Hossam Hassan

Hossam Hassan

Personal information
Full name	Hossam Hassan Hussein
Date of birth	10 August 1966
Place of birth	Cairo, Egypt
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current team	Al-Masry (Head coach)
Youth career
1983–1985	Al-Ahly
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1985–1990	Al-Ahly	78	(31)
1990–1991	PAOK	19	(5)
1991–1992	Neuchâtel Xamax	8	(3)
1992–1999	Al-Ahly	153	(78)
2000	Al Ain	10	(3)
2000–2004	Zamalek	61	(38)
2004–2006	Al-Masry	47	(15)
2006–2007	Tersana	21	(6)
2007	Al-Ittihad Alexandria	5	(0)
Total		402	(179)
National team
1985–2006	Egypt	169[1][2]	(69)
Teams managed
2008	Al-Masry
2009	Telecom Egypt
2009–2011	Zamalek
2011	Ismaily
2012	Al-Masry
2013	Misr El-Makasa
2013–2014	Jordan
2014	Zamalek SC
2014–2015	Al-Ittihad Alexandria
2015–	Al-Masry
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Hossam Hassan Hussein (Arabic: حسام حسن حسين‎; born 10 August 1966) is an Egyptian retired footballer who played as a striker, and the current manager of Al-Masry in the Egyptian Premier League.

A prolific goalscorer, he is Egypt's all-time top scorer with 69 goals in 169 appearances.^[1][3] His twin brother Ibrahim also played professional football, and they shared teams for most of their extensive careers.^[4][5]

Hassan represented the national team in the 1990 World Cup and seven Africa Cup of Nations tournaments.

Club career

Other than two unassuming spells abroad in Switzerland and Greece, Cairo-born Hassan played mainly for hometown's Al-Ahly, for which he made his first-team debuts aged 18, playing his last match for the club sixteen years later. He ranked first in the club in several categories and won a total of 25 titles with it, including 11 leagues; he was only one of two players ever to find the net in derbies for each team.

In 2000, already at 34, Hassan left Al-Ahly, going to represent Al Ain SCC, Zamalek SC – adding three more leagues and the 2002 CAF Champions League – Al-Masry Club, Tersana and Al-Ittihad Al-Sakndary, while continuing to score at length. He retired aged almost 42, having played most of the time with his sibling Ibrahim, including abroad.

International career

He appeared for the nation at the 1990 FIFA World Cup, helping the Pharaohs achieve two draws while narrowly going down 0–1 to England. Ibrahim was also an undisputed starter.

Aged 40, Hassan was captain of the national team at the 2006 African Cup of Nations, and played three times and netted once for the hosts, winning the last of his three continental competitions.

International goals

Scores and results list Egypt's goal tally first:^[1][6]

