Egyptian footballer (1930-1984)
Alaa El-Hamouly
Full name
Alaa El-Din Hassanin El-Hamouly Date of birth
(1930-07-04 ) 4 July 1930 Place of birth
Cairo , Egypt Date of death
13 January 1984(1984-01-13) (aged 53) Place of death
Cairo , Egypt Position(s)
Forward Years
Team
Apps
(Gls ) 1949-1962
Zamalek
1950-1960
Egypt
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
Alaa El-Din Hassanin El-Hamouly (Arabic : علاء الدين حسنين الحامولي ) (4 July 1930 – 13 January 1984) was an Egyptian former footballer who played as a forward for Zamalek . He also played for the Egyptian national team , and he was part of the squad that won the 1957 and 1959 African Cup of Nations .[ 1] [ 2] 1952 and 1960 Summer Olympics . After his retirement, he worked as a football commentator in Egyptian Television .
Biography
Alaa El-Din Hassanin El-Hamouly was born on 4 July 1930 in Cairo . He played in his youth in Al Ahly before joining Zamalek in the prime of his professional career. El-Hamouly played all of his career in Zamalek, he was a talented goal scorer, El-Hamouly started his professional career in 1949. He won with Zamalek the Egypt Cup for seven times (1952 , 1955 , 1957 , 1958 , 1959 , 1960 , 1962 ).[ 3]
El-Hamouly (front row, first from right) with Zamalek in 1959 He also won with Zamalek the Cairo League for three consecutive times (1950-51, 1951-52, 1952-53). El-Hamouly won with Zamalek the 1959–60 Egyptian Premier League title, the first Egyptian league title for his club. A prolific goal scorer, he is Zamalek's all-time top scorer of the Egypt Cup with 23 goals, and Zamalek's 3rd all-time top scorer of the Cairo derby with 9 goals after Mostafa Taha (12 goals) and Abdel Karim Sakr (10 goals).
With Egypt , El-Hamouly played for almost a decade, his first international match was in 1950, he played with Egypt in the 1951 Mediterranean Games in Alexandria and his country won the silver medal . El-Hamouly was a part of the team that won the gold medal at the 1953 Arab Games in Alexandria.
El-Hamouly with Egypt in the 1950s He was a part of the team that won the gold medal of the 1955 Mediterranean Games in Barcelona . In Africa Cup of Nations , he was a part of the team that won the 1957 African Cup of Nations and the 1959 African Cup of Nations . He also represented his country in the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki and 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome .
After his retirement, El-Hamouly worked in the field of football commentary, and he was one of the most prominent football pundits on Egyptian television in the 1970s and 1980s. He died on 13 January 1984 aged 53 in Cairo.
Honours
Zamalek
Egypt
References
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