Hany Moustafa
Egyptian footballer and manager (1947–2023)
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Hany Moustafa (Arabic: هاني مصطفى; 27 October 1947 – 5 May 2023) was an Egyptian footballer and manager who played as a defender.
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 27 October 1947 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Shubra, Kingdom of Egypt | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 5 May 2023 (aged 75) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Defender | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1961–1965 | Al Ahly | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1965–1977 | Al Ahly | ||||||||||||||||
| 1969 | → Ismaily (loan) | ||||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1968–1976 | Egypt | 42 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1972 | Africa | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1981 | Egypt U20 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1990 | Egypt | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Early life and club career
Moustafa began to play football at school in Ismailia, where he caught the attention of Al Ahly, joining their under-14 team as a right winger. In 1965, he was promoted to Al Ahly's first team at the age of 18, with manager Fouad Sedki switching him from a right winger to a defender.[1] Following the suspension of sports after the Six-Day War, Ismaily requested to sign him on loan for the 1969 African Cup of Champions Clubs, which he helped them win.[1][2] Later in his career, he served as the captain of both Al Ahly and the Egypt national team.[2]
He was named Egyptian Footballer of the Year in 1971, and three years later, he finished fourth in the African Footballer of the Year.[1] In 2007, the Confederation of African Football included Moustafa in their list of the best 200 African footballers of the last 50 years.[3] In October 2021, the IFFHS included him in their men's all-time Egypt dream team.[4]
International career
Between 1968 and 1976,[1] Moustafa made 42 appearances for the Egypt national team,[5] representing them at the 1970 and 1974 African Cup of Nations, as well as the 1971 Mediterranean Games and 1973 All-Africa Games.
In 1972, he was chosen as one of two Egyptian players, alongside Hassan Shehata, to represent Brazil Independence Cup, where he played four matches.[1][6]
Managerial career
Following his retirement, Moustafa became a coach, where he studied in West Germany. In 1981, he was the manager of Egypt's under-20 national team at that year's FIFA World Youth Championship, where he helped them reach the quarter-finals. Later, he served as an assistant manager with Egypt under Fouad Sedki in 1988.[1]
During the 1980s, Moustafa also served as a football director at Al-Ahly.[1] He also worked as a lecturer for the Confederation of African Football.[7]
In 1990, Moustafa was the manager of the Egypt national team at the 1990 African Cup of Nations in Algeria, where he lost all three matches.[8][9]