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| Full name | Hassan Hassan Shehata | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1947-06-19)19 June 1947 (age 78) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Kafr El Dawwar,Beheira,Egypt | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kafr El Dawar | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Zamalek | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1966–1968 | Zamalek | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1968–1973 | Kazma | (49) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1973–1982 | Zamalek | (77) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1970–1981 | Egypt[1] | 52 | (14) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1983–1985 | Zamalek U20 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1985–1986 | Zamalek (assistant) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1986–1988 | Al-Wasl | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1989–1990 | Al Merreikh SC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1990–1992 | Ittihad El Shorta | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1992–1993 | Al Ittihad Alexandria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1993–1994 | Ittihad El Shorta | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1995–1996 | Zamalek (assistant) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1996–1997 | El Minya | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1997–1998 | El Sharkia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1998–1999 | El Shams | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1999 | Al-Ahly Benghazi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1999–2000 | Suez | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2000 | Al-Fujairah | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2001 | Dina Farms[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2001–2003 | Egypt U20 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2004 | El Mokawloon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2004–2011 | Egypt | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | Zamalek | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012 | Al-Arabi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Difaâ El Jadidi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | El Mokawloon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | Petrojet | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2020 | FC Mauerwerk (technical advisor) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 15 February 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 15 February 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hassan Hassan Shehata (Egyptian Arabic:حسن شحاته; born 19 June 1947) is an Egyptian retiredfootball manager and former professional football player who played as aforward. He is considered as one of the best forwards in the history ofAfrican football.[3][4] He is nicknamed the "Master" (Egyptian Arabic:المعلم).[5] As a manager, Shehata ledEgypt to three consecutiveAfrica Cup of Nations titles, in2006,2008 and2010. He is the first ever coach to win three consecutive Africa Cup of Nations titles.
Shehata is one of only two coaches to win the Africa Cup three times, along with Ghana'sCharles Gyamfi. As a player, he is considered one of the greatestEgyptian footballers of all time. He scored some memorable goals that lived in the fans' memories. The songs and chants that the fans sang in his name are considered eternal in the memory of football fans in Egypt. Shehata started his career inZamalek, he played almost his whole career with the Cairo giants. He was a prolific goal scorer and is Zamalek's2nd top scorer of all-time. In 1974, Shehata came 3rd in theAfrican Player of the Year byFrance Football. Despite not winning the Africa Cup of Nations with Egypt as a player and only obtaining abronze medal in the1974 edition, however, as a manager, he won the title three consecutive times, becoming the only manager to make this achievement.[6]
He stated in a press release that he is proud to be affiliated with the Zamalek Club, and stressed that he had spent the best days of his life inside the White Castle (Zamalek), and he was associated with great players during his career as a player in the team. Shehata pointed out that he is very proud of the Zamalek fans, who created the fame and stardom of all the players who played for the club throughout its long history, and that he considers the Zamalek fans to be the number one player in the system, and their support for the team has not differed over the ages.[7][8]
Hassan Shehata was born on June 19, 1947 in the city ofKafr El Dawwar,Beheira into an athletic family. He began playing football since he was ten years old when he was a student in Kafr El Dawwar primary school, then at Salah Salem Commercial Secondary School. As a child, Shehata joined Kafr El Dawwar Club, one of theEgyptian Second division A clubs at that time.
After a friendly match with the Bahari team against the national team,Mohamed Hassan Helmy, the national team's football director, offered him to joinZamalek, and he agreed. In his first match with Zamalek, which was held in November 1966, Shehata succeeded in scoring aHat-trick as Zamalek won 4-0.
After the outbreak of the1967 war, the local competition in Egypt stopped, and Shehata joined the Kuwaiti football clubKazma SC. after Zamalek's approval. He achieved several successes inKuwait, including winning theAsian footballer of the Year award in 1970. Thus, Shehata is the only player to win the title of best player in a continent other than his home one.
Shehata becameKuwaiti football rising star, he signed for Kazma while they were in the 2nd division and was a main reason for the qualification to the Premier League. Shehata had an outstanding record with Kazma in his five year spell. He was also recruited into theKuwaiti Armed Forces and participated with the Kuwaiti national team in theWorld Military Championship inBangkok,Thailand. He also participated with theKuwait national football team in theAFC Asian Cup. Shehata scored a total of 85 goals for Kazma in all competitions. He also has a brief spell forAl Arabi SC and scored for them 3 goals in theAFC Champions League. Shehata waKuwaiti Premier League top scorer for 3 seasons (1969–70, 1970–71, 1971–72).
