.jpg) Hegazi withEgypt at the1920 Olympic Games | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1889-09-14)14 September 1889 | ||
| Place of birth | Cairo,Khedivate of Egypt | ||
| Date of death | 8 October 1961(1961-10-08) (aged 72) | ||
| Place of death | Cairo, Egypt | ||
| Position | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1911 | Dulwich Hamlet | ||
| 1911 | Fulham | 1 | (1) |
| 1911–1914 | Dulwich Hamlet | ||
| 1914–1915 | Sekka | ||
| 1915–1919 | Al Ahly | ||
| 1919–1924 | Zamalek | ||
| 1924–1928 | Al Ahly | ||
| 1928–1931 | Zamalek | ||
| International career | |||
| 1916–1930 | Egypt | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Hussein Hegazi (Arabic:حسين حجازي; 14 September 1889 – 8 October 1961) was an Egyptian internationalfootballer. He is considered the father ofEgyptian football. Hegazi played inEngland at the prime of his career. He spent most of his professional career inZamalek, where he was a part of the team that won theSultan Hussein Cup in1921, becoming the first Egyptian club in history to win a tournament.
He also played for theEgypt national football team in their first match in 1916. With the Egypt national football team, he was in the first team created to represent the country in 1916. He participated with Egypt at the1920 Summer Olympics inAntwerp and the1924 Summer Olympics inParis.[1][2]
He became the first African player to play in England after playing withDulwich Hamlet andFulham in 1911.[3][4] In his only Football League appearance for Fulham, he scored one goal.[5] His debut with Fulham was againstStockport County was spectacular, he scored within fifteen minutes and theAthletic News paid him the following compliment in verse:
Fulham was proud of her player from Cairo
Fulham was just like a dog with two tails –
Dulwich, you'll find in a terrible ire-o,
If for high amateur honour she fails.
But at such prospect all Dulwichites smile,
Backing the luck of this lad from the Nile.
Despite such praise this was to be Hegazi's only match for Fulham as he returned to play for Dulwich Hamlet the next week. His performances for Hamlet brought him to the attention of theLondon County selectors and he made the first of his five representative appearances for the team against Middlesex in December 1911. In 1913 he was admitted to theUniversity of Cambridge'sSt Catharine's College; he withdrew from his course after just two terms. In the short time he attended the University he was chosen to play in the Varsity match againstOxford. Playing alongside fellow OlympianMax Woosnam, he played well as Cambridge defeated Oxford by a score of 2–1.[6]
After returning toEgypt in 1914, Hegazi joinedAl Ahly in 1915, spent four years at Al Ahly. He then joined their rivalsZamalek in 1919, where he was a part ofZamalek SC team that won theSultan Hussein Cup in1921, becoming the first Egyptian team to ever win a title. In 1922, he won with his team the Sultan Hussein Cup for the second time in a row.
In 1922, Hegazi won the firstEgypt Cup playing with Zamalek. In his second spell with Zamalek, he won theCairo League for two seasons in (1929–30, 1931–32). He also won with Zamalek theKing's Cup in 1924–25. In his spell withAl Ahly, he won the 1929 Sultan Hussein Cup.[7][8] Hegazi also played forSekka in the beginning of his career in Egypt.
With theEgypt national football team, he was in the first team created to represent the country in 1916. He participated with Egypt at the1920 Summer Olympics inAntwerp and the1924 Summer Olympics inParis.[9][6]
Hegazi called for the establishment of theEgyptian Football Association, and contributed to it. He was a member of the first board of directors of the Football Association under the chairmanship of Gaafar Wali Pasha. At that time, Hegazi was a player in the Egyptian national team, a captain of the national and Olympic teams, a coach in the technical staff, and a member of the Board of Directors of the Football Association, and a member of the Technical Committee of the Egyptian Football Association.[2]
He is called the "Father of Egyptian Football", he is credited of introducing the game to Egyptians. He helped various football clubs and his country's national team in several roles. Hegazi died at age of 72 on 8 October 1961 inCairo. A street in Cairo is named after him.[5]
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