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Essam El-Hadary
Personal information
Full name Essam Kamal Tawfiq El-Hadary
Date of birth (1973-01-15) 15 January 1973 (age 52)
Place of birth Damietta, Egypt
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Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Wadi Degla
Number 1
Youth career
1991–1993 Damietta Club
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1993–1996 Damietta Club 58 (0)
1996–2008 Al-Ahly 510 (1)
2008–2009 FC Sion 32 (0)
2009–2010 Ismaily 14 (0)
2010 Zamalek 4 (0)
2011–2013 Al-Merreikh 92 (0)
2012 Al Ittihad Al Sakandary (loan) 1 (0)
2013–2014 Wadi Degla 44 (0)
2014–2015 Ismaily 33 (0)
2015– Wadi Degla 0 (0)
International career
1996–2014 Egypt 148 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 June 2011
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 31 May 2014

Essam El-Hadary (Arabic: عصام الدين كمال توفيق الحضري‎‎; born 15 January 1973) is an Egyptian goalkeeper, playing for Egyptian Premier League club Wadi Degla and Egypt national football team.

He is regarded as one of the best African goalkeepers of all time. In April 2012, Didier Drogba told Chelsea FC Magazine that he is the "best opponent" he has ever played against.[1]

Career

Club career

Swiss club FC Sion announced that they had signed El-Hadary on a four-year contract in February 2008, despite claims to the contrary from his club Al-Ahly.[2][3] El-Hadary was fined and suspended by Al-Ahly,[4] before world governing body FIFA stepped in to give permission for Sion to complete the deal.[5][6]

On 20 July 2009, it was announced that the Egyptian national team goalkeeper had joined Egyptian Premier League side Ismaily.[7]

On 1 July 2010, El Hadary signed for Zamalek SC, but he was later suspended for 4 months by FIFA for his earlier contract with FC Sion.[8]

In December 2010, he moved to Sudanese club Al-Merreikh.[9]

During the summer of 2011, Hadary received multiple offers from European clubs which made him express his wish to leave Merreikh. In August he went to try out for Hull City.[10] Al-Merreikh however did not let him go, having him signed for three years.[11] His representative Bryan Yeubrey has spoken of interest from other English clubs in El-Hadary.[12]

International career

El-Hadary represented Egypt 139 times, winning the African Cup of Nations four times with his country. He was chosen as the best goalkeeper in the 2006 African Cup of Nations, held in homeland Egypt and in the 2008 African Cup of Nations, held in Ghana and he was the best goalkeeper for the 2010 African Cup of Nations, held in Angola.[13]

In January 2013 his agent tweeted that El-Hadary had retired from international football after being benched for a run of games. He retires as the 23rd most capped international player in history and also the player with most African Cup of Nations titles. But he left his retirement and returned to play against Bosnia Herzegovina at March 5, 2014, winning 2-0.

Statistics

International

Statistics accurate as of match played 31 May 2014.[14]
Egypt national team
Year Apps Goals
1996 2 0
1997 9 0
1998 4 0
1999 6 0
2000 3 0
2001 6 0
2002 14 0
2003 3 0
2004 6 0
2005 5 0
2006 11 0
2007 9 0
2008 18 0
2009 16 0
2010 11 0
2011 2 0
2012 13 0
2013 1 0
2014 2 0
Total 141 0

Honours

Al-Ahly
Sion
Al-Merreikh
Egypt

Individual

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