Hossam Hassan

For the Egyptian footballer born 1989, see Hossam Hassan (footballer born 1989).

Hossam Hassan

Personal information
Full name	Hossam Hassan Hussein
Date of birth	(1966-08-10) 10 August 1966
Place of birth	Cairo, Egypt
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Misr El-Makasa (coach)
Youth career
1983–1985	Al-Ahly
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1985–1990	Al-Ahly	78	(31)
1990–1991	PAOK	19	(5)
1991–1992	Neuchâtel Xamax	8	(3)
1992–1999	Al-Ahly	153	(78)
2000	Al Ain	10	(3)
2000–2004	Zamalek	61	(38)
2004–2006	Al-Masry	47	(15)
2006–2007	Tersana	21	(6)
2007	Al-Ittihad Alexandria	5	(0)
Total		402	(179)
National team
1985–2006	Egypt	161	(63)
Teams managed
2008	Al-Masry
2009	Telecom Egypt
2009–2011	Zamalek
2011	Ismaily
2012	Al-Masry
2013–	Misr El-Makasa
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Hossam Hassan Hussein (Arabic: حسام حسن حسين‎; born 10 August 1966) is an Egyptian retired footballer who played as a striker, and a current coach.

A prolific goalscorer, he played more than 150 games for Egypt, scoring more than 50 goals. His twin brother Ibrahim also played professional football, and they shared teams for most of their extensive careers.

Club career

Other than two unassuming spells abroad in Switzerland and Greece, Cairo-born Hassan played mainly for hometown's Al-Ahly, for which he made his first-team debuts aged 18, playing his last match for the club sixteen years later. He ranked first in the club in several categories and won a total of 25 titles with it, including 11 leagues; he was only one of two players ever to find the net in derbies for each team.

In 2000, already at 34, Hassan left Al-Ahly, going to represent Al Ain SCC, Zamalek SC – adding three more leagues and the 2002 CAF Champions League – Al-Masry Club, Tersana and Al-Ittihad Al-Sakndary, while continuing to score at length. He retired aged almost 42, having played most of the time with his sibling Ibrahim, including abroad.

On 29 February 2008 Hassan was named both general manager and coach of former club Al-Masry, before signing at modest Itesalat.

After the sacking of French coach Henri Michel, he was named manager of former side Zamalek, on 30 November 2009. his first match in charge was on 3 December, which ended in a controversial 1–2 away loss against Haras El Hodood, as opposing player Ahmed Eid Abdel Malek was not supposed to play in that match, having been sent off the previous one (Abdel Malek ended up playing, and scored Hodood's first goal).

Hassan's first win at Zamalek came on the 12th, against Al-Masry (3–0). In twelve matches he took the club from 14th place to second, only losing one game and drawing another.

International career

Hassan received a total of 169 caps for Egypt and scored 69 goals, both national records. He appeared for the nation at the 1990 FIFA World Cup, helping the Pharaohs achieve two draws while narrowly going down 0–1 to England. Ibrahim was also an undisputed starter.

Aged 40, Hassan was co-captain of the national team at the 2006 African Cup of Nations, and played three times and netted once for the hosts, winning the last of his three continental competitions.

Honours

Club

• Egyptian League: 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1988–89, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2003–04
• Egyptian Cup: 1984–85, 1988–89, 1992–93, 1995–96, 2001–02
• Egyptian Super Cup: 2001, 2002
• African Cup Winners' Cup: 1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1992–93
• African Champions League: 1986–87, 2001–02
• Arab Champions League: 1995–96
• Arab Cup Winners' Cup: 1993–94
• Arab Super Cup: 1997, 1998
• Afro-Asian Cup: 1988
• African Super Cup: 2002
• Arab Champions League: 2002–03
• Saudi-Egyptian Super Cup: 2003
• UAE League: 1999–2000

Country

• African Cup of Nations: 1986, 1998, 2006
• All-Africa Games: 1987
• Arab Nations Cup: 1992

Individual

• Confederation of African Football: Best African Footballer in the last 50 years

