Nader El-Sayed Explained

Nader El Sayed
Birth Date:31 December 1972
Birth Place:Dakahlia, Egypt
Height:1.84 m[1]
Position:Goalkeeper
Youthclubs1:Dikirnis
Years1:1992–1998
Clubs1:Zamalek
Caps1:103
Goals1:0
Years2:1998–2000
Clubs2:Club Brugge
Caps2:29
Goals2:0
Years3:2000–2002
Clubs3:Goldi
Caps3:20
Goals3:0
Years4:2002–2003
Clubs4:Akratitos
Caps4:17
Goals4:0
Years5:2003–2004
Clubs5:Al Ittihad Alexandria
Caps5:16
Goals5:0
Years6:2004–2005
Clubs6:Al Masry
Caps6:27
Goals6:0
Years7:2005–2006
Clubs7:Al Ahly
Caps7:2
Goals7:0
Years8:2006–2008
Clubs8:ENPPI
Caps8:4
Goals8:0
Nationalyears1:1992–2005
Nationalteam1:Egypt
Nationalcaps1:110
Nationalgoals1:0

Nader El Sayed (Arabic: نادر السيد; born 31 December 1972) is an Egyptian retired professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Club career

He was widely recognized for the first time as goalkeeper for notable Egyptian club El Zamalek. After showing some classy performances for his club, he took the chance to move to Club Brugge in the Belgian League in 1998. After failing to reserve a starting place with his team, he decided to try his luck with Akratitos in the Greek Super League.[2]

Nader participated with Al Ahly in the 2005 FIFA Club World Championship 5th place playoff against Sydney F.C. in Tokyo, the match which Sydney won 2–1.

On 9 January 2007 it was announced that Nader transferred to ENPPI after failing to reserve a starting place in Al Ahly.

International career

He used to play for Egypt national team until 2005, where he lost his place due to his irregular participating with Al Ahly. His last national game was against Ivory Coast away, ended with a loss for guests 2–0. This match was in 2006 World Cup Qualifiers. Nader's first national game was against Jordan ended with a draw 1–1.

Nader was the Captain of Egyptian team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona and participated in 1991 FIFA World Youth Championship in Portugal.

Also, he was the first Egyptian goalkeeper to be chosen twice as best keeper in African Cup of Nations since 1957. He had chosen in Burkina Faso 1998 and Ghana and Nigeria 2000 .

Honours

National Team

Zamalek

2

1993, 1996

2

1994, 1997

2

1991–92, 1992–93

1

1997

Ahly

Individual

Penalty shootouts

Nader is famous for saving penalty kicks. He saved 21 kicks in penalty shoot-outs, winning many tournaments for his country and his club.

See also

Notes and References

  1. 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 .
  2. Web site: Foreign Players in Greece since 1959/60. RSSSF. 9 April 2009.