Ibrahim Hassan


Ibrahim Hassan Hassanein Ahmed is an Egyptian football director and former professional football player who played as a right back. He is currently the director of the Egyptian national team. Ibrahim Hassan has 131 caps for Egypt. His twin brother Hossam also played professional football, and they shared clubs for most of their extensive careers.

Club career

Born in Cairo, Hassan played professionally for almost twenty years, in a career in which he shared teams with his sibling Hossam for its vast majority. He represented Al Ahly, PAOK, Neuchâtel Xamax, Al Ain SCC, Zamalek SC and Al-Masry, even joining his twin in his overseas spells in Greece, Switzerland and United Arab Emirates.
In the summer of 2000, Hassan moved to Zamalek, winning three Egyptian Premier League titles with the Cairo giants, in addition to the 2002 Egypt Cup and the Egyptian Super Cup in 2001 and 2002. At the continental level, Hassan won with Zamalek the 2002 CAF Champions League, 2003 CAF Super Cup, 2003 UAFA Club Cup and the 2003 Saudi-Egyptian Super Cup.
Hassan retired at almost 40 years of age, going on to have a spell as assistant manager with former team El-Masry, where his brother would also start his coaching career in 2008. In 2010, after a brief spell as assistant manager with Zamalek, he became the club's director of football.

International career

Hassan played 131 games and scored 14 goals for Egypt over almost 20 years, as Hossam. He appeared for the national team at the 1990 FIFA World Cup, helping it to two draws and a narrow 0–1 defeat against England. His brother was also an undisputed starter, as the pair became the first players from Africa to be selected to FIFA's Century Club. Hassan remains the only Egyptian footballer who made the "FIFA world team" selection and played in 1990 and 1999 against Bosnia and South Africa respectively.

Career statistics

International

Honours

Club

Al Ahly
  • Egyptian League: 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1988–89, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99
  • Egypt Cup: 1985, 1989, 1993, 1996
  • African Cup Winners' Cup: 1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1992–93
  • African Champions League: 1986–87
  • Arab Champions League: 1995–96
  • Arab Cup Winners' Cup: 1993–94
  • Arab Super Cup: 1997, 1998
  • Afro-Asian Cup: 1988
Al Ain
Zamalek
  • Egyptian League: 2000–01, 2002–03, 2003–04
  • Egypt Cup: 2002
  • Egyptian Super Cup: 2001, 2002
  • CAF Champions League: 2001–02
  • CAF Super Cup: 2002
  • Arab Champions League: 2003
  • Saudi-Egyptian Super Cup: 2003

    International

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