Statistics

Club

As of 29 March 2012

Season	Club	League	League		Cups		Continental 1		Other2		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1984–85	Al-Ahly	Egyptian League	2	0	3	0	-	-	-	-	5	0
1985–86			17	6	0	0	7	3	-	-	24	9
1986–87			18	4	0	0	8	1	-	-	26	5
1987–88			18	9	0	0	2	2	-	-	20	11
1988–89			18	10	5	2	0	0	-	-	23	12
1989–90			5	2	0	0	0	0	-	-	5	2
1990–91			0	0	0	0	1	2	-	-	1	2
Total			78	31	8	2	18	8	-	-	107	41
1990–91	PAOK	Superleague	19	5	2	1	-	-	-	-	21	6
Total			19	5	2	1	-	-	-	-	21	6
1991–92	Neuchâtel Xamax	Swiss League	8	3	0	0	3	4	-	-	11	7
Total			8	3	0	0	3	4	-	-	11	7
1992–93	Al-Ahly	Egyptian League	25	15	2	0	10	2	-	-	37	17
1993–94			10	4	0	0	1	0	-	-	11	5
1994–95			18	7	0	0	0	0	4	1	22	8
1995–96			18	11	6	5	0	0	1	1	25	17
1996–97			26	14	1	0	0	0	4	1	31	15
1997–98			26	9	0	0	0	0	-	-	26	9
1998–99			24	15	1	0	1	1	4	0	30	16
1999–00			6	3	0	0	6	6	0	0	12	9
Total			153	78	10	5	18	9	13	3	194	96
1999–00	Al Ain	UAE League	10	3	0	0	-	-	-	-	10	3
Total			10	3	0	0	-	-	-	-	10	3
2000–01	Zamalek	Egyptian League	16	7	1	0	7	3	3	3	27	13
2001–02			21	18	3	1	13	6	1	0	38	25
2002–03			15	9	3	1	2	1	6	1	26	12
2003–04			9	4	0	0	1	0	6	0	16	4
Total			61	38	7	2	23	10	19	7	110	57
2004–05	Al-Masry	Egyptian League	25	10	6	3		-	-	-	31	16
2005–06			22	5	0	0	-	-	-	-	22	8
Total			47	15	6	3	-	-	-	-	53	18
2006–07	Tersana	Egyptian League	20	6	1	0		-	-	-	21	6
Total			20	6	1	0	-	-	-	-	32	14
2007–08	Al-Ittihad	Egyptian League	5	0	0	0		-	-	-	5	0
Total			5	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	5	0
Career total			401	179	34	13	62	31	32	10	531	234

¹Played in CAF Champions League, CAF Winners' Cup, CAF Super Cup and UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League.

²Includes other competitive competitions, including the Egyptian Super Cup, Arab Champions League, Arab Cup Winners' Cup, Arab Super Cup, Saudi-Egyptian Super Cup and Afro-Asian Cup.

International

Egypt national team
Year	Apps	Goals
1985	1	0
1986	1	0
1987	4	0
1988	9	2
1989	18	5
1990	14	3
1991	10	7
1992	13	4
1993	8	6
1994	7	6
1995	5	1
1996	3	3
1997	18	6
1998	16	12
1999	6	4
2000	17	7
2001	8	0
2002	3	0
2003	0	0
2004	3	2
2005	1	0
2006	4	1
Total	169	69

Personal life

Hassan openly supported longtime president Hosni Mubarak during the 2011 Egyptian revolution, which eventually led to the politician's resignation. At various points throughout the revolution, Hassan recommended stopping the water supply to Tahrir Square as a move to disperse protesters, adding that the pro-democracy protesters were traitors, foreign agents and seditionists.

He, along with his brother Ibrahim, led marches in support of Mubarak.

External links

• Hussam Hassan Egyptian legend (Arabic)
• Hossam Hassan at National-Football-Teams.com
• All about Egyptian players
• Hossam Hassan, World's most capped player; at AngelFire