User:Huligan0/Mohamed Salah
Personal information | |||
---|---|---|---|
Full name | Mohamed Salah Ghaly | ||
Date of birth | 15 June 1992 | ||
Place of birth | Basion, El Gharbia, Egypt | ||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder / Right Wing | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | FC Basel | ||
Number | 22 | ||
Youth career | |||
2002–2010 | El Mokawloon | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2010–2012 | El Mokawloon | 41 | (11) |
2012– | Basel | 47 | (9) |
International career‡ | |||
2010–2011 | Egypt U20 | 11 | (3) |
2011–2012 | Egypt U23 | 11 | (4) |
2011– | Egypt | 27 | (17) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24:00, 14 December 2013 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24:00, 26 November 2013 (UTC) |
Mohamed Salah Ghaly (born 15 June 1992 in Basion, El Gharbia,) is an Egyptian footballer who plays as a Winger for Swiss Super League club Basel and the Egypt national team. As well as representing the Egyptian national team at an early age, he also participated in 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup and the 2012 Summer Olympics. He won the Swiss Super League in his first season with Basel, and was awarded the CAF Most Promising African Talent of the Year in 2012 CAF Awards.[1]
Club career
[edit]El Mokawloon
[edit]Salah played his youth football with El Mokawloon Sporting Club.[2] He played his debut in their senior team in the Egyptian Premier League being substituted in on 3 May 2010 in the 1–1 away draw against Mansoura. During the 2010–2011 season Salah advanced and became a regular in the team. He scored his first goal for them on 25 December 2010 during the 1–1 away draw against Al Ahly SC. He remained a regular for El Mokawloon, appearing in every game of the 2011–12 season. However, following the Port Said Stadium disaster, early February 2012, the Egyptian Premier League was stopped and all subsequent matches were postponed. On 10 March 2012, the Egyptian Football Association announced their decision to cancel the remainder of the season.[3]
Basel
[edit]Swiss Super League club Basel had been monitoring Salah for some time, and after the Port Said Stadium disaster the club organised a friendly match with the Egypt U-23 team. This match took place on 16 March in the Stadion Rankhof, in Basel, and despite Salah only playing during the second half, he scored twice. The game ended in a 4–3 win for the Egypt U-23 team.[4] Basel subsequently invited Salah to remain in the city for a week's training. On 10 April 2012, it was announced that Salah had signed for Basel on a four year contract starting from 15 June 2012.[5][6]
Salah scored on his unofficial debut on 23 June 2012 against Steaua Bucureşti during a friendly match, a 4–2 defeat. He made his official Basel debut in a UEFA Champions League preliminary stage match against the Norwegian club Molde on 8 August, coming on as a substitute in the 74th minute. He made his league debut on 12 August against Thun, playing the full match. He scored his first league goal a week later, the second goal in the 2–0 home win against Lausanne. Salah scored his first Europa League goal in the quarter-finals on 11 April 2013, as Basel advanced to the semi-finals by beating Tottenham Hotspur 4–1 on penalties after a 4–4 aggregate draw.[7] In the semi-final on 2 May, Salah scored against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, although they were beaten 2–5 on aggregate.[8] Despite late disappointment in Europe, Basel comfortably won the Swiss Super League season 2012–13 Championship title[9] and finished runners-up in the Swiss Cup.[10]
At the beginning of the 2013–14 Salah scored on the first appearance against Aarau on 13 July 2013. He scored his first Champions League goal a month later against Macabi Tel Aviv FC on 6 August 2013 in the third qualifying round. He scored twice against the Bulgarian league champions PFC Ludogorets Razgrad on 21 August 2013 in the play-off round. On 18 September 2013 Salah scored the equalizer against Chelsea in the 2–1 away win during the group stage, During the return tie on 26 November at the St. Jakob-Park Salah scored the winning goal as Basel beat Chelsea for the second time with a 1–0 home win.[11]
International career and goals
[edit]Egypt U-23
[edit]During the association football Men's tournament at the 2012 Summer Olympics Salah scored a goal in each of the three games in the Preliminary round. These being the final goal in the 3–2 defeat against Brazil, the equalizer in the 1–1 draw with New Zealand and the first goal in the 3–1 win against Belarus. The team reached the last eight, but were knocked out by Japan.
Goals for the U-23 team
[edit]This article needs additional citations for verification. (April 2013) |
- Scores and results list Egypt's goal tally first.
# | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | 29 July 2010 | Petro Sport Stadium, Cairo | ![]() |
3–0 | 3–0 | Friendly tournament |
2. | 10 October 2010 | Sheikh Khalifa International Stadium, Al Ain | ![]() |
1–1 | 3–1 | Friendly match |
3. | 8 January 2011 | Rand Stadium, Johannesburg | ![]() |
2–0 | 2–0 | Friendly match |
4. | 3 April 2011 | Al Merreikh Stadium, Omdurman | ![]() |
1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly match |
5. | 11 November 2011 | Petro Sport Stadium, Cairo | ![]() |
1–0 | 1–1 | Friendly match |
6. | 7 December 2011 | Stade de Marrakech, Marrakech | ![]() |
1–2 | 2–3 | 2011 CAF U-23 Championship |
16 March 2012 | Stadion Rankhof, Basel | ![]() |
2–1 | 4–3 | ||
16 March 2012 | Stadion Rankhof, Basel | ![]() |
4–2 | 4–3 | ||
7. | 26 July 2012 | Millennium Stadium, Cardiff | ![]() |
2–3 | 2–3 | 2012 Olympics |
8. | 29 July 2012 | Old Trafford Stadium, Manchester | ![]() |
1–1 | 1–1 | 2012 Olympics |
9. | 1 August 2012 | Hampden Park, Glasgow | ![]() |
1–0 | 3–1 | 2012 Olympics |
Senior team
[edit]Salah played his debut for the Egypt national football team on 3 September 2011 in the 2–1 away defeat by Sierra Leone. He scored his first goal for the team in the 3–0 win against Niger just one month later. He scored a goal in the 93rd minute in stoppage time against Guinea to give Egypt an important 3–2 away victory in a 2014 FIFA World Cup Qualifier.
