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Wael Gomaa
Personal information
Full name Wael Mohamed Gomaa Kamel El Hooty
Date of birth (1975-08-03) 3 August 1975 (age 49)
Place of birth Gharbia Governorate, Egypt
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Al-Ahly
Number 6
Youth career
Ghazl El-Mahalla
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1993–2001 Ghazl El-Mahalla 82 (6)
2001– Al-Ahly 432 (6)
International career‡
2001– Egypt 113 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 February 2006
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 June 2013

Wael Gomaa (Template:Lang-ar) (born 3 August 1975) is an Egyptian footballer. He plays as a defender for Egypt's African Champion Al-Ahly club as well as Egypt's National Football Team

Club career

Due to his magnificent performance in 2000-2001 season he signed with Al-Ahly after Egypt Cup final match with Ghazl El-Mahalla against Al-Ahly. He made his debut for Al-Ahly in a friendly match against Real Madrid in August 2001. His official debut was in the match against Angolan side Petro Atletico in CAF Champions League 2001 on 12 August in Luanda He is known as an excellent header, good reading for passes,[1] who has the ability to score from corners and free kicks. He scored with a header for Al-Ahly in the final match of CAF Champions League 2008 against Cotonsport Garoua of Cameroon.

In 2006-2007, he had pre-season trials with Blackburn Rovers with a view to a January transfer.[2][3]

In week 23 from 2010-2011 season in the match against Haras El Hodood he made his 200th appearance for Al-Ahly in the Egyptian Premier League, he caused a penalty for Haras El Hodood and Ahmed Abdel-Ghani missed it.[4]

International career

Gomaa was pivotal in the Pharaoh's African Cup of Nations Egypt 2006, Ghana 2008, Angola 2010 . He appeared in every match for the Egyptian side in both tournaments, defending against top European league players such as Drogba, Eto'o, Manucho and Lomana LuaLua. Gomaa has been chosen by CAF in Best Africa XI three times, in 2006, 2008 and 2010. Gomaa participated with Egypt in FIFA Confederations Cup and appeared in every match for the Egyptian side. Wael Gomaa has made his 100th International appearance for Egypt; when Egypt played against Uganda on January 8, 2011 in the 2011 Nile Basin Tournament. During the tournament he scored his only international goal with the ball bouncing off his leg for a corner kick against Kenya in the semi final Egypt went on to win the match 5-1. Gomaa made his international debut on 26 April 2001 in a friendly match against South Korea.

Career statistics

(04/08/2012)

Club Division Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
00Al-Mehalla00 Egyptian
Premier
League 		1993-94 ? ? ? ? ? 0 0 0 ? ?
1994-95 ? ? ? ? ? 0 0 0 ? ?
1995-96 ? ? ? ? ? 0 0 0 ? ?
1996-97 ? ? ? ? ? 0 0 0 ? ?
1997-98 ? ? ? ? ? 0 0 0 ? ?
1998-99 ? ? ? ? ? 0 0 0 ? ?
1999-00 ? ? ? ? ? 0 0 0 ? ?
2000-01 ? ? ? ? ? 0 0 0 ? ?
Total 82 6 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Al-Ahly 2001–02 ? 0 ? 0 ? 1 ? 0 ? 0
2002–03 ? 0 ? 0 ? 0 ? 0 ? 0
2003–04 ? 1 ? 0 ? 0 ? 0 ? 1
2004–05 ? 1 ? 0 ? 0 1 0 ? 0
2005–06 ? 1 ? 0 ? 0 ? 1 ? 2
2006–07 ? 1 ? 0 ? 0 1 0 ? 1
2007-08 2 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 10 0
Al-Siliya Qatar Stars League 2007–08 ? 0 ? ? --- --- ? 0 ? 0
Al-Ahly Egyptian
Premier
League
2008–09 23 0 ? 0 8 1 ? 0 ? 1
2009–10 25 0 ? 0 3 0 ? 0 ? 0
2010–11 26 2 0 0 11 1 ? 0 ? 3
Al-Ahly Total 232 6 14 0 ? 3 ? 1 ? 10
Career total ? 12 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

Titles as a player

6 For Egypt

26 For Ahly

Individual

  • Best player in World Military Cup of Nations 2001.
  • Named in the CAF Starting XI in the ACN Angola 2010.
  • Named in the CAF Starting XI in the ACN Ghana 2008.[5]
  • Named in the CAF Starting XI in the ACN Egypt 2006.
  • 2010 CAF Best African Defender.
  • 2009 CAF Best African Defender.[6]
  • 2008 CAF Best African Defender.[7]
  • 2006 CAF Best African Defender.[8]

References

  1. ^ http://www.betk.net/vb55/t22662.html
  2. ^ EuroSport.com: Gomaa set to join Blackburn
  3. ^ Walker "Wael Gomaa To Join Ooijer At Rovers". Vital Football, 2006-8-23. Retrieved on 15 May 2010.
  4. ^ http://forums.banatmodern.com/showthread.php?t=8871
  5. ^ http://www.moheet.com/show_news.aspx?nid=87061&pg=1
  6. ^ http://www.yallakora.com/arabic/YK_News/Details.aspx?id=115497&Catid=1&region=
  7. ^ http://www.elbashayer.com/news-37370.html
  8. ^ "Winners of Glo-CAF Awards 2006". CAF. Archived from the original on 2007-03-03. Retrieved 2007-03-01.

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