Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ihab El-Masry
he was called up for, but didn't make the line-up, of a recent Egyptian World Cup qualifer - http://www.footafrica365.fr/la-une/article_329163_egypte-Entre-blesses-et-rappeles.shtml, so clearly he is a top Egyptian player.  As he plays in the top league in a major footballing nation that's bigger than the UK.  To claim that he isn't notable is 
— User:Nfitz, 01:40, 17 July 2009 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:BIAS (Wikipedia:Systemic bias)