Amr Gamal

Amr Gamal Sayed Ahmed (Egyptian Arabic: عمرو جمال سيد أحمد; born 3 August 1991) is an Egyptian footballer who plays for Egyptian club Pharco FC as a striker.[2]

For the Yemeni film, television and theater director, see Amr Gamal (director).

Amr Gamal
Gamal with HJK Helsinki in 2018
Personal information
Full name Amr Gamal Sayed Ahmed[1]
Date of birth (1991-08-03) 3 August 1991[1]
Place of birth Nag Hammadi, Qena, Egypt
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Pharco FC
Number 9
Youth career
Al Ahly
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2021 Al Ahly 65 (17)
2017–2018 → Bidvest Wits (loan) 13 (2)
2018 → HJK Helsinki (loan) 12 (1)
2019–2021 → Tala'ea El Gaish (loan) 59 (13)
2021– Pharco FC 29 (4)
International career‡
2014– Egypt 18 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 August 2021
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 November 2017

Career

Club

On 28 May 2013, Gamal made his debut with Al-Ahly senior team in 2012–13 Egyptian Premier League match against Ghazl El Mahalla SC. He came off the bench to score the winner in the 90th minute.[3] On 26 December 2013, Gamal played his second league game with Al-Ahly against El-Entag El-Harby in a win 2–0. He came off the bench in the first half and scored a goal.[4]

Gamal was a member of the Al-Ahly squad that won the 2013 CAF Champions League and was included in the squad for 2013 FIFA Club World Cup. He participated against C.F. Monterrey in the second half.

On 27 October 2014, he suffered an injury to his cruciate ligament during the game against Alassiouty Sport in the season of 2014–15 Egyptian Premier League, five minutes after the beginning of the game. After eight months, Gamal returned to football, scoring his first after reappearance on 3 July 2015 against Wadi Degla SC in the same season in a match Al-Ahly won 3–1.

Amr Gamal became the first Egyptian to play in South Africa after Al Ahly agreed a loan deal with Bidvest Wits on 12 August 2017.[5]

On 22 March 2018, HJK Helsinki announced the signing of Gamal on loan until the end of August 2018.[6]

International

On 5 March 2014, he made his international debut with the Egyptian national team vs Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina national team

International goals
Scores and results list Egypt's goal tally first.
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
115 October 2014Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt Botswana1–02–02015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
211 October 2015Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi,
United Arab Emirates		 Zambia3–03–0Friendly

Honours

Club
Al Ahly
Bidvest Wits
HJK Helsinki

References
  1. "FIFA Club World Cup Morocco 2013: List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 11 December 2013. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 December 2013.
  2. "Amr Gamal". Soccerway. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
  3. Debutant Gamal snatches dramatic Ahli comeback
  4. "فى الجول | الموقع الرياضى الرائد فى مصر و الوطن العربى". FilGoal.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  5. "Amr Gamal becomes first Egyptian footballer to play in SA". BBC Sport.
  6. "LISÄÄ HYÖKKÄYSVOIMAA KLUBIIN". hjk.fi (in Finnish). Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi. 22 March 2018. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
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