Ahmed Salah (volleyball) explained

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Ahmed Salah
Fullname:	Ahmed Abdelhey Salah El din
Nationality:	Egyptian
Birth Date:	1984 8, df=yes
Birth Place:	Egypt
Position:	Opposite Spiker
Height:	1.97 m
Weight:	87 kg
Spike:	342 cm
Block:	316 cm
Team:	Al Ahly (volleyball)
Currentnumber:	4
Nationalyears:	2003–Now
Years1:	2001-2009
Club1:	Al Ahly SC
Years2:	2010–2011
Club2:	Dynamo Yanter
Years3:	2010–2012
Club3:	Al Ahly SC
Years4:	2012–2013
Club4:	Halkbank Ankara
Years5:	2013–2014
Club5:	Galatsaray
Years6:	2014–2018
Club6:	AL GAISH
Years7:	2018-present
Club7:	Al Ahly SC
Updated:	10 June 2018

Ahmed Salah (born 19 August 1984), also known as Ahmed Abdel Naeim (Arabic: احمد صلاح), is an Egyptian indoor volleyball player. Since 2003 he is a member of the Egypt men's national volleyball team, where he goes by the nickname Salah. He competed at the 2008 and 2016 Summer Olympics and 2006, 2010 and 2014 World Championships.^[1]

Abdelhay was named most valuable player (MVP) at the 2011 and 2015 and best server at the 2011 and 2013 African Championships; he was also voted as best spiker at the 2011 World Cup. He is a patriot and refused several offers to change nationality despite the financial privileges.^[1] He retired internationally in 2023 after winning his 7th African championship in Cairo.

Honours

Club

Al Ahly SC

• Egyptian Volleyball League (12): 2001/02, 2002/03, 2003/04, 2005/06, 2006/07, 2008/09, 2009/10, 2010/11, 2018/19, 2019/20, 2020/2021, 2023/24
• Egyptian Volleyball Cup (12) : 2001/02, 2002/03, 2003/04, 2004/05, 2005/06, 2006/07, 2007/08, 2009/10, 2010/11, 2018/19, 2019/2020, 2023/24.
• African Clubs Championship (8): 2003, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2019, 2022, 2024
• Arab Clubs Championship (6): 2002, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2020, 2023 .
• Egyptian Volleyball Super Cup (2)

2023, 2024

Halkbank Ankara

• CEV Cup (1): 2012–13
• Turkish Volleyball Cup (1) : 2013–14

Al Gaish

• Egyptian Volleyball League (2): 2015/16, 2016/2017.
• Egyptian Volleyball Cup (2): 2014/15, 2016/17.
• African Clubs Championship : 2016

• Arab Clubs Championship: 2011

International

• Men's African Volleyball Championship (7): 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2023
• Mediterranean Games : 2005
• Volleyball at the African Games : 2003, 2007
• 3 × Arab Games : 2006, 2014, 2016

Individual

• FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup Best Spiker (1): 2011
• FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup Top Scorer (1): 2015
• Men's African Volleyball Championship MVP (1): 2005, 2009, 2011
• Men's African Volleyball Championship Best Server (2): 2007, 2011
• Men's African Volleyball Championship Best Spiker (1): 2007
• Olympic Continental Qualification Tournament (Africa) MVP (1): 2008
• Olympic Continental Qualification Tournament (Africa) Best Spiker (1): 2008
• African Clubs Championship MVP (2): 2009, 2010
• African Clubs Championship Best Spiker (1): 2015
• Arab Clubs Championship MVP: 2006, 2011
• Arab Clubs Championship Best Server: 2005, 2010
• Arab Clubs Championship Best Spiker: 2006
• Egyptian League MVP: 2007
• Egyptian League Best Server: 2001
• Egyptian League Best Spiker: 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2007
• best player & best attacker (in African cup for youth 2002)
• best server (8th rashid international volleyball tournament 2004)

External links

• http://www.fivb.org/en/Volleyball/Competitions/GrandChampionCup/2005/men/standings_page1.asp
• https://www.kingfut.com/2018/04/05/al-ahly-african-champions-el-geish/
• http://www.legavolley.it/Statistiche.asp?TipoStat=2.2&Atleta=AHM-ABD-83&AnnoInizio=2006&Giornata=2215&Serie=1

Notes and References

1. http://results.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=abdelhay-ahmed-1132396/index.html Ahmed Abdelhay