Hossam
Hassan (born August 10,
1966) is considered one of the best Egyptian soccer players of all time. He has
played more international matches and scored more goals than anyone in Egypt's
soccer history. As of 2006, he had amassed 170 caps for his country and scored
71 goals.
Hassan has numerous records to his name:
1) He is the oldest player to play an international match in Egyptian history (39 years, 5 months, 28 days vs Senegal 7th Feb 2006)
2) He is the oldest player to Score an international Goal in Egyptian history (39 years, 5 months, 24 days vs RD Congo 3rd Feb 2006)
3) He is the oldest player to score in the history of African Nations Cup (39 years, 5 months, 24 days vs RD Congo 3rd Feb 2006) 4) He is the only player to win 3 African Cup of Nations Titles (1986, 1998 & 2006)
5) He participated in 2 African Cup of Nations Tournaments 20 years apart (1986 & 2006)
6) World 6th & Highest Egyptian alltime record of international goals (69)
7) Second highest alltime record of goals in Egyptian League, Scoring 159 Goals (2nd to Hassan El-Shazly)
8) Highest record of goals in Zamalek / Ahly Derbies (9 goals)
9) Egyptian & African alltime record of African Club Cup titles (6 titles)
10) Second Egyptian alltime Goal record in African club Cups (27 Goals)
11) One of two players who scored for Ahly against Zamalek and for Zamalek against Ahly
His twin brother, Ibrahim, has also been capped by Egypt over 100 times. Ibrahim
has mainly played for the same clubs as Hossam has, but is now retired.