Personal information | |||
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Full name | Hosny Abd Rabo Abdel Mottaleb Ibrahim | ||
Date of birth | 1 November 1984 | ||
Place of birth | Ismaïlia, Egypt | ||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Ismaily | ||
Number | 12 | ||
Youth career | |||
Ismaily | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2002–2005 | Ismaily | 0 | (0) |
2005–2007 | Strasbourg | 22 | (0) |
2006–2007 | →Ismaily (loan) | 24 | (9) |
2007– | Ismaily | 124 | (36) |
2008–2009 | → Ahli Dubai (loan) | 29 | (5) |
2012 | →Al-Ittihad Jeddah (loan) | 5 | (1) |
2012–2013 | →Al Nassr (loan) | 7 | (1) |
National team‡ | |||
2003 | Egypt U20 | 10 | (0) |
2004–2014 | Egypt | 100 | (16) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 July 2007. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 September 2014 |
Hosny Abd Rabo Abdel Mottaleb Ibrahim (Arabic: حسني عبد ربه عبد المطلب إبراهيم; born 1 November 1984 in Ismaïlia) is an Egyptian footballer, who currently plays as a defensive midfielder for Ismaily SC. Hosny is also an integral member of the Egypt national football team and was a member of the 2008 African Nations Cup winning team, as well as being chosen as Player of the Tournament.
Hosny started his professional football career at Ismaily in Egypt, and was the youngest player in the Egyptian first division when Ismaily won the League Championship in the season 2001–02. In 2003, Hosni joined the Egyptian U-20's in the FIFA World Youth Championship 2003 in the Arab Emirates. In this tournament he caught the eyes of big clubs in Europe such as Juventus, Trabzonspor, Arsenal, and also smaller sides such as Nantes, and Strasbourg, but his club Ismaily refused to sell the player, since he was considered an integral part of the team.
At the end of 2003, he played in the Arabian Club Championship final but lost, achieving the same result in the 2003 African Champions League. In 2004 Hosny was selected for the first time in his career to play for the Egyptian national team in the 2004 African Cup of Nations in Tunisia and was one of the youngest players in the tournament.