Shehata returned toEgypt in October 1973 to continue his career withZamalek. He played his first match on 5 October 1973, one day later, the1973 war began. After the war, he played with Zamalek in theOctober League Cup which was launched instead of theEgyptian Premier League, and he was the top scorer with 9 goals and Zamalek won the cup, to be Shehata's first title with his club and the first of his career.
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In his first league season, Shehata scored 6 goals in the league and 4 goals in the1974–75 Egypt Cup. He scored a total of 16 goals in 1975–76, and scored 3 continental goals; his and Zamalek's first African goal in the African football, and 13 goals in the league. In 1975, he scored his team's winning goal in the1975 Egypt Cup final and lifted the cup for his first time and the 15th for Zamalek. He won with his team the1977 Egypt Cup after defeatingIsmaily in thefinal. In 1976–77 season, he finished as the league's top scorer (shared withAli Khalil) with 17 goals. Shehata won with Zamalek the1977–78 Egyptian Premier League title, and in1979 Egypt Cup, he lifted his 3rd cup title and Zamalek's 17th.
Shehata was from a generation of the Egyptian football that was considered unlucky, for the cancellation of the football activities from 1967 to 1972 due to the 1967 War and theWar of Attrition. He travelled to play inKuwait while he was 20 years and returned to Egypt to start his career with Zamalek while he was 26, however, he scored 77 goals with Zamalek in 9 league seasons, 10 goals inEgypt Cup, 6 goals for Zamalek in theAfrican competitions, and 9 goals in the October League Cup with a total of 102 goals in all competitions. Shehata was a key player for the team, and Zamalek fans andEgyptian media nicknamed him the "Master" chanting songs on his talent in scoring goals. One of the most famous chants in Egyptian football history is "Oh! Hassan Shehata, master, let the goal net speak", they want Shehata to make the goal net talk. A call that Zamalek fans have always repeated, grateful for their great and loyal star calling on him to score more, and this chant almost was enough for him to score. He was theEgyptian League top-scorer in the1976–77 and 1979–80 seasons.[9][10]
In 1980,Mohammed Hassan Helmy, the former Egyptian national football team coach, who brought Shehata to Zamalek in 1966, was the current president of Zamalek at the time, learned at the time that Shehata has decided to retire from football, but he believed that the team needed him to stay, and all attempts to persuade him to back down failed. The decision was made. A huge festival was held inCairo Stadium, and Shehata played his retirement match against Al Ahly on 23 September 1980. It witnessed a large public presence, withfilm stars andcelebrities of the Egyptian society present. At the end of that day, he signed a contract to train the U-20 team of Emirati clubAl Wasl, and traveled to theEmirates to start his new job, a month later he returned toCairo to bring his family to the Emirates.
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Zamalek's president learned of Hassan Shehata’s return to Cairo, and sent someone to invite him to a tea party to bid farewell to him before his return toDubai. Shehata arrived on time, to find thousands of the club's fans cheering for him and begging him to stay on the pitch, and his tears fell, and at this moment, Mohammed Hassan Helmy announced:
"Hassan Shehata informed me that he decided to return to playing in response to the demand of the Zamalek fans"
Shehata did not comment on the matter. He agreed on playing one more season, however, he played for two seasons and retired in the midst of the third season, he was still in form and fit to play more seasons. He scored 10 goals in all competitions in his first season after returning from retirement, with a total of almost 20 goals in all tournaments in his two and a half seasons.[11]
In the 1980–81 season, he played immediately in theCairo derby after his return from retirement and led his team to winAl Ahly by a score of 2–0 in the league match that took place at theCairo Stadium.[12] In the same season, Zamalek metEl Minya SC in the league on January 26, 1981 at Cairo Stadium, and El Minya was called the “bogeyman” ofUpper Egypt. They scored a goal in Zamalek, after their goal, they played a defensive match to preserve the goal. Three consecutive balls from Shehata were saved by the goalkeeper, and another shot from Shehata hit the crossbar. It was a match between Shehata and El Minya, all of Zamalek’s shots were from Hassan Shehata. He finally scored a header and equalized for his team, and even ripped his shirt off while celebrating. He was loyal to Zamalek and played for its name and for its fans.[13][14]
Shehata scored 3 goals for Zamalek in theCairo derby, however, he was famous for the goal he scored in one of the derbies in the second leg of the 1981–82 season, which was canceled as the strangest goal canceled by a player due to offside, which resulted of a 0–0 draw and losing the title to Al Ahly, the match was called the "20th century scandal". Shehata said about this incident;
