Mohamed Salah (footballer, born 1956)

Mohamed Salah^[4] (Arabic: محمد صلاح; born 19 June 1958) is an Egyptian former footballer and head coach. He spent his whole football career with Zamalek. He also played for the Egypt national football team, and was a part of the team that won the 1986 African Cup of Nations.

Playing in his youth in Zamalek, Salah played for the first team in 1975. At the prime of his career, he played alongside great players such as Taha Basry, Hassan Shehata, Ali Khalil and Farouk Gaafar.

Salah spent his entire professional career with the Zamalek. He won with Zamalek the Egyptian Premier League for three times in (1977–78, 1983–84, 1987–88), and three titles of the Egypt Cup in (1977, 1979, 1988). He also won the Egyptian Friendship Cup once in 1986. At the continental level, he won the African Cup of Champions Clubs twice in (1984, 1986), and the Afro-Asian Club Championship in 1987.^[5][6]

With Egypt he played in three Africa Cup of Nations tournaments, in his first appearance in the 1980 edition, he was included in the Africa Cup of Nations Dream Team, where Egypt finished fourth, the same place as the 1984 edition which Salah was present in the starting lineup. He was part of the team that won the 1986 African Cup of Nations title.^[7]

He began his journey in football management with Maaden, where he served from 1999 to 2001. This initial experience laid the foundation for his future roles. Following his tenure at Maaden, he took the helm at Baladyet El Mahalla for the 2001–2002 season and then moved to manage Goldi in 2002.

Continuing his career, he coached Ghazl El Mahalla between 2003 and 2004. After this, he briefly led Ittihad El Iskandary in 2004. His next appointment was with El Masry, where he managed the team from 2005 to 2006. He subsequently took charge at Tanta for the 2006–2007 season and returned to Ittihad El Iskandary for the 2007–2008 campaign.

In 2008, he had short spells with both Baladyet El Mahalla and El Tersana. He was then appointed as manager of El Mansoura SC from 2009 to 2010, followed by a period at El Telefonat in 2010–2011.

His managerial career then extended to Saudi Arabia, where he led Al-Shoulla in 2011. He returned to the region in 2013 to manage Wehda Mecca, remaining there until 2014. Roles at Zamalek and Further Positions He joined Zamalek in various capacities between 2014 and 2016, undertaking several roles including assistant coach, managing director, first-team manager, and caretaker manager. His versatility and reliability were evident through the club’s trust in him for multiple positions.

After his time at Zamalek, he managed Haras El Hodoud in 2017 and again served as caretaker at Zamalek in the same year. He continued his career with Nogoom El Mostakbal from 2017 to 2018, Pharco in 2018, FC Masr from 2018 to 2019, Suez SC in 2019, and Al Tarsana SC from 2019 to 2020. His subsequent appointments included Nogoom FC and Tanta SC in 2020, underlining a long and varied career across numerous Egyptian and Saudi clubs.

Salah was appointed manager of the Saudi club Al-Shoulla in June 2011. He made a big impact after winning the Saudi First Division with Al-Shoulla in the 2011–12 season. He then lead Al-Shoulla to 3 wins and 4 losses in the 2012–13 Saudi Premier League season.^[8] He then went back to Egypt and had an agreement with Almokaweleen.

On 21 February 2023, Salah returned to manage Al-Shoulla 11 years after his first stint at the club.^[9]

As of match played 31 August 2020

• Egyptian Premier League: 1977–78, 1983–84, 1987–88
• Egypt Cup: 1977, 1979, 1988
• Egyptian Friendship Cup: 1986
• CAF Champions League: 1984, 1986
• Afro-Asian Club Championship: 1987

• African Cup of Nations: 1986

• Africa Cup of Nations Dream Team: 1980

• Egyptian Second Division

• Saudi First Division: 2011–12

• Egyptian Second Division: 2017–18

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