Ramadan Sobhi Ramadan Ahmed ( ar, رمضان صبحي رمضان أحمد; born 23 January 1997) is an Egyptian professional

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who plays as a winger for

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and the Egypt national team. Sobhi began his career with the leading Egyptian club Ahly SC of Cairo, making his professional debut in February 2014. He established himself in the first team at the

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and helped Al Ahly to win the Egyptian Premier League title in the 2013–14 and 2015–16 campaigns. His performances attracted the attention of European clubs, and in July 2016, he joined English side Stoke City for a fee of £5 million. He spent two seasons with Stoke before joining

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in June 2018. He failed to establish himself at Huddersfield and returned on loan to

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in January 2019. In September 2020, Sobhi moved to

Club career

Al Ahly

After progressing through the youth ranks at

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club

, Sobhi made his professional debut at the age of 17 on 6 February 2014, in a

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match against Ghazl El Mahalla under the management of Mohamed Youssef. In April 2014 he took part in the Sheikh Zayed friendly tournament in the

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with Al Ahly-U17's, and attracted the attentions of Spanish club Atlético Madrid. On 16 June 2014, he scored his first goal for Al Ahly in a 3–0 win over Misr Lel-Makkasa. On 28 June 2014 he started the decisive championship play-off match against city rivals,

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and helped his team to a 1–0 victory. On 2 July he scored twice against

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to secure a 4–0 win and Al Ahly went on to claim the league title. In March 2015, Sobhi signed a long-term contract with Al Ahly. Sobhi helped Al Ahly win the 2014 Egyptian Super Cup against Zamalek. He became a regular under Juan Garrido and his performances in 2014–15 attracted the attentions of European clubs, including Arsenal,

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, Roma,

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and

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. He scored a late equalizer against

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on 10 January 2015, in what was the first meeting between the clubs since the 2012

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. Sobhi attracted international attention after he stood on the ball in a 2–0 win against Zamalek on 21 July 2015, which caused

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to kick out at Sobhi and was sent off. Al Ahly ended the 2014–15 campaign in second place behind their arch rivals Zamalek. Sobhi caused controversy in the 2015 Egyptian Super Cup against Zamalek as he repeated his stand on the ball trick, which enraged the Zamalek players. Al Ahly went on to win the match 3–2, and he later apologized for his showboating. He was sent off for the first time in his career on 15 April 2016 in a match against ENPPI, for an argument with an ENNPI player at half time. Sobhi played in 28 league matches for Al Ahly in 2015–16 under Martin Jol as the side claimed another league title.

Stoke City

Sobhi signed for

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club Stoke City on 25 July 2016 for a fee of £5 million. He made his Premier League debut for Stoke on 20 August 2016 against Manchester City. He made his first assist for Stoke on 31 October 2016 in a 3–1 win against Swansea City as his cross was deflected in by

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for an

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. He made his first Premier League start in the next match against

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, becoming the first teenager to start a league game for Stoke in nine years. After returning from the

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, Sobhi impressed in home wins over

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and

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. Sobhi played 19 times in 2016–17, as Stoke finished in 13th position. Before the start of the 2017–18 season, Sobhi signed a new five-year contract with the Potters. He scored his first goal for Stoke on 23 August 2017 in a 4–0 EFL Cup win over

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. He scored his first Premier League goal on 23 December 2017, in a 3–1 win against

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. He followed this up with a goal against

in a 1–1 on boxing day. Sobhi made 27 appearances in 2017–18 as Stoke suffered relegation to the EFL Championship.

Huddersfield Town

Sobhi joined

on 12 June 2018, signing a three-year deal for a fee of £5.7 million. He struggled to impress David Wagner and only made four appearances for the Terriers before returning in Egyptian football in January 2019.

Return to Egypt

On 28 December 2018, Sobhi came back to his old club

as a loan from

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for six months for a fee of £800,000. He extended his loan with Al Ahly for the 2019–20 season. Sobhi made a move to the newly founded

on 7 September 2020.

International career

Sobhi made his national team debut against

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on 14 June 2015 in the first round of 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier at the age of 17 years, 11 months and 18 days, to become the second youngest player to ever play for the Egyptian national team after Mido. On 29 March, he scored his first international goal at the top level in a

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game against

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. In January Sobhi was selected by

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in the

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squad that competed in the

. Sobhi was mainly used as a substitute in the competition, featuring in four games out of the six as Egypt lost in the

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. In May 2018 he was named in Egypt's preliminary squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. In November 2019, he was the captain of the

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in 2019 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations hosted by Egypt. Egypt won their first title by defeating Ivory Coast 2–1 in the final, with Ramadan scoring the second goal in the 114th minute. Ramadan was also selected as the best player of the tournament.

Style of play

Sobhi is mostly used upfront on either wing. However, he also can be used as an attacking midfielder or a secondary striker. His style of play combines dribbling, clinical passing, vision.

Personal life

Speaking in February 2016, Sobhi stated that he supports Spanish side Real Madrid. He is married to Habiba Ekramy, sister of

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teammate and national teammate

Sherif Ekramy Sherif Ekramy Ahmed Ahmed El-Shahat ( ar, شريف إكرامي; born 10 July 1983) is an Egyptian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Pyramids FC and the Egyptian national team. An Al Ahly youth product, Ekramy moved to Dutch club Feyeno ...

, and daughter of Ahly Legend

Ekramy El-Shahat Ekramy Ahmad El-Shahat ( arz, إكرامى أحمد الشحات) (born October 26, 1955) is an Egyptian former footballer. He played for the Egyptian side Al Ahly as well as Egypt in between 1971–1987, he is one of the best African Goalkeep ...

Career statistics

Club

International

International goals

Egypt score listed first, score column indicates score after each Sobhi goal.''

Honours

Al Ahly * Egyptian Premier League: 2013–14, 2015–16, 2018–19, 2019–20 *

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, 2015,

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* CAF Champions League: 2019-20 * CAF Confederation Cup:

Egypt U23 * Africa U-23 Cup of Nations:

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Individual * Africa U-23 Cup of Nations Final Man of the Match:

* Africa U-23 Cup of Nations Best Player:

* Africa U-23 Cup of Nations Team of the tournament:

References

External links

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