"This goal was the subject of great controversy inFIFA. Three players from Al Ahly had covered the offside;Maher Hammam,Hossam El-Badry, andMagdi Abdelghani. This goal can never be forgotten".[15]
InAfrica, he was the first player to score a continental goal for Zamalek in their match againstAhly Tripoli in the1976 African Cup Winners' Cup. He played with his team in theAfrican Cup of Champions as well, and scored a total 6 goals in African championships for his club. He won theEFA “Best Player in Egypt” award in 1976 and was also awarded theOrder of the Republic, first class in 1980 from the former Egyptian PresidentAnwar Sadat. In 1982, Shehata decided to retire from professional football. Anotherfestival was prepared for his retirement and it was attended by celebrities, actors, writers and thousands bidding farewell to the legendary star in the Cairo Stadium.[16]
Shehata was called for theEgypt national football team for the first time in 1970, where his first international match was againstLibya on 27 December 1970 inTripoli at theAfrica Cup of Nations Qualifiers in which Egypt won with a single goal scored by Hanafi Halil and assisted by Shehata. In the1973 All-Africa Games inLagos, Shehata scored againstNigeria in the semifinal where his country won thebronze medal after defeatingGhana in the third place playoff.[17]
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In 1974, Egypt was hosting theAfrica Cup of Nations, he scored twice in the third place playoff againstCongo at theCairo Stadium, and the hosts finished third in the1974 African Cup of Nations. He won named the best midfielder, and was included in theCAF Team of the tournament. Shehata came 3rd in theAfrican Footballer of the Year voting byFrance Football in 1974. In 1975, he led his country to winning the1975 Palestine Cup of Nations for their second time. Shehata score ahat trick againstYemen in the group stage, he was the tournament's top scorer with 5 goals.[18] Shehata led his country in the1976 African Cup of Nations inEthiopia, where Egypt finished fourth, after losing toNigeria with a score of 2–3 in the third place playoff. He scored a memorable goal for the Pharaohs againstTunisia in the1978 African Cup of Nations qualifiers match that took place on April 27, 1977 atEl Menzah Stadium inTunis.[19]
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In the1980 African Cup of Nations, Shehata captained Egypt in the tournament, and scored his final international goal againstTanzania in the group stage, his country finished in the fourth place. He scored for Egypt a total of 4 goals in theAfrica Cup of Nations. Shehata's last international appearance was againstMorocco on 8 May 1981, in the1982 World Cup qualifiers atCairo Stadium. He collected 52 caps between 1970 and 1982 for the Pharaohs and scored 14 goals.[20]
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Shehata was a prolific goalscorer, he was known for his ability to finish off chances accurately with either foot. Shehata scored many goals from powerful shots outside the box. He played as aforward and anattacking midfielder, he even performed his defensive duties, he was also a generous assistant for his teammates. He was an accuratefree-kick taker, generally he shoot. Shehata's unique playing style which combined technical skill,dribbling ability, powerful shooting and stamina earned him the nickname of the "Master". He was a good header and hisagility helped him to become a great goal scorer. Shehata was known to be a fair and highly influential player, he had a charisma and highsportsmanship. He was a prominent figure in Egypt's intellectual community, especially for his loyalty forZamalek andEgypt, for what he represents not only as a footballer but as an Egyptian. He scored crucial goals for his team and ended matches for his team with a win which earned him the reputation for being a decisive player for both the national team and the club.[21]
Shehata started his coaching career withZamalek immediately after retirement, he first coached the Zamalek U20 team from 1983 to 1985. Afterwards, he worked as assistant to the first team from 1985 to 1986. He traveled to Emirates in 1987 and coached Emirati sideAl Wasl in 1987, he won with them the1987–88 UAE Football League and theUAE President's Cup in 1987. Afterwards, he coached Sudanese football clubAl-Merrikh and won theSudan Premier League in 1990. He had brief spells in the 1990s, helping in the promotion ofEl Sharkia SC,El Minya SC, andSuez SC to theEgyptian premier league. In 2003, Shehata managedEgypt national under-20 football team and won theU-20 Africa Cup of Nations and played in the2003 FIFA World Youth Championship. He managedAl Mokawloon Al Arab SC and won the2004 Egypt Cup and the2004 Egyptian Super Cup, winningAl Ahly andZamalek in the finals, respectively.
