Engy Sayed | |
Fullname: | Engy Ahmed Atya Sayed |
Birth Date: | 4 September 1986 |
Birth Place: | Cairo, Egypt |
Position: | Forward |
Clubs1: | Wadi Degla |
Years2: | 2017–2018 |
Clubs2: | Trabzon İdmanocağı |
Caps2: | 8 |
Goals2: | 3 |
Nationalteam1: | Egypt |
Pcupdate: | January 13, 2018 |
Engy Ahmed Atya Sayed (Arabic: إنجي أحمد عطية سيد, born September 4, 1986), shortly Engy Sayed, is an Egyptian footballer who plays as a forward for the Egypt national team and for Egyptian Women's Premier League club Al-Amerya.
Engy Sayed was born in Cairo, Egypt on 4 September 4, 1986. She was supported by her family who love football, and used to play in the street with her brothers and other relatives. She marketed herself to foreign clubs through YouTube.[1]
Sayed played for the Cairo-based Wadi Degla SC before she moved in November 2017 to Turkey to join Trabzon İdmanocağı, who play in the Turkish Women's First Football League (with jersey number 8).
She currently captains Egyptian club Al-Amerya. The team lost in the finals of the Egyptian Ladies FA Cup in 2023. It is the second time Sayed has lost in the finals with the club.[2] [3]
Sayed appeared for the Egypt women's national football team at the 2016 Africa Women Cup of Nations held in Cameroon. She scored twice in their qualifying campaign for the tournament, both goals being against Libya.[4] As of 2023, she served as Egypt's captain.[5]