Succeeded by Abdo Saleh Al-Wahsh Succeeded by Hassan Hamdy | Preceded by Abdo Saleh Al-Wahsh Name Saleh Selim Parents Mohamed Selim | |
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Preceded by General Abd El-Mohsen Mortagy Children Hesham Selim, Khaled Selim Grandchildren Noura Hesham Selim, Esmat Hesham Selim, Zein Al Sharaf Hesham Selim Similar People Hesham Selim, Hassan Hamdy, Khaled Selim, Yousra | ||
هدفى رفعت الفناجيلي و صالح سليم - مصر 2 - 1 ألمانيا الغربية - مباراة ودية 1958
Saleh Selim (Arabic: صالح سليم) (September 11, 1930 - May 6, 2002) was the 10th president of the Egyptian Al-Ahly Sporting Club. He also was a famous Egyptian football player and actor. He was nicknamed El Maestro because of his way of leading the Ahly football team to many victories. He then became the manager of the team, then member of the board of directors of the club. He finally became one of the most successful presidents of the club.
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Life and career
Selim joined Al-Ahly club in 1944 as a football player. Later, he became the club's football team manager, then a member of the board of directors. Due to the fame he gained as a football player, Saleh was dragged into show business and starred in three movies. He co-starred 1962 film titled "Black Candles" with Najat Al Saghira who sang in it her widely-known song "Do not lie". In 1980 he was elected the president of the club. He was then re-elected five successive times.
During his presidency, Al-Ahly was elected the African club of the century. On May 22, 2001 Saleh received the award in Johannesburg. He died in 2002 of liver cancer.
Saleh Selim was the first Egyptian soccer player in Austria and it was a "transfer-sensation" when he joined Grazer AK and scored 3 goals in 6 championship-games (10/6 with friendly-games included) for the oldest Styrian football club during the 1962–63 season.
National team appearances
Honours
Egypt
Al-Ahly
Individual
Career as a manager
Family
Selim was born in Cairo in 1930. His father Mohamed Selim was a renowned physician. He had two younger brothers, Abdel wahab and Tarek Selim. He also has two sons Khaled and Hisham Selim who is an actor.