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امام عاشور
Ashour in 2024
Personal information
Full name Emam Ashour Metwally Abdelghany[1]
Date of birth (1998-02-20) 20 February 1998 (age 26)[1]
Place of birth El Senbellawein, Dakahlia, Egypt
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Al Ahly SC
Number 22
Youth career
0000–2015 Ghazl El Mahalla
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2019 Ghazl El Mahalla
2018–2019 → Haras El Hodoud (loan) 31 (3)
2019–2023 Al Zamalek 77 (13)
2023 Midtjylland 5 (1)
2023– Al Ahly 26 (8)
International career‡
2019–2021 Egypt U23 14 (0)
2021– Egypt 16 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Egypt
Africa Cup of Nations
Runner-up 2021 Cameroon
Africa U-23 Cup of Nations
Winner Egypt 2019 Egypt U23
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 July 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 31 July 2024

Emam Ashour Metwally Abdelghany (Arabic: إمام عاشور متولي عبدالغني; born 20 February 1998) is an Egyptian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Egyptian Premier League club Al Ahly and the Egypt national football team.

Club career

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Ghazl El Mahlla

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Ashour began his career in the youth sector of Ghazl El Mahalla and progressed through all of the club’s youth teams. He was promoted to the first team for El Mahalla and then moved to Haras El Hodoud on loan for a season.[2]

Haras El Hodoud

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Season 2018-2019

On 19 October 2018, Emam Ashour equalized for Haras El Hodood by scoring the first goal against Smouha, in the match held between the two teams at Borg El Arab Stadium, in the 11th round of the Premier League.[3]

On 26 November 2018, Emam Ashour scored the third goal for Haras El Hodood Club against its counterpart, Wadi Degla SC, in the sixteenth round match of the league competition. Emam Ashour scored the goal in the 88th minute of the match against Mohamed Abdel Monsef.[4]

On 26 May 2019, Emam Ashour scored a goal against Wadi Degla, which the Guard equalized with a similar goal in the match that ended in a 1-1 draw.[5]

Zamalek

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Season 2019-2020

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On 4 August 2019, Zamalek officials signed contracts to include Emam Ashour, Ghazl El Mahalla playmaker, for 5 seasons.[6]

On 20 February 2020, the Disciplinary and Ethics Committee of the Egyptian Football Association decided, regarding the events of the Super Cup match that was held between the Al Ahly and Zamalek teams in the Emirati capital, Abu Dhabi, to suspend Emam Ashour until the end of the season and fine each of them 100,000 pounds.[7]

On 22 September 2020, Emam Ashour scored the third goal for Zamalek against Tanta SC in the 96th minute of the match at Cairo International Stadium in the 29th round of the league, which ended with a score of 3/1 for Zamalek.[8]

On 5 October 2020, Emam Ashour scored the equalizer in the 81st minute of the match in his team’s match against Smouha SC 2-1, in the round of 16 competitions in the Egyptian Cup.[9]

On 6 October 2020, the Disciplinary and Ethics Committee of the Football Association announced that Zamalek player Imam Ashour was suspended for one match and fined 50,000 pounds, for what he did in the match between Zamalek and Al Masry SC, in the 31st round of the Egyptian League Championship, which ended with Zamalek’s 1-0 victory.[10]

Season 2020-2021

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On 9 January 2021, Emam Ashour scored two goals in his team’s 3-0 win over Talaea El Gaish in the sixth round of the Egyptian Premier League. Emam Ashour was able to take the lead in the 49th minute with a missile shot. Ashour reappeared in the 71st minute to score the third goal for Zamalek after a shot into the far left corner of the Al-Talaea goalkeeper.

On 12 January 2021, Emam Ashour scored Zamalek's only goal with a shot in the 54th minute of the match, which Zamalek won 1-0 against Al Masry SC. Emam Ashour intercepted the ball the most and recovered it from Al-Masry for the benefit of Zamalek players, with a score of 20 times in the match, and he was the second player who received the ball the most from his teammates, with a score of 42 successful receptions, with a score of 100%, after Tarek Hamed.

On 2 February 2021, Emam Ashour assisted a goal for Ferjani Sassi from a strike in the 69th minute of the match that Zamalek lost to Ghazl El Mahalla with a score of 2-1 at El Mahalla Stadium in the 11th round matches of the Egyptian Premier League.

On 7 February 2021, Emam assisted a goal for Youssef Obama in the 77th minute after a cross ball into the right side of the penalty area, and Obama headed it over, announcing his team’s second goal in the match that Zamalek won 2-0 over Al-Ittihad Alexandria in the matches of the 12th round of the Egyptian league.

