Personal information | |||
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Full name | Mohamed Nagy Ismail Afash | ||
Date of birth | 30 October 1984 | ||
Place of birth | Damanhur, Beheira, Egypt | ||
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) | ||
Playing position | Forward | ||
Youth career | |||
2001–2002 | Hosh Essa Sports Centre | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2002–2005 | Ala'ab Damanhour | ||
2005–2010 | Al Ittihad Al Sakandary | 68 | (11) |
2010–2015 | Al Ahly | 54 | (13) |
2013 | → Hull City (loan) | 12 | (5) |
2013–2014 | → Hull City (loan) | 2 | (0) |
2015– | → El-Entag El-Harby | ||
2016_ | → El Mokawloon | 26 | (5) |
National team‡ | |||
2009– | Egypt | 37 | (19) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:04, 11 May 2015 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22:00, 5 March 2014 (UTC) |
Mohamed Nagy Ismail Afash (Arabic script: محمد ناجى إسماعيل ); born 30 October 1984), known by his nickname Gedo (جدّو, Egyptian Arabic pronunciation: [ˈɡedːo], which means Grandpa in Egyptian Arabic), is an Egyptian footballer who plays in the Egyptian Premier League, as well as Egypt national team.
Born in Damanhur, Beheira, Gedo started his career at Hosh Essa youth centre. When he was 17, he joined Ala'ab Damanhour, a club in the Egyptian Second Division, before joining Al-Ittihad Al-Sakndary in 2005.
Before the start of the 2010–11 campaign, Gedo joined Egyptian giant Al Ahly, after much speculation of the player signing for Zamalek in January, which the player admitted. The case was presented to the Egyptian football association. A decision was made to charge Gedo 2,200,000 Egyptian pounds, with the ability to resume his career with Al Ahly. Gedo made his debut for El Ahly against Ismaily in CAF Champions League 2010. Gedo finished his first season with Ahly scoring eight goals in the season. Due to the Port Said Stadium disaster, the Egyptian Premier League was cancelled that season, and Ahly were only playing in CAF Champions League, playing once every two weeks or so. Gedo's form had dropped in the preliminary stages of the 2012 Champions League as he scored no goals in four matches. However, when the Ahly started playing in the group stage, Gedo participated in all six games starting two matches and being used as a sub in four. He scored the winner in a 2–1 win against TP Mazembe in the process. Gedo's form started to pick up again in September and carried through into October. He scored in a 2–1 win against ENPPI in the 2011 Egyptian Super Cup, scored twice in the first leg against Sunshine Stars which finished 3–3, and the winner in a 1–0 win in the second leg of the 2012 CAF Champions League semi-final against Sunshine Stars, putting Ahly in the Champions League final against Esperance ST. He went into the final scoring four goals in his past three. Gedo was scoreless in a 1–1 draw in the first leg at home in Alexandria. However, in the second leg, Gedo scored Ahly's first goal in the 43rd minute in his side's 2–1 away victory over Esperance. Ahly won the Champions League that year and Gedo had won his first ever CAF Champions League title.