![]() Elneny with Arsenal in 2016
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Mohamed Naser Elsayed Elneny | ||
Date of birth | 11 July 1992 | ||
Place of birth | El-Mahalla El-Kubra, Egypt | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Playing position | Defensive midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Arsenal | ||
Number | 35 | ||
Youth career | |||
1997–2008 | Al Ahly | ||
2008–2010 | El Mokawloon | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2010–2013 | El Mokawloon | 35 | (2) |
2013 | → Basel (loan) | 15 | (0) |
2013–2016 | Basel | 76 | (5) |
2016– | Arsenal | 24 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2009–2011 | Egypt U20 | 7 | (2) |
2010– | Egypt U23 | 5 | (1) |
2011– | Egypt | 50 | (4) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 April 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 5 February 2017 |
Mohamed Naser Elsayed Elneny (Arabic: محمد ناصر السيد الننى Muḥammad Nāṣir as-Sayyid el-Nenni pronounced [mæˈħæm.mæd ˈnɑːseɾ esˈsæj.jed enˈnen.ni]; born 11 July 1992) also known as Mohamed Elneny, is an Egyptian footballer who plays as a midfielder for English club Arsenal and the Egypt national team.
He began his senior career at El Mokawloon and moved to Basel in January 2013. He won eight honours at Basel, including the Swiss Super League in each of his four seasons. In January 2016, he transferred to Arsenal
Elneny competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics for the Egyptian Under-23 team.
Elneny played his youth football with Al Ahly. In 2008, he transferred to El Mokawloon SC during the 2010–2011 season. Elneny advanced and became a regular in the starting team. Following the Port Said Stadium disaster, early February 2012, the Egyptian Premier League was stopped and all subsequent matches of the 2011–12 Egyptian Premier League were postponed. On 10 March 2012, the Egyptian Football Association announced their decision to cancel the remainder of the season.