Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ahmed Hassan Mahgoub | ||
Date of birth | 5 March 1993 | ||
Place of birth | Cairo, Egypt | ||
Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
Playing position | Striker | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Braga | ||
Number | 9 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2011 | Al Ahly | ||
2011–2012 | Rio Ave | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2012–2015 | Rio Ave | 66 | (24) |
2015– | Braga | 37 | (12) |
National team‡ | |||
2011 | Egypt U19 | 2 | (1) |
2011–2013 | Egypt U20 | 25 | (7) |
2011–2014 | Egypt U23 | 4 | (1) |
2013– | Egypt | 13 | (5) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:56, 22 April 2017 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 January 2017 |
Ahmed Hassan Mahgoub (Arabic: أحمد حسن محجوب; born 5 March 1993), known as Kouka or Koka, is an Egyptian professional footballer who plays for Portuguese club S.C. Braga and the Egyptian national team as a striker.
Kouka started his youth career with Al Ahly SC. After Al Ahly did not offer him a professional contract, he decided to leave and in December 2011 he joined Portuguese side Rio Ave.
Kouka played for Rio Ave's youth team for one season. He was promoted to the first team in the beginning of the 2012–13 season and debuted on 9 September 2012 against F.C. Paços de Ferreira. In February 2015 Kouka was second in the top scorers chart in the Portuguese league.
On 26 August 2015, Kouka signed a five-year contract with S.C. Braga. On 22 October 2015, he scored the first goal in Braga's 3-2 Europa League group stage win against Olympique de Marseille. In tears during his celebration, Hassan dedicated the goal to his father, who had died the day before.
As an Egyptian under-20 national team player, Kouka played at the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Turkey scoring twice against Iraq and England, while assisting his country's only goal against Chile.