Hossam Hassan Hussein (Arabic: حسام حسن‎) (born August 10, 1966 in Cairo) is a former Egyptian footballer, who played as a striker.

A prolific goalscorer, he amassed well over 150 caps for Egypt, netting more than 50 times. His twin brother, Ibrahim, also played professional football, and they shared teams for most of their extensive careers.

[edit] Club career

Other than two unassuming spells abroad in Switzerland and Greece, Hassan played mainly for hometown's Al-Ahly, for which he made his first-team debuts aged 18, playing his last match for the club sixteen years later. He ranked first in the club in several categories, and won a total of 25 titles with it, including 11 leagues; he was only one of two players to find the net in derbies for each team (Zamalek/Al-Ahly).

In 2000, already at 34, Hassan left Al-Ahly, going to represent Al-Ain FC, Zamalek SC - adding three more leagues and the 2002 Champions League - El-Masry, Tersana and Al-Ittihad Al-Sakndary, while continuing to score at length. He retired aged almost 42, having played most of the time with his sibling Ibrahim, including abroad.

On February 29, 2008, Hassan was named both general manager and coach of former club El-Masry.^[1]

[edit] International career

Hassan received a total of 169 caps for Egypt, scoring 69 goals, both national records. He appeared for the nation at the 1990 FIFA World Cup, helping to two draws and the narrow 0–1 defeat against England. Ibrahim was also an undisputed starter.

Aged 40, Hassan played three times and netted once for the hosts at the 2006 African Cup of Nations, winning the last of his three continental competitions.

[edit] Honours

[edit] Club

• Egyptian League: 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1988–89, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2003–04
• Egyptian Cup: 1984–85, 1988–89, 1992–93, 1995–96, 2001–02
• Egyptian Super Cup: 2001, 2002
• African Cup Winners' Cup: 1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1992–93
• African Champions League: 1986–87, 2001–02
• Arab Champions League: 1995–96
• Arab Cup Winners' Cup: 1993–94
• Arab Super Cup: 1997, 1998
• Afro-Asian Cup: 1988
• African Super Cup: 2002
• Arab Champions League: 2002–03
• Saudi-Egyptian Super Cup: 2003
• UAE League: 1999–2000

[edit] Country

• African Cup of Nations: 1986, 1998, 2006
• All-Africa Games: 1987
• Arab Nations Cup: 1992

[edit] Individual

• Confederation of African Football: Best African Footballer in the last 50 years

[edit] References

1. ^ "Hossam Hassan appointed as El-Masri Coach". Yallakora.com. http://www.yallakora.com/english/news/details.aspx?id=39774&Catid=1. 

[edit] External links

• Hossam Hassan - Century of International Appearances; at rsssf
• NationalFootballTeams data
• All about Egyptian players
• Hossam Hassan, World's most capped player; at AngelFire

v • d • e Egypt squad – 1990 FIFA World Cup 1 Shobair • 2 Ibrahim Hassan • 3 Yassin • 4 Hany Ramzy • 5 Yakan • 6 Kasem • 7 Youssef • 8 Abdelghani • 9 Hossam Hassan • 10 Abdelhamid • 11 Soliman • 12 Abouzaid • 13 Ahmed Ramzy • 14 Maihoub • 15 Eid • 16 Tolba • 17 Shawky • 18 Orabi • 19 Abdelrahman • 20 El-Kass • 21 Taher • 22 El-Batal • Coach: El-Gohary

v • d • e Egypt squad – 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup 1 El-Sayed • 2 I.Hassan • 3 Emara • 4 Ramzy • 5 Kamouna • 6 Abdelhadi • 7 Youssef • 8 Radwan • 9 H.Hassan • 10 Sabry • 11 Rayyan • 12 Khashaba • 13 Bassiouny • 14 Emam • 15 El-Saqua • 16 El-Hadary • 17 A.Hassan • 18 Abdelmoneim • 19 Al Amin • 20 El-Din • Coach: El-Gohary

v • d • e Egypt squad – 2006 African Nations Cup Winners (5th Title) 1 El-Hadary • 2 Ahmad El-Sayed • 3 Abdelwahab • 4 Ibrahim Said • 5 El-Saqua • 6 Mostafa • 7 Fathy • 8 Eno • 9 Hassan (C) • 10 Moteab • 11 Shawky • 12 Barakat • 13 El-Sayed • 14 Ali • 15 Mido • 16 Abdel Wahed • 17 Hassan • 18 Sabry • 19 Zaki • 20 Gomaa • 21 Abdel Malek • 22 Aboutrika • 23 Abdel Monsef • Coach: Hassan Shehata