Ahmed Elmohamady
Ahmed Eissa Elmohamady Abdel Fattah (Arabic: أحمد المحمدي; born 9 September 1987) is an Egyptian former professional footballer who played as a right-back and captained the Egypt national football team. He currently works for Aston Villa in the club's commercial department.
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Elmohamady playing for Sunderland in 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Ahmed Eissa Elmohamady Abdel Fattah | |||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 9 September 1987 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | El Mahalla El Kubra, Egypt | |||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Right-back | |||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2004 | Ghazl El Mahalla | |||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2004–2006 | Ghazl El Mahalla | 17 | (4) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2011 | ENPPI | 72 | (12) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | → Sunderland (loan) | 36 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2013 | Sunderland | 20 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | → Hull City (loan) | 41 | (3) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2017 | Hull City | 150 | (7) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2021 | Aston Villa | 113 | (3) | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 449 | (30) | ||||||||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2019 | Egypt | 92 | (6) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Elmohamady moved to Premier League club Sunderland in 2010, initially on loan from Egyptian side ENPPI. He went on to make over 240 league appearances for Sunderland and Hull City before joining Aston Villa during the Summer 2017 transfer window. He has won promotion to the Premier League from the Championship three times; twice with Hull City and once with Aston Villa.
He was selected by the Egyptian national team's manager, Hassan Shehata, for his first international appearance in 2007 and has gone on to win 92 caps. He was part of the Egyptian squads that won the 2008 and 2010 Africa Cup of Nations.