Mohamed Salah (footballer, born 1956)

Mohamed Salah

Personal information
Full name	Mohamed Salah El-Din
Date of birth	(1956-03-29) 29 March 1956 (age 68)
Place of birth	Cairo, Egypt
Youth career
	Zamalek
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1975–1988[1]	Zamalek
International career
1978–1987	Egypt
Managerial career
1999–2001	Maaden
2001–2002	Baladyet El Mahalla
2002–2002	Goldi
2003–2004	Ghazl El Mahalla
2004–2004	Ittihad El Iskandary
2005–2006	El Masry
2006–2007	Tanta
2007–2008	Ittihad El Iskandary
2008–2008	Baladyet El Mahalla
2008–2008	El Tersana
2009–2010	El Mansoura SC
2010–2011	El Telefonat
2011–2011[2]	Al-Shoulla
2013–2014	Wehda Mecca
2014–2015	Zamalek (Assist. coach)
2015–2015	Zamalek SC
2015–2015	Zamalek (Managing Director)
2015–2015	Zamalek
2015–2016	Zamalek (Assist. coach)
2016–2016	Zamalek (Caretaker Manager)
2016–2016	Zamalek (Assist. coach)
2016–2016	Zamalek (Caretaker Manager)
2016–2016	Zamalek (Assist. coach)
2017–2017	Haras El Hodoud
2017–2017	Zamalek (Caretaker Manager)
2017–2018	Nogoom El Mostakbal
2018–2018	Pharco[3]
2018–2019	FC Masr
2019–2019	Suez SC
2019–2020	Al Tarsana SC
2020–2020	Nogoom FC
2020–2020	Tanta SC
2023	Al-Shoulla
Medal record Men's football Representing  Egypt Africa Cup of Nations Winner 1986 Egypt
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mohamed Salah^[4] (Arabic: محمد صلاح) is an Egyptian former footballer and head coach. He spent his whole football career with Zamalek. He also played for the Egypt national football team, and was a part of the team that won the 1986 African Cup of Nations.

Playing in his youth in Zamalek, Salah played for the first team in 1975. At the prime of his career, he played alongside great players such as Taha Basry, Hassan Shehata, Ali Khalil and Farouk Gaafar.

Salah spent his entire professional career with the Zamalek. He won with Zamalek the Egyptian Premier League for three times in (1977–78, 1983–84, 1987–88), and three titles of the Egypt Cup in (1977, 1979, 1988). He also won the Egyptian Friendship Cup once in 1986. At the continental level, he won the African Cup of Champions Clubs twice in (1984, 1986), and the Afro-Asian Club Championship in 1987.^[5][6]

With Egypt he played in three Africa Cup of Nations tournaments, in his first appearance in the 1980 edition, he was included in the Africa Cup of Nations Dream Team, where Egypt finished fourth, the same place as the 1984 edition which Salah was present in the starting lineup. He was part of the team that won the 1986 African Cup of Nations title.^[7]

Salah was appointed manager of the Saudi club Al-Shoulla in June 2011. He made a big impact after winning the Saudi First Division with Al-Shoulla in the 2011–12 season. He then lead Al-Shoulla to 3 wins and 4 losses in the 2012–13 Saudi Premier League season.^[8] He then went to Egypt and had an agreement with Almokaweleen.

On 21 February 2023, Salah returned to manage Al-Shoulla 11 years after his first stint at the club.^[9]

As of match played 31 August 2020

• Egyptian Premier League: 1977–78, 1983–84, 1987–88
• Egypt Cup: 1977, 1979, 1988
• Egyptian Friendship Cup: 1986
• CAF Champions League: 1984, 1986
• Afro-Asian Club Championship: 1987

• African Cup of Nations: 1986

• Africa Cup of Nations Dream Team: 1980

• Egyptian Second Division

• Saudi First Division (1): 2011–12

• Egyptian Second Division: 2017–18

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