Mohamed Salah (footballer, born 1956)

"Mohamed Salah El-Din" redirects here. Not to be confused with Mohammad Salahuddin.

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Mohamed Salah (Arabic: محمد صلاح) is an Egyptian former footballer and head coach. He spent his whole football career with Zamalek. He also played for the Egypt national football team, and was a part of the team that won the 1986 African Cup of Nations.

Mohamed Salah

Personal information
Full name	Mohamed Salah El-Din
Date of birth	(1956-03-29) 29 March 1956
Place of birth	Cairo, Egypt
Youth career
	Zamalek
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1975–1988	Zamalek
International career
1978–1987	Egypt
Managerial career
1999–2001	Maaden
2001–2002	Baladyet El Mahalla
2002–2002	Goldi
2003–2004	Ghazl El Mahalla
2004–2004	Ittihad El Iskandary
2005–2006	El Masry
2006–2007	Tanta
2007–2008	Ittihad El Iskandary
2008–2008	Baladyet El Mahalla
2008–2008	El Tersana
2009–2010	El Mansoura SC
2010–2011	El Telefonat
2011–2011	Al-Shoulla
2013–2014	Wehda Mecca
2014–2015	Zamalek (Assist. coach)
2015–2015	Zamalek SC
2015–2015	Zamalek (Managing Director)
2015–2015	Zamalek
2015–2016	Zamalek (Assist. coach)
2016–2016	Zamalek (Caretaker Manager)
2016–2016	Zamalek (Assist. coach)
2016–2016	Zamalek (Caretaker Manager)
2016–2016	Zamalek (Assist. coach)
2017–2017	Haras El Hodoud
2017–2017	Zamalek (Caretaker Manager)
2017–2018	Nogoom El Mostakbal
2018–2018	Pharco
2018–2019	FC Masr
2019–2019	Suez SC
2019–2020	Al Tarsana SC
2020–2020	Nogoom FC
2020–2020	Tanta SC
2023	Al-Shoulla
Medal record Men's football Representing Egypt Africa Cup of Nations Winner 1986 Egypt
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

Playing in his youth in Zamalek, Salah played for the first team in 1975. At the prime of his career, he played alongside great players such as Taha Basry, Hassan Shehata, Ali Khalil and Farouk Gaafar.

Zamalek players; Salah (middle), Hassan Shehata and Taha Basry with the Egyptian Premier League trophy in 1978

Salah spent his entire professional career with the Zamalek. He won with Zamalek the Egyptian Premier League for three times in (1977–78, 1983–84, 1987–88), and three titles of the Egypt Cup in (1977, 1979, 1988). He also won the Egyptian Friendship Cup once in 1986. At the continental level, he won the African Cup of Champions Clubs twice in (1984, 1986), and the Afro-Asian Club Championship in 1987.

Salah (second standing from right) with Zamalek in 1978

With Egypt he played in three Africa Cup of Nations tournaments, in his first appearance in the 1980 edition, he was included in the Africa Cup of Nations Dream Team, where Egypt finished fourth, the same place as the 1984 edition which Salah was present in the starting lineup. He was part of the team that won the 1986 African Cup of Nations title.

Managerial career

Al-Shoulla

Salah was appointed manager of the Saudi club Al-Shoulla in June 2011. He made a big impact after winning the Saudi First Division with Al-Shoulla in the 2011–12 season. He then lead Al-Shoulla to 3 wins and 4 losses in the 2012–13 Saudi Premier League season. He then went to Egypt and had an agreement with Almokaweleen.

On 21 February 2023, Salah returned to manage Al-Shoulla 11 years after his first stint at the club.

Managerial statistics

As of match played 31 August 2020

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	From	To	Record					Ref.
			P	W	D	L	Win %
Goldi SC	1 July 1999	9 April 2001	49	16	17	16	032.7
Baladeyet El Mahalla SC	1 July 2001	1 January 2002	13	3	5	5	023.1
Goldi SC	1 January 2002	21 October 2002	18	6	3	9	033.3
Ghazl El Mahalla SC	1 July 2003	11 June 2004	25	11	7	7	044.0
Al Ittihad Alexandria	10 January 2004	23 December 2004	37	15	7	15	040.5
Al Masry SC	30 November 2005	30 June 2006	19	8	4	7	042.1
Tanta SC	25 August 2006	30 June 2007	29	6	11	12	020.7
Al Ittihad Alexandria	2 September 2007	1 January 2008	12	2	4	6	016.7
Baladeyet El Mahalla SC	10 January 2008	30 June 2008	15	2	6	7	013.3
Al Tarsana SC	1 July 2008	3 November 2008	13	5	1	7	038.5
El Mansoura SC	12 December 2009	7 January 2010	4	1	1	2	025.0
Telephonat Beni Suef SC	1 February 2010	17 August 2011	18	8	6	4	044.4
Al-Shoulla FC	1 December 2011	30 December 2011	6	3	1	2	050.0
Al-Wehda	1 October 2013	28 February 2014	23	11	7	5	047.8
Zamalek SC	1 January 2015	10 February 2015	7	5	2	0	071.4
FC Masr	22 September 2015	30 December 2015	9	5	2	2	055.6
Zamalek SC (Caretaker)	10 February 2016	23 February 2016	3	2	1	0	066.7
Zamalek SC (Caretaker)	19 November 2016	29 November 2016	3	1	2	0	033.3
Haras El Hodoud SC	7 January 2017	4 April 2017	17	10	5	2	058.8
Zamalek SC (Caretaker)	4 April 2017	6 April 2017	1	0	0	1	000.0
Nogoom FC	1 July 2017	22 May 2018	33	19	10	4	057.6
Pharco FC	1 July 2018	11 October 2018	11	5	4	2	045.5
FC Masr	13 October 2018	5 August 2019	21	13	7	1	061.9
Suez SC	6 October 2019	3 December 2019	8	4	2	2	050.0
Al Tarsana SC	4 December 2019	19 February 2020	10	3	4	3	030.0
Nogoom FC	19 February 2020	12 August 2020	2	0	0	2	000.0
Tanta SC	12 August 2020	31 August 2020	4	0	0	4	000.0
Al-Shoulla	21 February 2023	29 May 2023	12	3	3	6	025.0
Total			422	167	122	133	039.6	—

Honours

Player

Zamalek

• Egyptian Premier League: 1977–78, 1983–84, 1987–88
• Egypt Cup: 1977, 1979, 1988
• Egyptian Friendship Cup: 1986
• CAF Champions League: 1984, 1986
• Afro-Asian Club Championship: 1987

Egypt

• African Cup of Nations: 1986

Individual

• Africa Cup of Nations Dream Team: 1980

Manager

Maaden

• Egyptian Second Division

Al-Shoulla

• Saudi First Division (1): 2011–12

Nogoom El Mostakbal

• Egyptian Second Division: 2017–18

External links

• Goal.com Profile