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

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. He played as a midfielder for

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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. In the

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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 finals. Abouzaid also played for Egypt at the

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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

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titles 1979–1980,1980–81,1981–82,1984–85,1985–86,1986–87,1988–89. * 8

Egyptian Soccer 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 E ...

titles 1980–81, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1988–89, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93 * 2

African Champions League The CAF Champions League, known for sponsorship purposes as the TotalEnergies CAF Champions League and formerly the African Cup of Champions Clubs, is an annual football club competition organized by the Confederation of African Football and co ...

1982, 1987 * 3 African Cup titles 1984, 1985, 1986 * 1 Afro-Asian Cup 1988

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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 {{Egypt-footy-midfielder-stub