Ahmed Fathi, the former right-back of the Egyptian national team, announced on Saturday his definitive retirement from football, after a long and historic career in Egyptian stadiums.
Fathi, 39, has been without a club after his contract with his home side Pyramids ended at the end of last season, with reports linking him with a return to the Ismaily club.
The player officially confirmed that he “hung up his shoes” during his presence in the analysis studio of MBC Egypt channel to analyze the match of his former club Al-Ahly against the Kenyans of Gormahia, in the return match of the 32nd round of the African Cup. Champions League.
A busy football career for Egyptian Ahmed Fathi
Ahmed Fathi was born in November 1984 in the city of Banha, where he began his football career with the city team, before joining the Ismaily club at the beginning of the current century, continuing with them for 7 years before embarking on professional experience abroad since the English goal of Sheffield United in January 2007.
A fight between the Egyptian Ahmed Abdel Fathi and the Moroccan Badr Al-Qadouri for the ball
The player quickly joined Al-Ahly club in September 2007, from Sheffield, and was loaned for a short period to Kuwaiti Kazma, then he continued with the “Red Giants” until January 2013, when he was loaned to English club Hull City.
The Egyptian player moved to Umm Salal in Qatar in the summer of 2014, before returning to Al-Ahly a year later, spending 5 years with them, then moving for free to Pyramids, where he continued with them for 4 years.
The player has won the Egyptian League 11 times, the Egyptian Cup and Egyptian Super Cup 3 times, the African Champions League 4 times and the African Super Cup twice.
As for the international level, Fathi played 134 matches for the Egyptian national team, scoring 3 goals in addition to scoring 7 others. He was crowned 3 times with the “Pharaohs” at the African Cup of Nations, and he even held the position of captain of the national team before handing it over to Mohamed Salah, the current captain.
