Magdi Abdelghani Sayed Ahmed ( ar, مجدي عبد الغني سيد أحمد; born 27 July 1959) is an Egyptian retired professional

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who played as an

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Playing career

Abdelghani won 50 caps for

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, and at the

1990 FIFA World Cup The 1990 FIFA World Cup was the 14th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national teams. It was held from 8 June to 8 July 1990 in Italy, the second country to host the event for a second time (the first being Me ...

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he scored a penalty against

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. He also competed at the

1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the secon ...

, and helped the ''Pharaohs'' win the

1986 African Cup of Nations The 1986 African Cup of Nations was the 15th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, a football championship of Africa ( CAF). It was hosted by Egypt. Just like in 1984, the field of eight teams was split into two groups of four. Egypt won its third ...

on home soil. He also won an All-African Games gold medal in

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* * * 1959 births Living people Sportspeople from Cairo Egyptian footballers Association football midfielders Al Ahly SC players Al Mokawloon Al Arab SC players Al Masry SC players Primeira Liga players S.C. Beira-Mar players Egypt international footballers 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 1992 African Cup of Nations players Egyptian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Portugal Egyptian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Egyptian Premier League players African Games gold medalists for Egypt African Games medalists in football Africa Cup of Nations-winning players Competitors at the 1987 All-Africa Games {{Egypt-footy-bio-stub