Ahmed Hamdi (footballer)
Egyptian footballer (born 1998)
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Ahmed Hamdi Hussein Hafez (Arabic: أحمد حمدي حسين حافظ; born 10 February 1998) is an Egyptian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Egyptian Premier League side Zamalek.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ahmed Hamdi Hussein Hafez[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 10 February 1998[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Cairo, Egypt | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[3] | ||
| Position | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Zamalek | ||
| Number | 14 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2005–2015 | Al Ahly | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2019 | Al Ahly | 14 | (1) |
| 2019 | → El Gouna (loan) | 14 | (1) |
| 2019–2021 | El Gouna | 26 | (6) |
| 2021 | → CF Montréal (loan) | 19 | (2) |
| 2021–2023 | CF Montréal | 13 | (0) |
| 2024– | Zamalek | 13 | (1) |
| International career | |||
| 2017 | Egypt U20 | 3 | (0) |
| 2019 | Egypt U23 | 1 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 11 October 2022 | |||
Career
Hamdy is a product of the Al Ahly youth system. On 18 December 2015, he made his debut with Al-Ahly in a 2015–16 Egyptian Premier League match against Smouha SC under José Peseiro. He started the match before being substituted in the second half.[4]
On 4 February 2021, Hamdy joined Canadian Major League Soccer club CF Montréal on loan for the 2021 season.[5] On 19 October 2021, Montréal announced they had exercised their purchase option on Hamdy.[6]
Upon completion of the 2023 Season, CF Montréal would announce that they would not pick up Hamdi's contract for 2024, ending his time with the club.[7]
In January 2024, Hamdy joined Zamalek. Later that year, on 19 May, he scored the only goal in a 1–0 victory over RS Berkane in the CAF Confederation Cup final second leg, which granted his club their second title in the competition by winning on away goals rule following a 2–2 draw on aggregate.[8]
