Hussein Hegazi

Hussein Hegazi

Hehazi with Egypt in the 1920 Olympic Games
Personal information
Date of birth	(1889-09-14)14 September 1889
Place of birth	Cairo, Khedivate of Egypt
Date of death	8 October 1961(1961-10-08) (aged 72)
Place of death	Cairo, Egypt
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1911	Dulwich Hamlet
1911	Fulham	1	(1)
1911–1914	Dulwich Hamlet
1914–1915	Sekka
1915–1919	Al Ahly
1919–1928	Zamalek SC
1928–1929	Al Ahly
1929–1931	Zamalek SC
International career
1916–1929	Egypt
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Hussein Hegazi (Arabic: حسين حجازي, romanized: Ḥusayn Ḥijāziyy; 14 September 1889 – 8 October 1961) was an Egyptian international footballer. He is considered the father of Egyptian football. Hegazi played in England in the prime of his career. He spent most of his professional career in Zamalek, where he was a part of the team that won the Sultan Hussein Cup in 1921, becoming the first Egyptian team to ever win a tournament. He also played for the Egypt national football team in their first match in 1916.

Biography

He became the first African player to play in England after playing with Dulwich Hamlet and Fulham in 1911. In his only Football League appearance for Fulham, he scored one goal.

Hegazi (fifth standing from right) with Zamalek SC team in 1921

Hegazi was a part of Zamalek SC team that won the Sultan Hussein Cup in 1921, becoming the first Egyptian team to ever win a title. In 1922, he won with his team the Sultan Hussein Cup for the second time in a row. In the same year, he won with Zamalek the first Egypt Cup in 1922. In his second spell with Zamalek, he won the Cairo League for two seasons in (1929–30, 1931–32). He also won with Zamalek the King's Cup in 1924–25. In his spell with Al Ahly, he won the 1929 Sultan Hussein Cup. Hegazi also played for Sekka in the beginning of his career in Egypt. With the Egypt national football team, he was in the first team created to represent the country in 1916. He participated with Egypt at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp and the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris.

Hegazi in 1919

Hegazi called for the establishment of the Egyptian Football Association, and contributed to it. He was a member of the first board of directors of the Football Association under the chairmanship of Gaafar Wali Pasha. At that time, Hegazi was a player in the Egyptian national team, a captain of the national and Olympic teams, a coach in the technical staff, and a member of the Board of Directors of the Football Association, and a member of the Technical Committee of the Egyptian Football Association.

He is called the "Father of Egyptian Football", he is credited of introducing the game to Egyptians. He helped various football clubs and his country's national team in several roles. Hegazy died in 1961. A street in Cairo is named after him.

Honours

Zamalek

• Sultan Hussein Cup: 1921, 1922
• Egypt Cup: 1922, 1932
• Cairo League: 1929–30, 1931–32
• King's Cup: 1924–25

Al Ahly

• Sultan Hussein Cup: 1929

External links

• Dr Tarek Said