On 9 June 2013, Salah scored three goals (hat-trick) along with an assist when Egypt won their fourth consecutive match in the 2014 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers. The next match against Mozambique, he scored a goal that led Egypt to qualify from their group.
On 10 September 2013, he scored a goal against Guinea, the game ended 4-2. Salah scored his sixth goal in the World Cup qualifications and is currently the top scorer of Egypt as well as the CAF Qualification leader.
Goals for the senior team
[edit]- Scores and results list Egypt's goal tally first.[13]
# | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | 8 October 2011 | Cairo International Stadium, Cairo | ![]() |
2–0 | 3–0 | 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier |
2. | 27 February 2012 | Al-Gharafa Stadium, Doha | ![]() |
1–0 | 5–0 | Friendly |
3. | 29 March 2012 | Khartoum Stadium, Khartoum | ![]() |
1–1 | 2–1 | Friendly |
4. | 31 March 2012 | Khartoum Stadium, Khartoum | ![]() |
1–0 | 4–0 | Friendly |
5. | 22 May 2012 | Al-Merrikh Stadium, Omdurman | ![]() |
2–0 | 3–0 | Friendly |
6. | 3–0 | |||||
7. | 10 June 2012 | Stade 28 Septembre, Conakry | ![]() |
3–2 | 3–2 | 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier |
8. | 15 June 2012 | Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria | ![]() |
2–1 | 2–3 | 2013 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier |
9. | 6 February 2013 | Estadio Vicente Calderón, Madrid | ![]() |
1–2 | 1–2 | Friendly |
10. | 22 March 2013 | Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria | ![]() |
2–0 | 10–0 | Friendly |
11. | 3–0 | |||||
12. | 9 June 2013 | National Sports Stadium, Harare | ![]() |
2–1 | 4–2 | 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier |
13. | 3–1 | |||||
14. | 4–2 | |||||
15. | 16 June 2013 | Estádio da Machava, Maputo | ![]() |
1–0 | 1–0 | 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier |
16. | 14 August 2013 | El Gouna Stadium, El Gouna | ![]() |
2–0 | 3–0 | Friendly |
17. | 10 September 2013 | El Gouna Stadium, El Gouna | ![]() |
3–2 | 4–2 | 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier |
Titles and honours
[edit]Basel
- Swiss Super League (1): 2012–13
- Swiss Cup Runner-up (1): 2012–13
- Uhren Cup winner: 2013
Individual
- CAF Most Promising Talent of the Year: 2012
- SAFP Golden Player - Swiss Golden Player Award for best player in the Swiss Super League: 2013
- Top scorer in the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF) with 6 goals (Shared with Mohamed Aboutrika and Asamoah Gyan).
References
[edit]- ^ http://www.cafonline.com/football/news/16154-toure-wins-his-second-african-player-of-the-year-award.html
- ^ http://www.goal.com/en-gh/teams/egypt/1648/al-mokawloon
- ^ "Egypt's Premier League cancelled". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 10 March 2012. Retrieved 11 March 2012.
- ^ Marti, Caspar (2012). "Munteres Testspiel gegen Ägyptens Olympia-Auswahl endet 3:4" (in German). FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 16 March 2012.
{{cite web}}
: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=
(help) - ^ FC Basel 1893 (2012). "Der FCB verpflichtet den ägyptischen Nationalspieler Mohamed Salah" (in German). FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
{{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Ahmed Abd El Rasoul (2012). "Egypt rising star Salah officially joins FC Basel". Ahram Online. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
{{cite web}}
: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=
(help) - ^ "Basel break Spurs' hearts from the spot". Uefa. 2013. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
{{cite web}}
: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=
(help) - ^ Haylett, Trevor (2013). "Basel take heart after Chelsea defeat". Eufa. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
{{cite web}}
: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=
(help) - ^ Schifferle, Michael (2013). "Season review: Switzerland". Eufa. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
{{cite web}}
: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=
(help) - ^ SFV (2013). "Telegramm Schweizer Cup Final". Schweizerischer Fussballverband. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
{{cite web}}
: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=
(help) (in German) - ^ Basel FC BS Chelsea Group Stage Match Report .UEFA Website . (English)
- ^ a b FC Basel 1893 Egypt U23 Match Review . nilesports.com . Retrieved 16 March 2012
- ^ 44923
External links
[edit]- Profile at FC Basel (in German)
- Profile at Swiss Football League Website
- Huligan0/Mohamed Salah at National-Football-Teams.com
- Mohamed Salah – FIFA competition record (archived)