Mohamed Aboutrika
Mohamed Aboutrika (Arabic: محمد محمد محمد أبو تريكة; born 7 November 1978) is a retired Egyptian footballer. He was a second striker and attacking midfielder for two teams in Egypt, Tersana and El Ahly. He played for Baniyas in the United Arab Emirates.
Aboutrika in 2010 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Mohamed Mohamed Mohamed Aboutrika | ||
Date of birth | 7 November 1978 | ||
Place of birth | Nahia, Giza, Egypt | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||
Playing position | Attacking midfielder / Forward | ||
Youth career | |||
1990–1997 | Tersana | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1997–2003 | Tersana | 34 | (27) |
2004–2014 | Al-Ahly | 161 | (78) |
2013 | → Baniyas (loan) | 14 | (5) |
Total | 209 | (110) | |
National team‡ | |||
2012 | Egypt U23 | 4 | (2) |
2001–2013 | Egypt | 104 | (38) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:00, 14 February 2013 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19:00, 19 November 2013 (UTC) |
Aboutrika came second in the "African Footballer of the Year" award in 2008. He was one of five nominees for the 2006 award, and one of ten nominees in 2013 for the award.[2]
Personal life
Aboutrika graduated from Cairo University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in philosophy.[3] He is married and has children named Ahmed, Seif, and Roqaya.
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 14 December 2013
Club | Season | League | National Cup1 | Continental2 | Other3 | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Al Ahly | 2003–04 | Egyptian Premier League | 13 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 11 |
2004–05 | Egyptian Premier League | 26 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 12 | |
2005–06 | Egyptian Premier League | 21 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 35 | 26 | |
2006–07 | Egyptian Premier League | 15 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 14 | |
2007–08 | Egyptian Premier League | 19 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 8 | |
2008–09 | Egyptian Premier League | 22 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 10 | |
2009–10 | Egyptian Premier League | 15 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 9 | |
2010–11 | Egyptian Premier League | 17 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 10 | |
2011–12 | Egyptian Premier League | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 10 | |
2012–13 | Egyptian Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 6 | |
2013–14 | Egyptian Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Career total | 161 | 78 | 7 | 2 | 88 | 31 | 15 | 5 | 271 | 116 |
1Includes appearances in the Egypt Cup 2Includes appearances in the CAF Champions League 3Includes appearances in the Championship Playoff, Egyptian Super Cup, CAF Super Cup and FIFA Club World Cup
International
- As of match played 19 November 2013
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
Egypt | 2001 | 1 | 0 |
2002 | 0 | 0 | |
2003 | 0 | 0 | |
2004 | 9 | 5 | |
2005 | 14 | 2 | |
2006 | 10 | 3 | |
2007 | 4 | 0 | |
2008 | 11 | 8 | |
2009 | 11 | 6 | |
2010 | 6 | 1 | |
2011 | 6 | 1 | |
2012 | 13 | 7 | |
2013 | 9 | 5 | |
Total | 105 | 38 |
International goals
# | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 31 March 2004 | Arab Contractors Stadium, Cairo, Egypt | Trinidad and Tobago | 1–0 | 2–1 | Friendly |
2. | 24 May 2004 | Cairo Military Academy Stadium, Cairo, Egypt | Zimbabwe | 2–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
3. | 6 June 2004 | Khartoum Stadium, Khartoum, Sudan | Sudan | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifier |
4. | 20 June 2004 | Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria, Egypt | Ivory Coast | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifier |
5. | 4 July 2004 | Stade de l'Amitié, Cotonou, Benin | Benin | 2–3 | 3–3 | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifier |
6. | 29 July 2005 | Stade de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland | Qatar | 1–0 | 5–0 | Friendly |
7. | 4–0 | |||||
8. | 20 January 2006 | Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt | Libya | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2006 Africa Cup of Nations |
9. | 28 January 2006 | Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt | Ivory Coast | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2006 Africa Cup of Nations |
10. | 2 September 2006 | Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt | Burundi | 3–0 | 4–1 | 2008 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
11. | 26 January 2008 | Baba Yara Stadium, Kumasi, Ghana | Sudan | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2008 Africa Cup of Nations |
12. | 3–0 | |||||
13. | 7 February 2008 | Baba Yara Stadium, Kumasi, Ghana | Ivory Coast | 4–1 | 4–1 | 2008 Africa Cup of Nations |
14. | 10 February 2008 | Accra Sports Stadium, Accra, Ghana | Cameroon | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2008 Africa Cup of Nations Final |
15. | 7 September 2008 | Stade des Martyrs, Kinshasa, Congo DR | DR Congo | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier |
16. | 12 October 2008 | Cairo Military Academy Stadium, Cairo, Egypt | Djibouti | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier |
17. | 19 November 2008 | Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt | Benin | 4–0 | 5–1 | Friendly |
18. | 5–0 | |||||