Emam celebrate a goal for Zamalek in Egyptian Premier League

On 14 August 2021, Emam Ashour scored the first goal against Al-Ismaili with a powerful shot that collided with the Ismaily SC defender, changed direction, and entered the net in the 56th minute of the match, which ended with Zamalek’s 2-0 win at Ismailia Stadium in the thirtieth round of the Egyptian Premier League competitions.

On 21 July 2022, Emam Ashour scored the second goal against Al Ahly with a perfect missile shot, in the match that was held on the grounds of Cairo International Stadium, in the final of the 2021 Egypt Cup.

Midtjylland

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He later played for Midtjylland in Denmark, then returned to Egypt to join Al Ahly in July 2023.[11]

Al Ahly

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On 15 December 2023, he scored his first goal in the FIFA Club World for Al Ahly in a 3–1 win over Al-Ittihad in the FIFA Club World Cup second round.[12]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of match played 31 July 2024[13]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Haras El Hodoud 2018–19 Egyptian Premier League 31 4 1 0 — — 32 4
Zamalek SC 2018–19 Egyptian Premier League 0 0 3 0 — 1[b] 0 4 0
2019–20 12 1 2 1 — — 14 2
2020–21 21 5 3 1 4[c] 0 — 28 6
2021–22 29 5 3 0 7[c] 0 1[b] 0 40 5
2022–23 15 2 — 1[c] 0 — 16 2
Total 77 13 11 2 12 0 2 0 102 15
FC Midtjylland 2022–23 Danish Superliga 5 1 — 2[d] 1 — 7 2
Al Ahly 2022–23 Egyptian Premier League 0 0 2 2 — — 2 2
2023–24 23 8 — 11[c] 0 7[e] 1 41 9
Total 23 8 2 2 11 0 7 1 43 11
Career total 136 22 14 4 25 1 9 1 186 32
  1. ^ Includes Egypt Cup
  2. ^ a b Appearance in Egyptian Super Cup
  3. ^ a b c d Appearances in CAF Champions League
  4. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  5. ^ One appearance in African Football League, two appearances in Egyptian Super Cup, three appearances and one goal in FIFA Club World Cup, one appearance in CAF Super Cup

International

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As of match played 22 March 2024[13][14]
National team Year Apps Goals
Egypt U-23 2019 8[a] 0
2020 1 0
2021 5[b] 0
Egypt 2021 1 0
2022 8[c] 0
2023 2 0
2024 5[d] 0
Total 30 0
  1. ^ Two appearances in U-23 Africa Cup of Nations
  2. ^ Three appearances in the Olympic Games
  3. ^ Two appearances in Africa Cup of Nations
  4. ^ Three appearances in Africa Cup of Nations

Honors

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Zamalek

Al Ahly

Egypt U23

References

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  1. ^ a b c "FIFA Club World Cup Saudi Arabia 2023™: List of Players: Al Ahly SC" (PDF). FIFA. 6 December 2023. p. 1. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 December 2023. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  2. ^ "صور.. الحدود يحصل علي خدمات "امام عاشور " لاعب المحلة". youm7.com. 23 July 2019.
  3. ^ "فيديو.. إمام عاشور يتعادل لحرس الحدود أمام سموحة 1 / 1". youm7.com. 19 October 2018.
  4. ^ "إمام عاشور يحرز الهدف الثالث لحرس الحدود أمام دجلة". youm7.com. 26 November 2018.
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  6. ^ "صور.. الزمالك يضم إمام عاشور من المحلة لمدة 5 مواسم". youm7.com. 4 August 2019.
  7. ^ "أول رد فعل من إمام عاشور بعد قرار إيقافه لنهاية الموسم". sport.elwatannews.
  8. ^ "إمام عاشور يحرز الهدف الثالث للزمالك في مرمي طنطا بالوقت الضائع". youm7.com. 22 September 2020.
  9. ^ "إمام عاشور بعد فوز الزمالك: أنا صغير ومتربى.. ولست "بلطجى"". youm7.com. 5 October 2020.
  10. ^ "لجنة الانضباط توصى بتغريم المصرى 50 ألف جنيه بسبب الجماهير". youm7.com. 6 October 2020.
  11. ^ "Emam Ashour arrives at Al Ahly to complete summer move". KingFut. 16 July 2023.
  12. ^ "Al Ahly FC 3–1 Al Ittihad FC". FIFA. 15 December 2023.
  13. ^ a b "E. Ashour". Soccerway.
  14. ^ Emam Ashour at National-Football-Teams.com
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