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	15 July 1988	Amman International Stadium, Amman, Jordan	Lebanon	3–0	3–0	1988 Arab Nations Cup
2.	21 July 1988	Amman International Stadium, Amman, Jordan	Jordan	2–0	2–0	1988 Arab Nations Cup
3.	21 April 1989	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt	Ethiopia	5–1	6-1	1990 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
4.				6–1
5.	16 July 1989	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt	Zaire	1–0	2–0	1990 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
6.	16 September 1989	Olympic Stadium, Seoul, South Korea	South Korea	1–0	1–0	Friendly
7.	3 November 1989	Khalifa International Stadium, Doha, Qatar	Qatar	1–0	2–0	Friendly ^1
8.	17 November 1989	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt	Algeria	1–0	1–0	1990 World Cup qualification
9.	16 May 1990	Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland	Scotland	2–0	3–1	Friendly
10.	26 May 1990	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt	Colombia	1–0	1–1	Friendly
11.	17 August 1990	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt	Ethiopia	2–0	2–0	1992 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
12.	9 June 1991	Olympic Stadium, Seoul, South Korea	Malta	5–2	5–2	1991 Korea Cup
13.	11 June 1991	Olympic Stadium, Seoul, South Korea	Indonesia	3–0	6–0	1991 Korea Cup
14.	12 July 1991	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt	Chad	3–1	5–1	1992 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
15.	3 December 1991	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt	Poland	2–0	4–0	Friendly
16.	21 December 1991	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt	Romania	2–0	3–0	Friendly
17.	23 July 1992	Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé, Cameroon	Cameroon	1–0	1–0	Friendly
18.	18 September 1992	Al-Hamadaniah, Aleppo, Syria	Saudi Arabia	3–2	3–2	1992 Arab Nations Cup
19.	11 October 1992	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt	Angola	1–0	1–0	1994 World Cup qualification
20.	25 October 1992	Général Eyadema, Lomé, Togo	Togo	2–0	4–1	1994 World Cup qualification
21.				4–1
22.	31 January 1993	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt	Togo	1–0	3–0	1994 FIFA World Cup qualification
23.	28 February 1993	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt	Zimbabwe	2–1	2–1	1994 FIFA World Cup qualification
24.	9 April 1993	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt	Mali	1–0	2–1	1994 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
25.	5 November 1993	El Menzah, Tunis, Tunisia	Malta	1–0	3–0	Friendly
26.	2 February 1994	Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates	Morocco	1–1	1–1	Friendly
27.	4 February 1994	Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates	Slovakia	1–0	1–0	Friendly
28.	6 February 1994	Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates	United Arab Emirates	1–0	1–0	Friendly
29.	23 August 1994	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt	Ghana	1–0	2–0	Friendly
30.				2–0
31.	14 October 1994	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt	Tanzania	4–1	5–1	1996 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
32.	11 November 1994	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt	Ethiopia	1–0	5–0	1996 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
33.				3–0
34.	4 October 1996	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt	Morocco	1–1	1–1	1998 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
35.	8 November 1996	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt	Namibia	4–1	7–1	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
36.				6–1
37.				7–1
38.	5 January 1997	Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria, Egypt	Belarus	1–0	2–0	Friendly
39.	26 April 1997	Independence Stadium, Windhoek, Namibia	Namibia	1–1	3–2	1998 World Cup qualification
40.				3–2
41.	27 July 1997	Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria, Egypt	Ethiopia	6–0	8–1	1998 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
42.	18 December 1997	Aswan Stadium, Aswan, Egypt	Togo	5–1	7–2	Friendly
43.				6–1
44.	31 January 1998	National Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand	South Korea	1–0	1–1	1998 King's Cup
45.	10 February 1998	Stade Municipal, Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso	Mozambique	1–0	2–0	1998 Africa Cup of Nations
46.				2–0
47.	13 February 1998	Stade Municipal, Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso	Zambia	1–0	4–0	1998 Africa Cup of Nations
48.				2–0
49.				3–0
50.	25 February 1998	Stade Municipal, Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso	Burkina Faso	1–0	2–0	1998 Africa Cup of Nations
51.				2–0
52.	23 December 1998	Kadriorg Stadium, Tallinn, Estonia	Estonia	2–2	2–2	Friendly
53.	29 December 1998	Milano Arena, Kumanovo, Macedonia	Macedonia	1–2	2–2	Friendly
54.	18 November 1998	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt	Norway	1–0	1–1	Friendly
55.	16 December 1998	Soccer City, Johannesburg, South Africa	South Africa	1–0	1–2	Friendly
56.	27 December 1998	Kuwait National Stadium, Kuwait City, Kuwait	Kuwait	1–1	1–1	Friendly
57.	12 February 1999	Hong Kong Stadium, So Kon Po, Hong Kong	Bulgaria	1–0	3–1	1999 Lunar New Year Cup
58.				2–0
59.	13 June 1999	Olympic Stadium, Seoul, South Korea	Croatia	1–0	2–2	1999 Korea Cup
60.	6 January 2000	Aswan Stadium, Aswan, Egypt	Gabon	2–0	4–0	Friendly
61.	23 January 2000	Sani Abacha, Kano, Nigeria	Zambia	2–0	2–0	2000 Africa Cup of Nations
62.	28 January 2000	Sani Abacha, Kano, Nigeria	Senegal	1–0	1–0	2000 Africa Cup of Nations
63.	2 February 2000	Sani Abacha, Kano, Nigeria	Burkina Faso	2–2	4–2	2000 Africa Cup of Nations
64.	7 June 2000	Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran	Iran	1–0	1–1	2000 LG Cup
65.	25 August 2000	Port Said Stadium, Port Said, Egypt	Togo	2–1	2–1	Friendly
66.	8 October 2000	Al-Merrikh, Omdurman, Sudan	Sudan	1–0	1–0	2002 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
67.	29 May 2004	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt	Gabon	1–0	2–0	Friendly
68.				2–0
69.	3 February 2006	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt	DR Congo	2–0	4–1	2006 Africa Cup of Nations