19. | 30 May 2009 | Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat, Oman | Oman | 1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly |
20. | 7 June 2009 | Stade Mustapha Tchaker, Blida, Algeria | Algeria | 1–3 | 1–3 | 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier |
21. | 5 July 2009 | Cairo Military Academy Stadium, Cairo, Egypt | Rwanda | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier |
22. | 3–0 | |||||
23. | 2 October 2009 | Petro Sport Stadium, Cairo, Egypt | Mauritius | 1–0 | 4–0 | Friendly |
24. | 3–0 | |||||
25. | 11 August 2010 | Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt | DR Congo | 3–2 | 6–3 | Friendly |
26. | 5 January 2011 | Arab Contractors Stadium, Cairo, Egypt | Tanzania | 2–0 | 5–1 | 2011 Nile Basin Tournament |
27. | 29 March 2012 | Khartoum Stadium, Khartoum, Sudan | Uganda | 2–0 | 2–1 | Friendly |
28. | 12 April 2012 | Al-Maktoum Stadium, Dubai, UAE | Nigeria | 2–1 | 3–2 | Friendly |
29. | 20 May 2012 | Al Merreikh Stadium, Omdurman, Sudan | Cameroon | 2–1 | 2–1 | Friendly |
30. | 10 June 2012 | Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry, Guinea | Guinea | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier |
31. | 2–1 | |||||
32. | 12 October 2012 | Khalid Bin Mohammed Stadium, Sharjah, UAE | Congo | 1–0 | 3–0 | Friendly |
33. | 3–0 | |||||
34. | 14 January 2013 | Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi, UAE | Ivory Coast | 1–0 | 2–4 | Friendly |
35. | 26 March 2013 | Borg El Arab Stadium, Cairo, Egypt | Zimbabwe | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier |
36. | 9 June 2013 | National Sports Stadium, Harare, Zimbabwe | Zimbabwe | 1–0 | 4–2 | 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier |
37. | 10 September 2013 | El Gouna Stadium, Hurghada, Egypt | Guinea | 2–1 | 4–2 | 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier |
38. | 15 October 2013 | Baba Yara Stadium, Kumasi, Ghana | Ghana | 1–2 | 1–6 | 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier |
Egypt U-23
# | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 26 July 2012 | Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, United Kingdom | Brazil | 1–3 | 2–3 | 2012 Summer Olympics |
2. | 1 August 2012 | Hampden Park, Glasgow, United Kingdom | Belarus | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2012 Summer Olympics |
Honours and achievements
- Al Ahly
- Egyptian Premier League: 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11
- Egypt Cup: 2006, 2007
- Egyptian Super Cup: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011
- CAF Champions League: 2005, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2013
- CAF Super Cup: 2006, 2007, 2009, 2013
- Baniyas SC
- GCC Champions League: 2012–13
- Egypt
- African Cup of Nations: 2006, 2008
- Nile Basin Tournament: 2011
Individual
Awards
- African Inter-Club Player of the Year: 2006, 2008, 2012, 2013
- CAF Team of the Year: 2006, 2008, 2012, 2013
- Africa Cup of Nations Dream Team: 2006, 2008
- World's Most Popular Footballer: 2007,[4] 2008[5]
- El Heddaf Arab Footballer of the Year: 2007, 2008, 2012
- BBC African Footballer of the Year: 2008[6]
- 2008 Africa Cup of Nations Final: Man of the Match
- FIFA Confederations Cup Dream Team: 2009[7]
- Goal 50: 2009,[8] 2013[9]
- IFFHS Legends: 2016[10]
Orders
- Order of the Republic (Egypt)
Performances
- Egyptian Premier League top goalscorer: 2005–06
- CAF Champions League top goalscorer: 2006
- FIFA Club World Cup top goalscorer: 2006
- Egypt Cup top goalscorer: 2007
- FIFA Confederations Cup top assist: 2009 (Shared with Elano, Maicon and Joan Capdevila)
- FIFA World Cup qualification top goalscorer: 2014 (Shared with Mohamed Salah and Asamoah Gyan)[11]
Records
Africa
Mohamed Aboutrika Media
Aboutrika with a fan after an international friendly match in preparation for the 2014 World Cup qualifiers.
References
- ↑ "Player Profile". footballdatabase.et. Retrieved 16 December 2013.
- ↑ "BBC Sport – Four Nigerians on Caf awards list". BBC.com. Retrieved 2013-12-05.
- ↑ Marcotti, Gabriele (15 June 2009). Mohamed Abotreka shows he belongs in highest company. London: Times Online. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/columnists/gabriele_marcotti/article6506805.ece?Submitted=true. Retrieved 2009-06-16.
- ↑ "Mohamed Aboutreika of Egypt is the most popular player!". IFFHS.
- ↑ "Mohamed Aboutreika is the most popular player!" (in العربية). Filgoal.com.
- ↑ Abotreka triumphs in BBC poll. BBC. 16 January 2009. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/7828436.stm. Retrieved 2009-01-16.
- ↑ "Users pick Top 11". FIFA.com (Fédération Internationale de Football Association). 30 June 2009. https://www.fifa.com/confederationscup/news/newsid=1077991.html. Retrieved 30 June 2009.
- ↑ "GOAL50 – 45. Mohamed Aboutrika". Goal.COM.
- ↑ "GOAL50 – 29. Mohamed Aboutrika". Goal.COM. Archived from the original on 2018-06-22. Retrieved 2018-05-11.
- ↑ "IFFHS announce the 48 football legend players". IFFHS. 25 January 2016. Archived from the original on 24 September 2019. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
- ↑ "2014 World Cup Qualifying – Africa Stats: Top Goal scores – 2013". espnfc.com/. 19 November 2013. Retrieved 31 January 2014.
- ↑ "Toure wins his second African Player of the Year". CAF. Retrieved 2012-12-21.
- ↑ "Winners of Glo-CAF Awards 2006". CAF. Archived from the original on 3 March 2007. Retrieved 2007-01-03.
Other websites
- Mohamed Aboutrika – FIFA competition record
- Mohamed Abou Trika at National-Football-Teams.com
- Mohamed Aboutrika at RSSSF