Mostafa Afroto

Hady

Personal information
Full name	Mostafa Elhady
Date of birth	21 February 1989
Place of birth	Cairo, Egypt
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[1]
Playing position	Attacking Midfielder, Second Striker
Club information
Current team	Ismaily SC
Number	23
Youth career
2007-2010	Al-Ahly
2008	→ Smouha S.C. (loan)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2009-2011	Al-Ahly	10	(2)
2011	→ Al-Ittihad (loan)	8	(1)
2012-2013	FK Qarabağ	4	(0)
2013	Misr El-Makasa	5	(0)
2013-2014	ACS Poli Timișoara	0	(0)
2015-current	Ismaily SC	1	(1)
National team^‡
2009	Egypt U-20	8	(3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 August 2013. † Appearances (goals) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12 February 2010

Mostafa Elhady , more commonly known as Mostafa Afroto (Arabic: مصطفى عفروتو‎), is an Egyptian footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or a Second Striker. He currently plays for Ismaily SC. Mostafa is nicknamed "Afroto" (or Little Genie) for his speed, pace and unpredictable moves on the pitch.

Career

Afroto made his first squad club debut on February 12, 2010, when he came as a substitute for Osama Hosny in the 63rd minutes, when his team was down 0-1 against Ittihad El-Shorta. Afroto scored the equalizer for his club from a marvelous long distance free kick. He moved on to inspire his teammates to achieve a 4-2 win by gaining a penalty scored by his teammate Mohamed Samir and scoring his second goal in the 90th minute in an exciting come back. This his made the thrilled fans of Al-Ahly to chant his name till the end of the match.^[2]

On 21 August 2012, it was announced that he had officially signed for Azerbaijani giants Qarabağ.^[3] After only four games for Qarabağ joined Misr El Makasa on a two and a half year contract.^[4]

References

1. Egypt U20 Squadlist FIFA.com
2. Afroto gives Ahli thrilling win filgoal.com
3. "Official: Afroto joins Azerbaijani club". http://www.kingfut.com/. Retrieved 20 November 2013. External link in |publisher= (help)
4. "Hossam Hassan boosts Maqassa by landing exAhly Afroto". http://english.ahram.org.eg/. Retrieved 20 November 2013. External link in |publisher= (help)