About Mohamed Aboutrika
Mohamed Mohamed Mohamed Aboutrika (Arabic: محمد محمد محمد أبو تريكة; born 7 November 1978) and known as Mohamed Aboutrika is an Egyptian retired professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder and a forward. He was voted first place in the African Footballer of the Year award in 2008, and was one of five nominees for the 2006 award, and one of the ten nominated for the 2013 award. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest African and Arab players of all time. Aboutrika won the Africa Cup of Nations in 2006 with the Egyptian national team. He also scored the winning goal to help Egypt win the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations. He helped his club Al Ahly to win the bronze medal in the FIFA Club World Cup in 2006. Off the pitch, he has been noted for both various humanitarian efforts as well as his philanthropy in Egypt. In the first half of Egyptian league 2003–2004, Aboutrika scored 3 goals for Tersana. He scored 11 goals in his first 13 appearances with Al Ahly in the 2003–2004 season (all in the league), becoming the second-highest scorer in the Egyptian League with 14 goals. Aboutrika won the African Cup of Nations in 2006 with the Egyptian national team.
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