Ahmad Belal

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Ahmad Belal
Personal information
Full name	Ahmad Belal
Date of birth	August 20, 1980 (1980-08-20) (age 27)
Place of birth	Cairo, Egypt
Height	179 cm
Playing position	Forward
Club information
Current club	El-Ahly
Number	10
Youth clubs
	El-Ahly
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2000-2005 2005-2007 2007-present	El-Ahly Konyaspor El-Ahly	?(56) ?(?) 4(2)
National team2
2002–2005	Egypt	23 (16)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 January 2007. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 30 January 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Ahmad Belal (Arabic: أحمد بلال) (born August 20, 1980) is an Egyptian footballer (soccer player). He plays the forward position for Egypt's African Super Cup Championship club El-Ahly as well as Egypt's National Football Team. He serves as vice-captain of El Ahly, and is considered one of the best Egyptian strikers.

Belal started playing professionally for Egyption champions El-Ahly, since 2000 and for 5 years, he scored 44 goals in Egyptian League, 3 goals in Egyptian Soccer Cup, and 9 Goals in African Club Cups.

He transferred in 2005 to Turkish side Konyaspor but he chose to return home for his Egyptian side because he want to win tournaments, the thing he missed in Turkey.

Belal has an obvious contribution with national teams, he won African Junior Championship title in 1997, and Participated in FIFA U-17 World Championship 1997 in Egypt, and scored 3 goals there. His latest contribution came in African Cup of Nations Tunisia 2004 where he scored a goal for Egypt. Belal hadn't participate in African Cup of Nations Egypt 2006 because of the Egyptian Coach Hassan Shehata point of view. Belal's latest participation Egypt was in 29 Dec 2005, against Senegal in a friendly tournament before the African Cup of Nations, while his debut national game was on 8 Aug 2002, against Ethiopia when he scored a goal in a friendly match in Cairo.

[edit] Honours

National

• Winner of African Under-17 Championship (Botswana 1997).

Al-Ahly

• Winner of CAF Champions League 2005.
• Winner of CAF Champions League 2001.
• Winner of African Super Cup (2002).
• Winner of Egyptian League (2006-2007).
• Winner of Egyptian League (2004-2005).
• Winner of Egyptian League (1999-2000).
• Winner of Egyptian League(1998-1999).
• Winner of Egyptian League (1998-1999).
• Winner of Egyptian Soccer Cup (2007).
• Winner of Egyptian Soccer Cup (2003).
• Winner of Egyptian Soccer Cup (2001).
• Winner of Egyptian Super Cup (2003).

Individual

• Top scorer in the Egyptian League (2002-2003) with 19 goals.

El-Ahly – current squad
2 Islam • 4 Nahhas • 5 El-Sayed • 6 Sedik • 7 Shady • 8 Barakat • 9 Moteab • 10 Belal • 12 Gilberto • 13 Mando Hegazi • 14 Samir • 15 Eno • 16 El-Henawi • 17 Boujelbene • 18 Osama • 19 Reda • 20 H.Mohamed • 21 Ramy • 22 Trika • 23 Flávio • 24 Fathy • 25 Ashour • 27 Amir • 28 Monaem • 29 Shedid • 30 Adel • 32 Samir • 34 Nano • -- El-Shenawy • -- Hussien • Manager: Manuel José