Abdallah El Said

This article is about Egyptian footballer. For other people with similar name, see Abdullah Said.

Abdallah Mahmoud Said Bekhit (Arabic: عبد الله محمود السعيد بخيت; born 13 July 1985) is an Egyptian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Egyptian Premier League club Zamalek

Abdallah El Said
عبد الله السعيد

El Said with Egypt at the 2018 FIFA World Cup
Personal information
Full name	Abdallah Mahmoud Said Bekhit[1]
Date of birth	(1985-07-13) 13 July 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth	Ismailia, Egypt
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team	Zamalek
Number	19
Youth career
–2004	Ismaily
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2004–2011	Ismaily	140	(36)
2011–2018	Al Ahly	154	(50)
2018	→ KuPS (loan)	7	(0)
2018	Al-Ahli	14	(2)
2019–2023	Pyramids	126	(36)
2024–	Zamalek	19	(5)
International career
2008–2022	Egypt	55	(6)
Medal record Representing  Egypt Men's football Africa Cup of Nations Runner-up 2017 Gabon Runner-up 2021 Cameroon
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 August 2024

In May 2018 he was named in Egypt's squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.^[2]

Club career

El Said agreed to a three-year contract extension with Ismaily in May 2007.^[3]

In 2011 after various problems with his team and due to Ismaily's need for money and after long negotiations, El Said signed with Al Ahly despite earlier reports assuring that he is going to sign with Zamalek due to Ismaily's bitter rivalry with Ahly.^[4]

El Said made his debut with Al Ahly against ENPPI, he scored 4 goals in his first season before it was cancelled due to the Egyptian Revolution of 2011.

On 10 April 2018, El Said joined Finish side KuPS on loan for two months. Following the conclusion of the loan, he joined Saudi Arabian side Al-Ahli Saudi.^[5] In January 2019, El Said joined the Egyptian side Pyramids.^[6]

In January 2024, El said joined Zamalek.

Career statistics

Team	Season	League		Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Ismaily	2003–04	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
	2004–05	3	0	0	0	0	0	—		2	0
	2005–06	14	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	17	4
	2006–07	24	7	3	0	0	0	0	0	27	7
	2007–08	27	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	28	5
	2008–09	29	9	0	0	1	0	0	0	30	9
	2009–10	15	3	0	0	4	0	—		19	3
	2010–11	26	8	1	0	0	0			27	8
	Total	140	36	8	0	20	2	7	5	180	44
Al Ahly	2010–11	0	0	1	0	0	0	—		1	0
	2011–12	15	4	0	0	12	1	4	1	31	6
	2012–13	14	0	0	0	15	2	2	0	31	2
	2013–14	17	9	0	0	8	1	—		25	10
	2014–15	29	6	5	4	12	3	1	2	47	15
	2015–16	30	11	3	1	5	1	1	0	39	13
	2016–17	28	10	2	0	13	2	2	0	45	12
	2017–18	21	10	0	0	1	2	—		22	12
	Total	154	50	11	5	66	12	10	3	241	70
KuPS	2018	7	0	0	0	—				7	0
	Total	7	0	0	0	—				7	0
Al-Ahli	2018–19	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	2
	Total	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pyramids	2018–19	18	4	3	0	—				21	4
	2019–20	25	17	1	0	12	4	—		38	21
	2020–21	26	6	2	1	9	3	—		37	10
	2021–22	31	6	5	0	10	0	—		46	6
	2022–23	18	1	1	0	9	3	0	0	28	4
	2023–24	8	2	0	0	4	0	4	0	16	2
	Total	126	36	12	1	44	10	4	0	186	47
Zamalek	2022–23	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	2023–24	19	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	20	6
	2024–25	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	2	1
	Total	19	5	2	1	1	1	1	0	23	7

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[7]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Egypt	2008	1	0
	2009	0	0
	2010	0	0
	2011	2	0
	2012	0	0
	2013	5	0
	2014	0	0
	2015	2	1
	2016	10	4
	2017	10	1
	2018	8	0
	2019	7	0
	2020	2	0
	2021	6	0
	2022	2	0
Total		55	6

International goals

Scores and results list Egypt's goal tally first.^[7]

No	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	17 November 2015	Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria, Egypt	Chad	2–0	4–0	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
2.	27 February 2016	Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria, Egypt	Burkina Faso	1–0	2–0	Friendly
3.				2–0
4.	9 October 2016	Stade Municipal de Kintélé, Brazzaville, Congo	Congo	2–1	2–1	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
5.	13 November 2016	Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria, Egypt	Ghana	2–0	2–0
6.	21 January 2017	Stade de Port-Gentil, Port-Gentil, Gabon	Uganda	1–0	1–0	2017 Africa Cup of Nations

Honours

Al Ahly

• Egyptian Premier League: 2013–14, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18
• Egypt Cup: 2016–17
• Egyptian Super Cup: 2011, 2015, 2017
• CAF Champions League: 2012, 2013
• CAF Confederation Cup: 2014
• CAF Super Cup: 2013, 2014

Zamalek

• CAF Super Cup: 2024

Individual

• Egyptian Premier League top goalscorer: 2019–20

References

1. "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia: List of players: Egypt" (PDF). FIFA. 17 June 2018. p. 9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 June 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
2. "World Cup 2018: All the confirmed squads for this summer's finals in Russia". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 24 July 2019. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
3. Maher, Hatem (10 May 2007). "Ismaili extend trio's deals". FilBalad. Retrieved 17 December 2008.^{[dead link]}
4. Maher, Hatem (13 September 2011). "Breaking: Ismaily agrees to sell El Said to Zamalek". Goal. Archived from the original on 17 October 2012. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
5. Tarek Talaat (10 April 2018). "Egypt's El Said goes on loan to Finland in World Cup bid". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 18 June 2018. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
6. "رسمياً .. بيراميدز يعلن التعاقد مع عبد الله السعيد". youm7.com (in Arabic). 4 January 2019. Archived from the original on 18 July 2021. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
7. Abdallah El Said at National-Football-Teams.com

External links

• Abdallah El Said – UEFA competition record (archive)