¹ This does not count as an A-international match for FIFA. Thus, Hassan's goals total according to the governing body is 68 instead of 69.

Coaching career

On 29 February 2008 Hassan was named both general manager and coach of former club Al-Masry,^[7] before signing at modest Itesalat.^[8]

After the sacking of French coach Henri Michel, he was named manager of former side Zamalek, on 30 November 2009.^[9] his first match in charge was on 3 December, which ended in a controversial 1–2 away loss against Haras El Hodood, as opposing player Ahmed Eid Abdel Malek was not supposed to play in that match, having been sent off the previous one (Abdel Malek ended up playing, and scored Hodood's first goal).

Hassan's first win at Zamalek came on the 12th, against Al-Masry (3–0). In twelve matches he took the club from 14th place to second, only losing one game and drawing another, before being sacked.

He is currently the Head coach of Al-Ittihad Alexandria senior team

Honours

Player

Club

Ahly SC

• Egyptian League (11): 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1988–89, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–2000
• Egyptian Cup (4): 1984–85, 1988–89, 1992–93, 1995–96
• African Cup Winners' Cup (4): 1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1992–93
• African Cup of Champions Clubs: 1987
• Arab Champions League: 1996
• Arab Cup Winners' Cup: 1994–95
• Arab Super Cup (2): 1997, 1998
• Afro-Asian Cup: 1988

Ain

• UAE League: 1999–2000

Zamalek SC

• Egyptian League (3): 2000–01, 2002–03, 2003–04
• Egyptian Cup: 2001–02
• Egyptian Super Cup (2): 2001, 2002
• CAF Champions League: 2002
• CAF Super Cup: 2003
• UAFA Club Cup: 2003
• Saudi-Egyptian Super Cup: 2003

Country

• African Cup of Nations (3): 1986, 1998, 2006
• All-Africa Games: 1987
• Arab Nations Cup: 1992

Individual

• African Cup of Nations Top Scorer: 1998 (shared with Benni McCarthy)
• Confederation of African Football: Best African Footballer in the last 50 years
• Egyptian's League Top Scorer (2):1998-99 season, 2001-02 season.

