Adam El-Abd
Personal information
Full name	Adam El-Abd
Date of birth	September 11, 1984 (1984-09-11) (age 25)
Place of birth	Brighton, England
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Playing position	Central Defender, Right-Back, Defensive Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Brighton & Hove Albion
Number	6
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2002– 2002–2003	Brighton & Hove Albion → Bognor Regis Town (loan)	180 0(2) 002 0(0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 December 2009 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Adam El-Abd (born 11 September, 1984) is a football player, currently playing for English team Brighton & Hove Albion . He has joint Egyptian and British nationality. His older brother Joe plays professional Rugby Union and is currently playing for Toulon in France.

Contents 1 Career 1.1 International ambitions 2 References 3 External links

[edit] Career

El-Abd joined Brighton's youth department when he was 10 and was granted a scholarship there at 16. He signed his first professional contract of two and a half years with Brighton & Hove Albion at the age of 19. He made his full League debut for the club in the 2-1 win at Notts County in November 2003. He has since been a regular in the first-team squad and can play either in defence at right-back or centre-half, or in a more defensive midfield type role.

Adam El-Abd has an English mother and an Egyptian father and is one of three brothers. His older brother Joe plays professional rugby for French team Toulon and his younger brother Sami was an apprentice at the Albion before moving to Crawley Town.

During the game at Huddersfield Town on 18 March, 2008, El-Abd was stretchered off with medial ligament damage and ruled out for the remainder of the season.^[1]

On 5 June, 2008, it was revealed that El-Abd had signed a new two-year deal with Brighton.^[2]

[edit] International ambitions

El-Abd has stated in a 2005 interview with EgyptianPlayers.com that he intends to play for the Egyptian national side if he gets the call. He said: "Hopefully I'll do my best to get into the team [Brighton] over here, so that then the Egyptian national team coach can see me play. And it's always been a dream for me to play for Egypt."^[3]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Adam El-Abd player profile at seagulls.co.uk
• Adam El-Abd career stats at Soccerbase

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