Place of birth Damietta, Egypt Name Essam El-Hadary Spouse Sabrine Reda 1991–1993 Damietta Club Weight 86 kg | Number 1 Height 1.88 m Playing position Role Football goalkeeper Parents Haj Kamal ElHadary | |
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Full name Essam Kamal Tawfiq El-Hadary Date of birth (1973-01-15) 15 January 1973 (age 44) Current teams Ismaily SC (#1 / Goalkeeper), Egypt national football team (Goalkeeper), El Ittihad Alexandria (Goalkeeper) Similar People Hassan Shehata, Mohamed Aboutrika, Mohamed Barakat, Shikabala, Hossam Hassan | ||
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Essam El-Hadary (Arabic: عصام الدين كمال توفيق الحضري; born 15 January 1973) is an Egyptian goalkeeper, currently playing for and captaining Al-Taawoun in the Saudi Professional League and the Egypt national football team.
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He is regarded as one of the best African goalkeepers of all time. In April 2012, Didier Drogba told Chelsea FC Magazine that he is the "best opponent" he has ever played against.
Essam el hadary
Club career
Swiss club FC Sion announced that they had signed El-Hadary on a four-year contract in February 2008, despite claims to the contrary from his club Al-Ahly. El-Hadary was fined and suspended by Al-Ahly, before world governing body FIFA stepped in to give permission for Sion to complete the deal.
On 20 July 2009, it was announced that the Egyptian national team goalkeeper had joined Egyptian Premier League side Ismaily.
On 1 July 2010, El Hadary signed for Zamalek SC, but he was later suspended for 4 months by FIFA for his earlier contract with FC Sion.
In December 2010, he moved to Sudanese club Al-Merreikh.
During the summer of 2011, Hadary received multiple offers from European clubs which made him express his wish to leave Merreikh. In August, he went to try out for Hull City. Al-Merreikh however did not let him go, having him signed for three years.
In June 2017, El-Hadary signed for Al-Taawoun to become the first foreign goalkeeper to play in Saudi Arabia.
International career
El-Hadary has represented Egypt 155 times, winning the African Cup of Nations four times with his country. He was chosen as the best goalkeeper in the 2006 African Cup of Nations, held in homeland Egypt and in the 2008 African Cup of Nations, held in Ghana and he was the best goalkeeper for the 2010 African Cup of Nations, held in Angola.
In January 2013 his agent tweeted that El-Hadary had retired from international football after being benched for a run of games, being the 23rd most capped international player in history and also the player with most African Cup of Nations titles. He returned to the national team in a match against Bosnia Herzegovina on 5 March 2014, winning 2–0.
On 4 June 2016, El-Hadary played the full 90 minutes in a 2–0 win against Tanzania which secured Egypt's qualification for 2017 Africa Cup of Nations. On 17 January 2017, two days after his 44th birthday, he became the oldest player to ever appear in an Africa Cup of Nations match after replacing Ahmed El-Shenawy in Egypt's first match of the tournament. On 1 February 2017, El-Hadary saved two penalties as Egypt defeated Burkina Faso 4–3 in a penalty shoot-out to advance to the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations Final.