Statistics

Club

As of 29 March 2012

Season	Club	League	League		Cups		Continental ^1		Other^2		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1984–85	Al-Ahly	Egyptian League	2	0	3	0	-	-	-	-	5	0
1985–86			17	6	0	0	7	3	-	-	24	9
1986–87			18	4	0	0	8	1	-	-	26	5
1987–88			18	9	0	0	2	2	-	-	20	11
1988–89			18	10	5	2	0	0	-	-	23	12
1989–90			5	2	0	0	0	0	-	-	5	2
1990–91			0	0	0	0	1	2	-	-	1	2
Total			78	31	8	2	18	8	–	–	107	41
1990–91	PAOK	Superleague	19	5	2	1	-	-	-	-	21	6
Total			19	5	2	1	-	-	-	-	21	6
1991–92	Neuchâtel Xamax	Swiss League	8	3	0	0	3	4	-	-	11	7
Total			8	3	0	0	3	4	-	-	11	7
1992–93	Al-Ahly	Egyptian League	25	15	2	0	10	2	-	-	37	17
1993–94			10	4	0	0	1	0	-	-	11	5
1994–95			18	7	0	0	0	0	4	1	22	8
1995–96			18	11	6	5	0	0	1	1	25	17
1996–97			26	14	1	0	0	0	4	1	31	15
1997–98			26	9	0	0	0	0	-	-	26	9
1998–99			24	15	1	0	1	1	4	0	30	16
1999–00			6	3	0	0	6	6	0	0	12	9
Total			153	78	10	5	18	9	13	3	194	96
1999–00	Al Ain	UAE League	10	3	0	0	-	-	-	-	10	3
Total			10	3	0	0	-	-	-	-	10	3
2000–01	Zamalek	Egyptian League	16	7	1	0	7	3	3	3	27	13
2001–02			21	18	3	1	13	6	1	0	38	25
2002–03			15	9	3	1	2	1	6	1	26	12
2003–04			9	4	0	0	1	0	6	0	16	4
Total			61	38	7	2	23	10	19	7	110	57
2004–05	Al-Masry	Egyptian League	25	10	6	3		-	-	-	31	13
2005–06			22	5	0	0	-	-	-	-	22	8
Total			47	15	6	3	–	–	–	–	53	18
2006–07	Tersana	Egyptian League	20	6	1	0		-	-	-	21	6
Total			20	6	1	0	–	–	–	–	32	14
2007–08	Al-Ittihad	Egyptian League	5	0	0	0		-	-	-	5	0
Total			5	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	5	0
Career total			401	179	34	13	62	31	32	10	531	234

¹Played in CAF Champions League, CAF Winners' Cup, CAF Super Cup and UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League.

²Includes other competitive competitions, including the Egyptian Super Cup, Arab Champions League, Arab Cup Winners' Cup, Arab Super Cup, Saudi-Egyptian Super Cup and Afro-Asian Cup.

International

^[1][3]

Egypt national team
Career	Apps	Goals
1985–2006	169	69

Managerial statistics

As of July 9, 2015

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
				G	W	D	L	Win %
Zamalek[10]		November 2009	July 2011	57	33	16	8	57.89
Ismaily		August 2011	September 2011	2	1	0	1	50.00
Al-Masry		January 2012	February 2012	3	2	1	0	66.67
Misr El-Makasa[11]		February 2013	May 2013	10	1	4	5	10.00
Jordan		June 2013	July 2014	20	9	8	3	45.00
Zamalek		July 2014	October 2014	6	1	2	3	16.67
Union Alexandria		October 2014	July 2015	35	12	13	10	34.29
Al-Masry		July 2015	Present	0	0	0	0	—
Total				131	58	44	29	44.27

Personal life

Hassan openly supported longtime president Hosni Mubarak during the 2011 Egyptian revolution, which eventually led to the politician's resignation.

He, along with his brother Ibrahim, led marches in support of Mubarak.^[12]

See also

List of men's association football players with 50 or more international goals

References

1. More goals than caps (FIFA.com)
2. The untouchables (FIFA.com)
3. "Hossam Hassan – Century of International Appearances". RSSSF. 23 July 2003. Retrieved 12 February 2012.
4. Hassan, Egypt's iron man; FIFA.com
5. The game's terrible twins; FIFA.com, 12 February 2010
6. Hossam Hassan; at 11v11
7. "Hossam Hassan appointed as El-Masri Coach". Yallakora.
8. Hossam Hassan resigns as Telecom manager
9. Hassan replaces Zamalek's Michel
10. http://www.filgoal.com/Arabic/News.aspx?NewsID=142652
11. http://www.yallakora.com/ar/News/226187/%D8%AA%D9%82%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B1-%D8%AD%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85-%D8%AD%D8%B3%D9%86-%D9%8A%D9%81%D8%B4%D9%84-%D9%81%D9%89-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B2-%D9%84%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%80-11-%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%89-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A
12. "Pro-Mubarak celebrities blacklisted by Egyptians". Arab News. 8 March 2011. Retrieved 19 May 2011.

External links

• Hossam Hassan – FIFA competition record
• Hussam Hassan Egyptian legend (Arabic)
• Hossam Hassan at National-Football-Teams.com
• All about Egyptian players
• Hossam Hassan, World's most capped player; at AngelFire