Extreme signed for four and a half years with Al-Ahly The soap opera involving Kharaba and the Birds is solved. The winger, who has not returned to Portugal after the last international commitments, has terminated with the avense club and signed for four and a half years with Egypt's Al-Ahly. With Aves, the 25-year-old scored a goal in five games. window.fbAsyncInit =…
Primeira Liga side C.D. Aves have announced the signing of Egypt international winger Mahmoud Kahraba from Zamalek.
The 25-year-old went AWOL at Zamalek and failed to report back for his club’s pre-season preparations due to a disagreement over the validity of his contract at the club.
Kahraba and his agent claim that the player’s contract at Zamalek has run out on June…
As a boy El-Hadary had to hide his interest in football from his parents. Now he is set to become the World Cup’s oldest player
By Ahmed Yousef
May 30, 2018
(The Guardian) -- In the history of the World Cup, no player has appeared in the same team as his own son-in-law. And it won’t happen again this year, though it very nearly did. Last year Shadwa El-Hadary, daughter of Egypt’s goalkeeper and captain Essam, got engaged to the flying winger Mahmoud Abdel-Moneim, commonly known by the single name Kahraba (Electricity). Only 48 days later the relationship was over, after the young player was found to be already engaged to an actress, which must create a uniquely awkward dressing-room dynamic.
This should not stop Essam El-Hadary from making history in Russia. Throughout his career he has had, more or less in the back of his mind, one “dream I want to make true”. This summer it is set to happen, more than 22 years after his international debut, when he is expected to make his first appearance at the World Cup and become the oldest player to play in the competition, at the age of 45.
It has been a long journey, and not without drama, for the player nicknamed the High Dam after the popular Egyptian water-blocking barrier.
