Mido (footballer)
Egyptian football manager (born 1983) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ahmed Hossam Hussein Abdelhamid Wasfi (Arabic: أحمد حسام حسين عبد الحميد وصفي; born 23 February 1983), publicly known as Mido (Arabic: ميدو), is an Egyptian football manager and former player who played as a striker.
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Full name | Ahmed Hossam Hussein Abdelhamid Wasfi | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1983-02-23) 23 February 1983 (age 41)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Cairo, Egypt | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Striker | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1990–1999 | Zamalek | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
1999–2000 | Zamalek | 4 | (3) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2000–2001 | Gent | 23 | (11) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2001–2003 | Ajax | 40 | (21) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2003–2003 | → Celta Vigo (loan) | 8 | (4) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2003–2004 | Marseille | 22 | (7) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2004–2006 | Roma | 8 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2005–2006 | → Tottenham Hotspur (loan) | 36 | (13) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2006–2007 | Tottenham Hotspur | 12 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2007–2010 | Middlesbrough | 25 | (6) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2009–2009 | → Wigan Athletic (loan) | 12 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2009–2010 | → Zamalek (loan) | 11 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2010–2010 | → West Ham United (loan) | 9 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2010–2011 | → Ajax (loan) | 5 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2011–2012 | Zamalek | 3 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2012–2013 | Barnsley | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Total | 219 | (73) | |||||||||||||||||||||
International career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1999–2001 | Egypt U20 | 13 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2001–2009 | Egypt | 51 | (19) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2014 | Zamalek | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2015 | Ismaily | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2016 | Zamalek | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2016–2017 | Wadi Degla | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2018–2019 | Al Wehda | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2019–2020 | El Makkasa | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2022–2023 | Ismaily | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Mido started his career with Zamalek in Egypt in 1999. He left the club for Gent of Belgium in 2000, where he won the Belgian Ebony Shoe. This led to a move to Dutch side Ajax in 2001, from where he joined Celta Vigo on loan in 2003. His next destination was Marseille in France and he left them for Italian side Roma in 2004. He joined English side Tottenham Hotspur on an 18-month loan in 2005 and eventually joined the club permanently in 2006. He left the club in 2007 to join Middlesbrough, from whom he joined Wigan Athletic, Zamalek, West Ham United and Ajax on loan. In 2011, he rejoined Zamalek, before joining Barnsley in 2012. He also played for Egypt 51 times, scoring 20 goals. Mido retired from football in June 2013.