Taher Mohamed
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Taher Mohamed Ahmed Taher Mohamed[1] | ||
Date of birth | 7 March 1997 | ||
Place of birth | Cairo, Egypt | ||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | El Mokawloon | ||
Number | 77 | ||
Youth career | |||
2007–2014 | El Mokawloon | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2014– | El Mokawloon | 56 | (6) |
2016–2017 | → Le Havre (loan) | 0 | (0) |
International career | |||
2015– | Egypt U23 | (2) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:03, 31 July 2018 (UTC) |
Taher Mohamed Ahmed Taher Mohamed (Arabic: طاهر محمد; born 7 March 1997) is an Egyptian professional footballer, who plays for Egyptian club El Mokawloon and the Egypt national under-20 team as an attacking midfielder.[2][3]
Profile
Taher started his early career in the Arab Contractors FC at age eight as he first joined the elder team of 96, he achieved the best player trophy in 2009, 2010 and 2012. In 2008, he participated with the Arab Contractors 1996 team in the Danone Nations cup held in Paris where he showed a very high performance, in this competition the famous Tunisian legend Al Zubair Baya announced on the Al Jazeera Satellite channel that he should be nominated as the best player in the championship. The French Legend Zein Aldinzeidane signed his T-shirt when he lost the title. In 2013 the Arab Contractors FC "Mountain Wolves" head coach, Mohamed Radwan, selected him to join the first team as the youngest Egyptian Football player in the Egyptian premier league. He played his first official match against Al Ahly FC "African Club of the Century" and his team won. Taher was trained by Egyptian trainer Hassan Shehata. Taher joined every youth national team starting with the 1995 Team, under Alaa Maihoub, and the Olympic Team, under Hossam El Badry. He currently is the leader of the 1997 Team, under Moatemed Gamal, who succeeded to qualify for the African Nations Cup next year in Zambia. He scored the effective goal in Rwanda which gave an edge to the young Pharos. Taher finished his IB certificate in 2015 at his elite French School "Ecole Oasis" helping secure his career as a recognized footballer, during schooling he participated with his school in three main football events starting in 2008 where the school team won the competition of International schools held in Cairo with two personal titles: 'Best Player' and 'Top Scorer'. In 2012 the school crossed borders in the Mediterranean Cup held in Verona, Italy where Taher achieved the title of 'Best Player in the Competition'. In 2013, the school team achieved the Silver Medal in the Valencia cup held in Spain. In 2016 Taher started his first European transfer to Le Havre FC being a one-year loan, the transfer was under the auspices of the Club Head Coach Bob Bradley who had the will to be having the player's efforts for one year specially the club was competing to be upgraded to the French league 1st. Division as a target of the head coach. In 2017/18 Taher upon the request of the Arab Contractors FC returned to his club as the club management objective for the season is to compete for the championship to return the club's troophies and victories being one of the top leading clubs in the African continent after suffering for several years
International press
In September 2016 US ESPN selected Taher Mohamed among the top 10 world football players eligible to rise with their national teams to the World Cup Russia 2018.
References
- ^ CAF - Competitions - 20th Edition of the U- 20 Africa Cup of Nations , Zambia 2017 - Team Details - Player Details
- ^ "Un jeune espoir égyptien en prêt au HAC". Le Havre AC (in French). 31 August 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
- ^ "OFFICIAL: Taher Mohamed completes move to Le Havre". KingFut. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
- 1997 births
- Living people
- People from Cairo
- Le Havre AC players
- Egyptian footballers
- Egypt international footballers
- Egyptian expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in France
- Egypt youth international footballers
- Ligue 2 players
- Egyptian Premier League footballers
- Association footballers not categorized by position