Adel Hekal

Adel Hekal

Personal information
Full name	Mohamed Ahmed Adel Hekal
Date of birth	(1934-03-23)23 March 1934
Place of birth	Cairo, Egypt
Date of death	22 September 2018(2018-09-22) (aged 84)
Place of death	Cairo, Egypt
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1950–1969	Al-Ahly
International career
1956–1962	Egypt
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mohamed Ahmed Adel Hekal (Template:Lang-ar; 23 March 1934 – 22 September 2018) was an Egyptian footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Al-Ahly. He also played for the Egyptian national team, and was part of the team that won the 1959 Africa Cup of Nations, and represented his country in the 1960 Summer Olympics.

Honours

• Africa Cup of Nations: 1959

Artistic activity

He appeared as a guest of honor at the movie A Rumor of Love (Eshaet Hob Template:Lang-ar) in 1959 as himself, he also appeared at the movie Schoolgirl Diary (Mozakarat Telmeza Template:Lang-ar) in 1962, and Talk of the City (Hadeth Al-Madina Template:Lang-ar) in 1964.

External links

• Adel Hekal at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)