Osama Orabi
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Osama Orabi | ||
| Date of birth | January 25, 1962 | ||
| Place of birth | Cairo, Egypt | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Al-Ahly | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1982–1999 | Al-Ahly | ||
| National team | |||
| Egypt | |||
| Teams managed | |||
| 2008–2009 | Al-Sekka Al-Hadid | ||
| 2009–2010 | Gasco | ||
| 2010–2011 | El-Entag El-Harby | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Osama Orabi (Arabic: أسامة عرابي; born January 25, 1962) is a retired Egyptian footballer. During his playing career, he played as a Midfielder for Egypt's African Super Cup Championship club Al-Ahly as well as Egypt, including participating in the 1990 FIFA World Cup. Orabi is currently the manager of El-Entag El-Harby (a.k.a. Military Production), which is competing in the Egyptian Premier League.
As a 13-year-old boy, Orabi attempted to join Al-Ahly in 1975, but did not succeed. He unsuccessfully tried out once again at Al-Ahly in 1978. In 1981, He trained for two weeks with the first team of Arab Contractors but failed to impress the technical staff to sign him.
Encouraged by a friend named Abdul Moneim Muhammad Ali, Orabi was introduced to Ahmed Maher, Al-Ahly U-21 Manager. Maher decided to attach Orabi to the team in 1982.
Orabi first appearance with Al-Ahly's first team was in 1982-83 season against Olympic Alexandria, when Mahmoud El-Gohary was Al-Ahly manager and Abdel-Aziz Abdel Shafi was the Football Director. Orabi was introduced as a substitute for Mokhtar Mokhtar in the last 20 minutes of the match that was played in Alexandria. Al-Ahly won 6-0 as Zakaria Nasef scored 3 goals, Fawzi Scotty 2 goals, and Mokhtar Mokhtar 1 goal.
Orabi's professional football career began in the 1983-84 season and ended in the 1998-99 season. During this 16 seasons span, Orabi won 28 different championship titles with Al-Ahly. He achieved an unprecedented record for any player by winning the football league 10 times during his career.
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