Amir Azmy

Amir Azmy

Personal information
Full name	Amir Azmy Mohamed Megahed
Date of birth	(1983-02-14) February 14, 1983
Place of birth	Cairo, Egypt
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Centre back
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2000–2004	Zamalek	12	(0)
2004–2006	PAOK	30	(2)
2006–2008	Al-Shabab	6	(0)
2008	Anorthosis Famagusta	12	(0)
2008	Hacettepe	10	(0)
2009	AEK Larnaca	5	(0)
2009	Diyarbakırspor	6	(0)
2010	Al-Taawoun	10	(0)
2011	Astra II Ploiești	1	(0)
2011–2012	Misr El Makasa	14	(0)
2013	Zugdidi	6	(0)
2014–2015	Talaba Iraqi
2015–2016	Enosis Neon Paralimni	7	(0)
2017	AEL Kalloni	8	(0)
International career
2005–2006	Egypt	5	(1)
Managerial career
2018–2019	Zamalek (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Amir Azmy Megahed (Arabic: أمير عزمي مجاهد; born February 14, 1983) is an Egyptian retired footballer.

Career

In December 2003, Azmy was suspended from football for 14 months following a positive doping test at the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship. Azmy pledged not guilty for the dope found in his blood, and claimed that it was a component of a prescribed drug he took as part of his muscular enhancement training. He appealed for the suspension to be cancelled, but the appeal was not accepted.

After spending the suspension period, he signed for PAOK and was a regular starter before being transferred to Al-Shabab in KSA in what was eventually an unsuccessful experience for the player, where he featured very rarely as a starter.

As a result, Amir moved to the Cypriot League and joined Anorthosis Famagusta and was a key member of the team in their winning of the Cypriot title and qualifying as a result to the European Champions League.

After signing to Hacettepe Spor in June 2008, Azmy rapidly became a regular starter among the back four of the team. He featured as a starter in the first four games of the Turkish League, and made some decent displays, among which he was chosen as Man of the Match against Eskişehirspor.

In September 2008, Azmy started the match against Fenerbahçe, and was chosen to man-mark the Spanish international Daniel Güiza. He played a decent game, and well-managed to prevent the player's attacking chances, and helped his team to beat Fenerbahçe 1-0 for the first time in history.

On September 25, 2008, Amir Azmy was chosen among a list of seven players playing abroad to feature for Egypt in their last game of the World Cup 2010 Qualifiers first round against Djibouti on October 12.

Personal life

His father, Azmi Mohamed Megahed, was a volleyball player.

External links

• Amir Azmy at National-Football-Teams.com
• Amir Azmy at Footballdatabase