Mostafa Saad
Egyptian footballer (born 2001)
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Mostafa Saad Abdallah Sayed Ahmed (Arabic: مُصْطَفَى سَعْد عَبْد الله سَيِّد أَحْمَد; born 22 August 2001), also known as Mostafa Saad Messi, is an Egyptian professional footballer who plays as a right winger for Egyptian Premier League club ZED.
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| Full name | Mostafa Saad Abdallah Sayed Ahmed[1] | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 22 August 2001[1] | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[1] | |||||||||||||
| Position | Right winger | |||||||||||||
| Team information | ||||||||||||||
Current team | ZED | |||||||||||||
| Number | 80 | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| Ceramica Cleopatra | ||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 2020–2022 | Ceramica Cleopatra | 39 | (3) | |||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Al Ahly | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2023–2023 | → Smouha (loan) | 18 | (2) | |||||||||||
| 2023– | ZED | 25 | (3) | |||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||
| Egypt U23 | ||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Egypt | 15 | (1) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals as of 9 September 2025 | ||||||||||||||
Club career
In September 2022, Saad signed for Al Ahly on a five-year deal.[2] He suffered an injury shortly after joining Al Ahly, keeping him out for three weeks and disrupting his integration into the first team.[3] Despite this injury, manager Marcel Koller promised Saad in November 2022 that he would receive more game time.[4]
In January 2023, Saad asked to leave Al Ahly on loan, due to a lack of playing time, with a number of Egyptian Premier League sides interested, including former club Ceramica Cleopatra.[5][6] He was eventually loaned to Smouha, thanking manager Ahmed Samy for giving him his debut against ENPPI, despite not yet having trained with the squad.[3]
International career
Saad has represented Egypt at under-23 level.[7]
Style of play
Saad is nicknamed Messi after Argentine playmaker Lionel Messi, due to the two sharing a similar stature and style of play.[8]
Career statistics
Club
- As of 9 March 2023.[9]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Ceramica Cleopatra | 2020–21 | Egyptian Premier League | 7 | 1 | 1[a] | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | |
| 2021–22 | 32 | 2 | 1[a] | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 33 | 2 | |||
| Total | 39 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 3 | ||
| Al Ahly | 2022–23 | Egyptian Premier League | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Smouha (loan) | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | |||
| Career total | 46 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 4 | ||
International
- As of match played 9 September 2025
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 2023 | 8 | 0 |
| 2024 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 15 | 1 | |
- Scores and results list Egypt's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Saad goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 September 2025 | Ismailia Stadium, Ismailia, Egypt |  Tunisia | 2–0 | 3–0 | Friendly |
- Notes
Honours
Al Ahly
