Hany Moustafa
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| Date of birth | 27 October 1947 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Shubra, Kingdom of Egypt | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 5 May 2023 (aged 75) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Defender | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1961–1965 | Al Ahly | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1965–1977 | Al Ahly | ||||||||||||||||
| 1969 | → Ismaily (loan) | ||||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1968–1976 | Egypt | 42 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1972 | Africa | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1981 | Egypt U20 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1990 | Egypt | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Hany Moustafa (Arabic: هاني مصطفى; 27 October 1947 – 5 May 2023) was an Egyptian footballer and manager who played as a defender.
Early life and club career
[edit]Moustafa began to play football at school in Ismailia, where he caught the attention of Al Ahly, joining their under-14 team as a right winger. In 1965, he was promoted to Al Ahly's first team at the age of 18, with manager Fouad Sedki switching him from a right winger to a defender.[1] Following the suspension of sports after the Six-Day War, Ismaily requested to sign him on loan for the 1969 African Cup of Champions Clubs, which he helped them win.[1][2] Later in his career, he served as the captain of both Al Ahly and the Egypt national team.[2]
He was named Egyptian Footballer of the Year in 1971, and three years later, he finished fourth in the African Footballer of the Year.[1] In 2007, the Confederation of African Football included Moustafa in their list of the best 200 African footballers of the last 50 years.[3] In October 2021, the IFFHS included him in their men's all-time Egypt dream team.[4]
International career
[edit]Between 1968 and 1976,[1] Moustafa made 42 appearances for the Egypt national team,[5] representing them at the 1970 and 1974 African Cup of Nations, as well as the 1971 Mediterranean Games and 1973 All-Africa Games.
In 1972, he was chosen as one of two Egyptian players, alongside Hassan Shehata, to represent Brazil Independence Cup, where he played four matches.[1][6]
Managerial career
[edit]Following his retirement, Moustafa became a coach, where he studied in West Germany. In 1981, he was the manager of Egypt's under-20 national team at that year's FIFA World Youth Championship, where he helped them reach the quarter-finals. Later, he served as an assistant manager with Egypt under Fouad Sedki in 1988.[1]
During the 1980s, Moustafa also served as a football director at Al-Ahly.[1] He also worked as a lecturer for the Confederation of African Football.[7]
In 1990, Moustafa was the manager of the Egypt national team at the 1990 African Cup of Nations in Algeria, where he lost all three matches.[8][9]
Personal life and death
[edit]Moustafa died on 5 May 2023, at the age of 75,[10] following a long battle with illness.[7]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Omar, Asmaa (7 May 2020). "نجوم منسية.. هاني مصطفى نجم الأهلي والإسماعيلي ومنتخب أفريقيا فى الستينيات" [Forgotten stars... Hani Mustafa, star of Al-Ahly, Ismaily, and the African national team in the sixties]. Youm7 (in Arabic). Retrieved 25 June 2026.
- 1 2 "74 عاما .. هاني مصطفى مدافع الأهلي ومنتخب مصر يحتفل بعيد ميلاده" [74 years old... Hani Mostafa, defender of Al-Ahly and the Egyptian national team, celebrates his birthday]. Sada El-Balad (in Arabic). 27 October 2021. Retrieved 25 June 2026.
- ↑ Georgopoulos, Yannis. "Οι 200 κορυφαίοι Αφρικανοί - SPORT 24" [The 200 top Africans - SPORT 24]. www.sport24.gr (in Greek). Archived from the original on 12 November 2019. Retrieved 25 June 2026.
- ↑ "IFFHS MEN'S ALL TIME EGYPT DREAM TEAM - 63". IFFHS. 3 October 2021. Retrieved 24 June 2026.
- ↑ Adel, Hazem; Mamrud, Roberto (16 February 2026). "Egypt - Record International Players". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 24 June 2026.
- ↑ Pérez Pérez, Eliézer Sebastián (19 March 2020). "Brazil Independence Cup 1972 - Additional Details". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 25 June 2026.
- 1 2 Albrizio, Federico (5 May 2023). "وفاة هاني مصطفى مدرب الأهلي ومنتخب مصر الأسبق" [Hani Mustafa, former coach of Al-Ahly and the Egyptian national team, has passed away.]. www.kooora.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 25 June 2026.
- ↑ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Hany Moustafa (Coach)". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 24 June 2026.
- ↑ Courtney, Barrie (6 August 2015). "African Nations Cup 1990 - Final Tournament Details". RSSSF. Retrieved 25 June 2026.
- ↑ Al-Manisi, Khalil (5 May 2023). "وفاة هاني مصطفى نجم الأهلي السابق عن 76 عامًا" [Former Al Ahly star Hani Mustafa dies at 76]. www.albawabhnews.com. Retrieved 25 June 2026.
External links
[edit]- Hany Moustafa at National-Football-Teams.com
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- 1947 births
- 2023 deaths
- Footballers from Cairo
- Egyptian men's footballers
- Men's association football defenders
- Al Ahly SC players
- Ismaily SC players
- Egypt men's international footballers
- 1970 African Cup of Nations players
- 1974 African Cup of Nations players
- Egyptian football managers
- Egypt national football team managers
- 1990 African Cup of Nations managers
- Egyptian people of Nubian descent
