Mohamed Shawky Explained

Mohamed Shawky
Full Name:Mohamed Ali Abu El Yazid Shawky[1]
Birth Date:5 October 1981[2]
Birth Place:Port Said, Egypt
Height:1.81 m[3]
Position:Defensive midfielder
Youthyears1:1998–2000
Youthclubs1:Al Masry
Years1:2000–2003
Clubs1:Al Masry
Caps1:60
Goals1:15
Years2:2003–2007
Clubs2:Al Ahly
Caps2:92
Goals2:21
Years3:2007–2010
Clubs3:Middlesbrough
Caps3:18
Goals3:0
Years4:2010
Clubs4:Kayserispor
Caps4:11
Goals4:0
Years5:2010–2012
Clubs5:Al Ahly
Caps5:18
Goals5:1
Years6:2012–2013
Clubs6:Al Naft
Caps6:0
Goals6:0
Years7:2013–2014
Clubs7:Kelantan
Caps7:16
Goals7:8
Years8:2014–2015
Clubs8:El Mokawloon
Caps8:14
Goals8:0
Totalcaps:230
Totalgoals:45
Nationalyears1:2001–2012
Nationalteam1:Egypt[4]
Nationalcaps1:65
Nationalgoals1:5

Mohamed Ali Abu El Yazid Shawky (Arabic: محمد شوقي; born 5 October 1981) is an Egyptian former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. Between 2001 and 2012, he made 65 appearances scoring 5 goals for the Egypt national team. He played every minute of Egypt's 2006 Africa Cup of Nations campaign.

Club career

Shawky joined Middlesbrough on 31 August 2007 for £650,000 and signed a three-year contract.[5] He made his Boro debut against Tottenham Hotspur on 26 September 2007 in the 3rd round of the 2007–08 League Cup. Shawky played the first half, with the match ending in a 2–0 win for Tottenham. Hampered by injuries during his first season, Shawky played central midfield in Middlesbrough's opening premier league game of the 2008–09 season against Tottenham Hotspur which Middlesbrough won 2–1.

On 8 January 2010, Shawky signed a -year contract with Kayserispor.[6] In June 2010, he and the club ended the contract by mutual consent, allowing Shawky to return to Egypt, joining Al Ahly. After two good seasons with Ahly, he put in a transfer request to leave Ahly in July 2012.

He joined Malaysian Super League club Kelantan FA in 2013. He was released by the club after the season ended. He joined El Mokawloon SC in 2015 that played in Egyptian Premier League

International career

During the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup, he scored Egypt's second goal against Brazil in the group stage's opening game.

Honours

Egypt

Al Ahly

Notes and References

  1. Book: Barry J. . Hugman . The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2009–10 . 2009 . Mainstream Publishing . 978-1-84596-474-0 . 372 .
  2. Web site: FIFA Club World Championship Japan 2005 – Official Rosters . FIFA.com . Fédération Internationale de Football Association . 4 December 2005 . https://web.archive.org/web/20051219093824/http://www.fifa.com/documents/tournaments/cwc/CWC_2005_sl-latest.xls . 19 December 2005 . dead .
  3. Web site: Player Profile. footballdatabase.eu. 16 December 2013.
  4. https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/shawki-intl.html Mohamed Ali Abu Shawki - International Appearances
  5. News: One in, one out for Boro . . 2007-08-31 . 2007-08-31.
  6. http://www.superlignews.com/2010/01/egypt-star-mohamed-shawky-joins.html Egypt Star Mohamed Shawky Joins Kayserispor