Egyptian footballer

Magdi Abdelghani Sayed Ahmed (Arabic: مجدي عبد الغني سيد أحمد; born 27 July 1959) is an Egyptian retired professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. Contrary to popular belief, He isn't the first player to score a goal for Egypt in the world cup as it was Abdulrahman Fawzi who scored twice in the 1934 FIFA World Cup.

Playing career

Abdelghani played 50 caps for Egypt, at the 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy he scoring a penalty against Netherlands.

He also competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics, and helped the Pharaohs win the 1986 African Cup of Nations on home soil. He also won an All-African Games gold medal in 1987.

References

External links

• Magdi Abdelghani at ForaDeJogo
• Magdi Abdelghani at National-Football-Teams.com
• Magdi Abdelghani – FIFA compe*ion record (archived)