Hossam Ghaly
Ghaly playing on loan at Derby County in 2008
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Hossam Mohamed El Sayed Metwalli Abdel Sattar Ghaly | ||
| Date of birth | 15 December 1981 | ||
| Place of birth | Kafr el-Sheikh, Egypt | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Al-Ahly | ||
| Number | 14 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Al-Ahly | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2000–2003 | Al-Ahly | 29 | (2) |
| 2003–2006 | Feyenoord | 49 | (3) |
| 2006–2009 | Tottenham Hotspur | 21 | (1) |
| 2008 | → Derby County (loan) | 15 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | Al-Nassr | 13 | (1) |
| 2010–2013 | Al-Ahly | 40 | (4) |
| 2013–2014 | Lierse | 27 | (0) |
| 2014– | Al-Ahly | 65 | (2) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2002–2016 | Egypt | 74 | (4) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 25 October 2015. |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 25 October 2015.
Hossam El Sayed Ghaly (Arabic: حسام غالي; born 15 December 1981) is an Egyptian international footballer who plays for Egyptian club Al-Ahly. Ghaly plays mainly as a central midfielder, less frequently as a right full-back and due to injuries even an outside midfielder.
He has played 55 international matches for Egypt since his debut in 2002, and was part of their squads for the 2004 African Cup of Nations and their victory in the same tournament in 2010.
Ghaly played for Tottenham Hotspur of the Premier League between 2006 and 2009.
Ghaly is a product of Al-Ahly youth team, and he broke into the first team squad in 1997, he was only 16 when he joined the first team. He played regularly for Al-Ahly until he moved to Feyenoord Rotterdam in 2003, despite interest from numerous other European clubs such as VfB Stuttgart and FC Nantes. The transfer fee was said to be around €1.4 million.
After three troublesome seasons in the Netherlands, Ghaly joined Tottenham Hotspur of the Premier League in January 2006. Their rivals Arsenal had been interested before he signed a four-and-a-half-year contract at Tottenham.
Ghaly was given the number 14 jersey and scored his first goal for Spurs in the UEFA Cup against Beşiktaş on 19 October 2006. During a game against rivals Chelsea on 11 March 2007, he gave Spurs a temporary 3–1 lead in the FA Cup. A week later Ghaly scored his only Premier League goal, in a 3–1 win over Watford. A foul on Ghaly in the middle of the penalty box against Blackburn Rovers saw Jermain Defoe score a penalty kick which resulted in the game ending in 1–1 draw. Ghaly's second encounter with Blackburn however is remembered merely due to its affiliation with infamy.
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