Mohamed Abdel Shafy Said Abouzid ( ar, محمد عبد الشافي سعيد أبوزيد; born 1 July 1985) is an Egyptian professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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and the Egypt national team.

Club career

He started his career with

youth team then moved to ENPPI then moved to

Ghazl El-Mehalla Ghazl El Mahalla Sporting Club ( ar, نادي غزل المحلة الرياضي), commonly referred to as El Mahalla or simply Mahalla, is an Egyptian football club based in El Mahalla El Kubra. They compete in the Egyptian Premier League, the to ...

. He joined Zamalek's squad again in 2009.

International career

Abdel Shafy was called to join the

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on 31 December 2009. In what was a surprise to some, the Egyptian team coach, Hassan Shehata, listed Abdel Shafy among the players heading to Angola for the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations. Abdel Shafy became a substitute for

Sayed Moawad Sayed Moawad Mohamed Abdelwahed ( ar, سيد معوض عبد الواحد محمد; born 25 May 1979) is an Egyptian retired professional footballer who played as a left-back. Moawad represented Al Ahly in FIFA Club World Cup three times in 2008 ...

in this tournament, and managed to participate in 5 matches. He grabbed his first goal for Egypt in the 4–0 semi-final win against

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. In May 2018 he was named in Egypt's preliminary

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for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.

Career statistics

International

International goals

Honours

Zamalek *

: 2014–15,

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, 2021-22 * Egypt Cup: 2012–13, 2013–14, 2018–19,

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: 2019 * CAF Super Cup: 2020 Al Ahli * Saudi Professional League: 2015–16 *

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: 2016 * Saudi Crown Prince Cup: 2014–15 *

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: 2016

International

Egypt * Africa Cup of Nations:

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* 1985 births Living people Egyptian footballers Egyptian expatriate footballers Egypt international footballers 2010 Africa Cup of Nations players 2017 Africa Cup of Nations players Al-Ahli Saudi FC players Al-Fateh SC players ENPPI SC players Ghazl El Mahalla SC players Zamalek SC players Expatriate footballers in Saudi Arabia Egyptian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia Saudi Professional League players Egyptian Premier League players Sportspeople from Cairo Association football fullbacks 2018 FIFA World Cup players {{Egypt-footy-defender-stub