nations.
International Career(Egypt)
* Represented Egypt in 1981 FIFA U20 World Cup. (Top-scorer)
* Represented Egypt in the 1984 African Cup of Nations. (Top-scorer)
* Represented Egypt in the 1986 African Cup of Nations. ( CAF all-star team).
* Represented Egypt in the 1984 Summer Olympics.
* Represented Egypt in FIFA World Cup 1990.
Club Career (Ahly)
* 7
Egyptian League
The Egyptian Premier League ( ar, الدوري المصري الممتاز), also known as WE Egyptian Premier League (WE EPL) after the addition of title sponsor WE, is a professional association football league in Egypt and the top level of th ...
titles 1979–1980,1980–81,1981–82,1984–85,1985–86,1986–87,1988–89.
* 8
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 ...
titles 1980–81, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1988–89, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93
* 2
African Champions League
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1982, 1987
* 3
African Cup titles 1984, 1985, 1986
* 1 Afro-Asian Cup 1988
References
External links
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Egyptian footballers
Egypt international footballers
Al Ahly SC players
1962 births
Living people
1990 FIFA World Cup players
Footballers at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Olympic footballers of Egypt
1984 African Cup of Nations players
1986 African Cup of Nations players
Africa Cup of Nations-winning players
Egyptian Premier League players
Association football midfielders
People from Asyut Governorate
Sports ministers of Egypt
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