Gamal Hamza

Gamal Hamza

Personal information
Date of birth	5 December 1981
Place of birth	Cairo, Egypt
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in)
Youth career
1995-2000	Zamalek
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2000–2009	Zamalek	150	(50)
2009	1. FSV Mainz 05	1	(0)
2010	El Gouna	19	(5)
2011–2012	→ Misr El Makasa (loan)	4	(0)
2013	Al Sinaa	0	(0)
2013	FC Baia Zugdidi	2	(0)
2014	Haras El-Hodood	6	(0)
National team^‡
2001–2004	Egypt	18	(4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 02:50, 25 December 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (goals) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 02:50, 30 August 2009 (UTC)

Gamal Hamza (Arabic: جمال حمزة‎) (born 5 December 1981 in Cairo, Egypt) is an Egyptian former footballer. He played for Zamalek SC for most of his football career. He last played for the Egyptian Premier League side Haras El-Hodood.

Career

Zamalek

Hamza is a Zamalek youth academy graduate, and is considered one of the best Egyptian forwards. He is one of the highest scoring players in Cairo Derby against Al-Ahly with eight goals. He is known for once having sported a reverse-Mohawk haircut, which he has since abandoned.

On 14 May 2009, Hamza signed a pre-contract with the Swiss club FC Luzern. However, no agreement between Luzern and Hamza's club Al Zamalek came about.

Mainz

On 24 June 2009, Hamza signed with the German side 1. FSV Mainz 05 on a 2+1 basis,^[1] and was on 11 October 2009 released from his contract.

El Gouna FC

Having destroyed any hope of a possible comeback to former club Zamalek by choosing their bitter rivals Ahly over them, Hamza returned to former club El Gouna and made a good impression by scoring three goals in the league's first four matches. After a dispute with the technical staff, Hamza was completely excluded from all of the club's matches for the remainder of the first half of the season and a decision was reached to sell him in the winter transfer window.

International career

Hamza played in the World Youth Cup U20 Argentina in 2001 and holds 18 games, scoring four goals for the A-team.^[2] He plays for the Egyptian football team^[3]

Honours

With Zamalek

Egyptian Premier League (3): 2000–01, 2002–03, 2003–04

Egyptian Super Cup (2): 2000–01, 2001–02

Egypt Cup (2): 2000–01, 2007–08

African Cup Winners' Cup: 2000

CAF Champions League: 2002

CAF Super Cup: 2003

Saudi-Egyptian Super Cup: 2003

With Egypt

World Youth Cup Bronze Medal: 2001

References

1. "Ägyptischer Nationalspieler Gamal Hamza wechselt zu Mainz 05" (in German). Allgemeine Zeitung. 24 June 2009. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
2. "FC Luzern verstärkt sich mit Gamal Hamza" (in German). FC Luzern. Archived from the original on 9 July 2009.
3. "Gamal Hamza" (in French). footmercato.net. Retrieved 16 June 2011.

External links

• Gamal Hamza at National-Football-Teams.com
• Gamal Hamza profile at Fussballdaten