Ahmed Shobair

Ahmed Abdelaziz Shobeir (Arabic: أحمد عبد العزيز شوبير‎; born 28 September 1960)[2] is former Egyptian goalkeeper who played for Al Ahly club & Egypt national football team.[3] He is a former vice-president of the Egyptian Football Association, and a previous official of Egyptian national olympic team. He is also a renowned soccer T.V. commentator and show anchor. He started at Dream channel and at "AlHayat TV" for his TV show "'El Kora Ma'a Shobeir" or "The Football with Shobeir". He is currently a soccer T.V commentator at Nile Sport in Stad El Nile or Nile Stadium[4]

Ahmed Shobair
Personal information
Full name Ahmed Abdelaziz Shobeir
Date of birth (1960-09-28) 28 September 1960
Place of birth Tanta, Egypt
Height 1.80m (6ft 1.5in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1980–1997 Al Ahly 222
National team
1984–1996 Egypt[1] 107 (0)
Teams managed
2004–2005 Al Ahly's Football Director
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

He was also a member in the Egyptian Parliament, representing his city Tanta, in Gharbia Governorate for the term, starting 2005 and ending in 2010. He was a member in the ruling National Democratic Party that eventually got dissolved following the 2011 Egyptian Revolution that toppled Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak.

Honours

Personal

  • 7th Best African Footballer by France Football 1989
  • 5th Best African Footballer by France Football 1990
  • Best Egyptian goalkeeper several times
  • Best Arab goalkeeper in 1987, 1989 & 1996

International

  • Participated in World Cup, Italy 1990
  • African cup of nations 1986, Gold Medal
  • Pan Arab Games gold medal & Arab Cup title in 1992
  • All-African Games gold medal in 1987[5]

Al-Ahly

References
  1. Ahmed Abdelaziz Shobair - Century of International Appearances
  2. "Egypt - squad". Kicker.
  3. Ahmed Shobeir – FIFA competition record
  4. http://www.ahmedshobeir.com/ Ahmed Shobeir official webpage
  5. "Egypt Versus Kenya". www.angelfire.com/ak/EgyptianSports. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  6. http://www.ahlyegypt.com/club/stars/shobair


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