Taher Abouzaid
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Amer Taher Abouzeid Sayed (born 1 April 1962) is a retired Egyptian footballer. He played as a midfielder for El-Ahly and the Egyptian national team.
Abouzaid made several appearances for the Egypt national football team, including participating in the 1984
, where he was top scorer with 4 goals, 1986
where he scored three valuable goals. In 1988, he was excluded from the Egyptian national team squad competing in the African Cup of Nations. He also played in the 1990 FIFA World Cup
finals.
Abouzaid also played for Egypt at the 1984 Summer Olympics
.
He was on the El-Ahly's board of directors.
Also he once was about to be the Fifa world player of the year.
National Team
Al-Ahly
Abouzaid made several appearances for the Egypt national football team, including participating in the 1984
1984 African Cup of Nations
The 1984 African Cup of Nations was the 14th edition of the African Cup of Nations, the soccer championship of Africa . It was hosted by Côte d'Ivoire. Just like in 1982, the field of eight teams was split into two groups of four...
, where he was top scorer with 4 goals, 1986
1986 African Cup of Nations
The 1986 African Cup of Nations was the 15th edition of the African Cup of Nations, the soccer championship of Africa . It was hosted by Egypt. Just like in 1984, the field of eight teams was split into two groups of four...
where he scored three valuable goals. In 1988, he was excluded from the Egyptian national team squad competing in the African Cup of Nations. He also played in the 1990 FIFA World Cup
1990 FIFA World Cup
The 1990 FIFA World Cup was the 14th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 8 June to 8 July 1990 in Italy, the second country to host the event twice. Teams representing 116 national football associations from all six populated...
finals.
Abouzaid also played for Egypt at the 1984 Summer Olympics
1984 Summer Olympics
The 1984 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Los Angeles, California, United States in 1984...
.
He was on the El-Ahly's board of directors.
Also he once was about to be the Fifa world player of the year.
Honours
Personal- Top scorer World Youth Cup Australia 1981
- Top Scorer African Cup of Nations Côte d'Ivoire 19841984 African Cup of NationsThe 1984 African Cup of Nations was the 14th edition of the African Cup of Nations, the soccer championship of Africa . It was hosted by Côte d'Ivoire. Just like in 1982, the field of eight teams was split into two groups of four...
- 2nd top scorer AFRICAN CUP OF NATIONS) EGYPT 19861986 African Cup of NationsThe 1986 African Cup of Nations was the 15th edition of the African Cup of Nations, the soccer championship of Africa . It was hosted by Egypt. Just like in 1984, the field of eight teams was split into two groups of four...
- 2nd best African footballer of the year 1984 (France Football)
- 3rd best African footballer of the year 1986 (France Football)
- 2nd best African footballer of the year 1987 (France Football)
- Scored 7 goals for Egypt in African Cups of NationsAfrican Cup of NationsThe Africa Cup of Nations, also referred to as the African Cup of Nations or African Nations Cup, officially CAN , is the main international association football competition in Africa. It is sanctioned by the Confederation of African Football , and was first held in 1957. Since 1968, it has been...
- Scored 23 Goals for Ahly in African Club Cups
National Team
- African Cup Of Nations1986 African Cup of NationsThe 1986 African Cup of Nations was the 15th edition of the African Cup of Nations, the soccer championship of Africa . It was hosted by Egypt. Just like in 1984, the field of eight teams was split into two groups of four...
for Egypt 1986.
Al-Ahly
- 7 Egyptian League titles 1979/1980,1980/81,1981/82,1984/85,1985/86,1986/87,1988/89.
- 8 Egyptian Soccer CupEgyptian Soccer CupThe Egypt Cup is the main "knockout" football cup competition in Egypt. It was created in 1921, and was not played only between 1968 and 1971 due to the Six-Day War, in 1973–74 due to October War and in 1979–80, 1981–82, 1986–87 and 1993–94....
titles 1980/81,1982/83,1983/84,1984/85,1988/89,1990/91,1991/92,1992/93 - 2 African Champions League1982,1987
- 3 African Cup Winners' CupAfrican Cup Winners' CupThe African Cup Winners' Cup was a football competition that started in 1975 and merged with the CAF Cup in 2004 to form the CAF Confederations Cup...
1984,1985,1986 - 1 Afro-Asian Cup 1988