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Egyptian footballer (born 1962) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Amer Taher Abou Zeid Alsayed, publicly known as Taher Abou Zeid, or Taher Abouzaid ( both are correct translations from the original alphabet in Arabic: عامر طاهر أبو زيد السيد) is the Egyptian Minister of State for Sports[2] and a retired footballer. He played as a midfielder for Al Ahly and the Egyptian national team.
Taher Abouzeid | |
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Minister of State for Sports | |
Assumed office 16 July 2013 | |
Prime Minister | Hazem Al Beblawi |
Preceded by | El Amry Farouk |
Personal details | |
Nationality | Egyptian |
Political party | New Wafd Party (formerly)[1] |
Residence | Egypt |
Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Amer Taher Abouzaid Sayed | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 1 April 1962 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Asyut, Egypt | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Attacking midfield | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
Al Ahly | |||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
1980–1992 | Al Ahly | 393 | (189) | ||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
1982–1990 | Egypt[3] | 57 | (13) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 July 2007 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 July 2007 |
In the FIFA U20 World Cup 1981 Taher Abouzaid was the top-scorer of the Egyptian team and the scorer of the World Cup. For many years Abouzaid played for the Egypt national football team. In the 1984 African Cup of Nations he was also the top scorer with four goals. In the[4] 1986 African Cup of Nations he was the Egyptian team leading scorer helping his team to win the African Cup of Nations 1986. He also played in the 1990 FIFA World Cup finals.[5] Abouzaid also played for Egypt at the 1984 Summer Olympics.[6]
He was on the Al-Ahly's board of directors.
Personal
International Career(Egypt)
Club Career (Ahly)
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