Gamal Hamza

Egyptian footballer (born 1981)

Gamal Hamza
Personal information
Date of birth (1981-12-05) 5 December 1981 (age 42)
Place of birth Cairo, Egypt
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Zamalek
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2009 Zamalek 147 (46)
2009 1. FSV Mainz 05 1 (0)
2010–2012 El Gouna 19 (5)
2011 → Misr Lel-Makkasa (loan) 4 (0)
2013 Al Sinaa
2013 FC Baia Zugdidi 2 (0)
2014 Haras El-Hodood 6 (0)
International career
2001–2007 Egypt 18 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gamal Hamza (Arabic: جمال حمزة [ɡæˈmɑːl ˈħæmzæ], born 5 December 1981) is an Egyptian former footballer. He played for Zamalek SC for most of his football career. He last played for the Egyptian Premier League side Haras El-Hodood.

Career

Zamalek

Hamza is a Zamalek youth academy graduate, and is considered one of the best Egyptian forwards. He is one of the highest scoring players in Cairo Derby against Al Ahly with eight goals.[citation needed] He is known for once having sported a reverse-Mohawk haircut, which he has since abandoned.

On 14 May 2009, Hamza signed a pre-contract with the Switzerland club FC Luzern. However, no agreement between Luzern and Hamza's club Al Zamalek came about.

Mainz

On 24 June 2009, Hamza signed with the German side 1. FSV Mainz 05 on a 2+1 basis,[1] and was on 11 October 2009 released from his contract.

El Gouna FC

Having destroyed any hope of a possible comeback to former club Zamalek by choosing their bitter rivals Ahly over them, Hamza returned to former club El Gouna and made a good impression by scoring three goals in the league's first four matches. After a dispute with the technical staff, Hamza was completely excluded from all of the club's matches for the remainder of the first half of the season and a decision was reached to sell him in the winter transfer window.

International career

Hamza played in the World Youth Cup U20 Argentina in 2001 and holds 18 games, scoring four goals for the A-team.[2] He played for the Egyptian football team[3]

Career Statistics

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year[4]
National team Year Apps Goals
Egypt 2001 2 0
2002 3 0
2003 4 4
2004 2 0
2006 3 0
2007 2 0
Total 16 4
Scores and results list Egypt's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Hamza goal.
List of international goals scored by Gamal Hamza
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 19 March 2003 Port Said Stadium, Port Said, Egypt  Qatar 1–0 6–0 Friendly [5]
2 2–0
3 3–0
4 8 June 2003 Port Said Stadium, Port Said, Egypt  Mauritius 4–0 7–0 2004 African Cup of Nations qualification [6]

Honours

Club

Zamalek

International

Egypt

References

  1. ^ "Ägyptischer Nationalspieler Gamal Hamza wechselt zu Mainz 05" (in German). Allgemeine Zeitung. 24 June 2009.
  2. ^ "FC Luzern verstärkt sich mit Gamal Hamza" (in German). FC Luzern. Archived from the original on 9 July 2009.
  3. ^ "Gamal Hamza" (in French). footmercato.net. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
  4. ^ "Gamal Hamza". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
  5. ^ "Egypt vs. Qatar". National Football Teams. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
  6. ^ "Egypt vs. Mauritius". National Football Teams. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
  • Gamal Hamza at National-Football-Teams.com
  • Gamal Hamza at fussballdaten.de (in German)
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