In 2004, Shehata becameEgypt's national team coach after the sacking ofItalian coachMarco Tardelli.[22][23][24] In the2006 African Cup of Nations, hosted byEgypt, he led the team to its first Cup of Nations in eight years, defeating theIvory Coast in the final. During the 2006 African Cup semi-final againstSenegal, Shehata had a serious argument with one of his players,Mido. As a result, Mido reacted negatively to being substituted.[25] Shehata was vindicated minutes later whenAmr Zaki, the player replacing Mido, scored the winning goal; which took Egypt to the final. Shehata did allow Mido to accept his medal at the closing ceremonies of the African Cup of Nations. Following the incident in a few days, Mido issued a public apology.[26]
Shehata led Egypt to three successive titles at theAfrican Cup of Nations in2006,2008 and2010.[27] Thus, Egypt became the first African nation to achieve such record.[28] Consequently, the Egyptian team were ranked as high as 9th in theFIFA World Rankings. Due to his great coaching ability throughout during that period, In 2008, he was awarded the title ofCAF Coach of the Year.
In 2010,FFHSI had ranked him as the best African Coach.[29] He was also selected as one of the top five African coaches internationally.[30][31] In 2011, Shehata finally coached his home club, he worked in Zamalek for one season; the 2011–12 season and finished runner up in the Egypt Cup. In 2015, he became President of the SATUC Football Cup, a new charitable global football competition for U16 orphans, refugees and disadvantaged children.[32][33]
Hassan Shehata is currently married and has two children; Islam and Karim. He is amuslim. He lives in Cairo.
| Club | Season | League | National cup | Other | Continental | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Zamalek | 1966–67 | Egyptian Premier League | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | ||||||
| Kazma SC | 1967–68 | Kuwaiti Division One | 6 | 1 | — | — | 7 | |||||
| 1968–69 | 14 | 2 | — | — | 16 | |||||||
| 1969–70 | Kuwaiti Premier League | 7 | 1 | 10[a] | — | 18 | ||||||
| 1970–71 | 9 | 2 | 6[b] | — | 17 | |||||||
| 1971–72 | 7 | 1 | 5[c] | — | 13 | |||||||
| 1972–73 | 6 | 0 | 8[d] | — | 14 | |||||||
| Total | 49 | 7 | 29 | 85 | ||||||||
| Al-Arabi (loan) | 1970–71 | Kuwait Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3[e] | 3 | |||
| Zamalek | 1973–74 | Egyptian Premier League | 0 | 0 | 9[f] | — | 9 | |||||
| 1974–75 | 6 | 4 | — | 10 | ||||||||
| 1975–76 | 13 | 0 | — | 3[g] | 16 | |||||||
| 1976–77 | 17 | 1 | — | — | 18 | |||||||
| 1977–78 | 7 | 1 | — | 1[h] | 9 | |||||||
| 1978–79 | 4 | 1 | — | 2[i] | 7 | |||||||
| 1979–80 | 14 | 1 | — | — | 15 | |||||||
| 1980–81 | 9 | 0 | — | — | 9 | |||||||
| 1981–82 | 5 | 1 | — | — | 6 | |||||||
| 1982–83 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 3 | |||||||
| Total | 77 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 105 | |||||||
| Career total | 126 | 17 | 38 | 9 | 190 | |||||||
| Egypt[34] | ||
| Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 1 | 0 |
| 1971 | 1 | 0 |
| 1972 | 0 | 0 |
| 1973 | 0 | 0 |
| 1974 | 4 | 2 |
| 1975 | 15 | 8 |
| 1976 | 7 | 1 |
| 1977 | 12 | 2 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 6 | 1 |
| 1981 | 4 | 0 |
| Total | 52 | 14 |
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