Hossam Hassan

**Hossam Hassan Hussein** (; born 10 August 1966) is an Egyptian retired footballer. He played as a striker. He is the current manager of the Egyptian National Team.

He is known for being a goalscorer, he is Egypt's all-time top scorer. He scored 70 goals in 169 matches.  His twin brother Ibrahim also played professional football. They played in the same team for most of their careers.

Hassan played in the 1990 World Cup and seven Africa Cup of Nations tournaments.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Season|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|League|colspan="2"|League|colspan="2"|Cups|colspan="2"|Continental <sup>1</sup>|colspan="2"|Other<sup>2</sup>|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1984–85|rowspan="7"|Al-Ahly|rowspan="7"|Egyptian League|2|0|3|0|-|-|-|-|5|0||
|1985–86|17|6|0|0|7|3|-|-|24|9||||||
|1986–87|18|4|0|0|8|1|-|-|26|5||||||
|1987–88|18|9|0|0|2|2|-|-|20|11||||||
|1988–89|18|10|5|2|0|0|-|-|23|12||||||
|1989–90|5|2|0|0|0|0|-|-|5|2||||||
|1990–91|0|0|0|0|1|2|-|-|1|2||||||
|1990–91|rowspan="1"|PAOK|rowspan="1"|Superleague|19|5|2|1|-|-|-|-|21|6||
|1991–92|rowspan="1"|Neuchâtel Xamax|rowspan="1"|Swiss League|8|3|0|0|3|4|-|-|11|7||
|1992–93|rowspan="8"|Al-Ahly|rowspan="8"|Egyptian League|25|15|2|0|10|2|-|-|37|17||
|1993–94|10|4|0|0|1|0|-|-|11|4||||||
|1994–95|18|7|0|0|0|0|4|1|22|8||||||
|1995–96|18|11|6|5|0|0|1|1|25|17||||||
|1996–97|26|14|1|0|0|0|4|1|31|15||||||
|1997–98|26|9|0|0|0|0|-|-|26|9||||||
|1998–99|24|15|1|0|1|1|4|0|30|16||||||
|1999–00|6|3|0|0|6|6|0|0|12|9||||||
|1999–00|rowspan="1"|Al Ain|rowspan="1"|UAE League|10|3|0|0|-|-|-|-|10|3||
|2000–01|rowspan="4"|Zamalek|rowspan="4"|Egyptian League|16|7|1|0|7|3|3|3|27|13||
|2001–02|21|18|3|1|13|6|1|0|38|25||||||
|2002–03|15|9|3|1|2|1|6|1|26|12||||||
|2003–04|9|4|0|0|1|0|6|0|16|4||||||
|2004–05|rowspan="2"|Al-Masry|rowspan="2"|Egyptian League|25|10|6|3|-|-|-|31|13|||
|2005–06|22|5|0|0|-|-|-|-|22|5||||||
|2006–07|rowspan="1"|Tersana|rowspan="1"|Egyptian League|20|6|1|0|-|-|-|21|6|||
|2007–08|rowspan="1"|Al-Ittihad|rowspan="1"|Egyptian League|5|0|0|0|-|-|-|5|0|||

- <small><sup>1</sup>Played in CAF Champions League, CAF Winners' Cup, CAF Super Cup and UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League.</small>
- <small><sup>2</sup>Includes other competitive competitions, including the Egyptian Super Cup, Arab Champions League, Arab Cup Winners' Cup, Arab Super Cup, Saudi-Egyptian Super Cup and Afro-Asian Cup.</small>

### International

|colspan="3"|Egypt national team||
| --- | --- | --- |
|1985–2006|**169**|**69**|

## Managerial statistics

|rowspan="2"|Team|rowspan="2"|Nat|rowspan="2"|From|rowspan="2"|To|colspan="5"|Record|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align=left|Al Masry||align=left|29 February 2008|align=left|28 December 2008||||
|align=left|Telecom Egypt||align=left|5 March 2009|align=left|29 October 2009||||
|align=left|Zamalek||align=left|30 November 2009|align=left|13 July 2011||||
|align=left|Ismaily||align=left|9 August 2011|align=left|28 September 2011||||
|align=left|Al Masry||align=left|15 January 2012|align=left|1 February 2012||||
|align=left|Misr Lel Makkasa||align=left|26 February 2013|align=left|28 May 2013||||
|align=left|Jordan||align=left|25 June 2013|align=left|30 July 2014||||
|align=left|Zamalek||align=left|30 July 2014|align=left|2 October 2014||||
|align=left|Al Ittihad||align=left|27 October 2014|align=left|24 July 2015||||
|align=left|Al Masry||align=left|25 July 2015|align=left|28 October 2018||||
|align=left|Pyramids||align=left|29 October 2018|align=left|25 January 2019||||
|align=left|Smouha||align=left|22 February 2019|align=left|12 January 2020||||
|align=left|Al Ittihad||align=left|20 October 2020|align=left|19 March 2022||||
|align=left|Al Masry||align=left|30 May 2022|align=left|31 August 2022||||
|align=left|Al Masry||align=left|21 December 2022|align=left|6 May 2023||||

### Club

**Al Ahly**
- Egyptian Premier League (11): 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1988–89, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–2000
- Egypt Cup: 1984–85, 1988–89, 1992–93, 1995–96
- African Cup Winners' Cup: 1984, 1985, 1986, 1993
- African Cup of Champions Clubs: 1987
- Arab Club Champions Cup: 1996
- Arab Cup Winners' Cup: 1994–95
- Arab Super Cup: 1997, 1998
- Afro-Asian Cup: 1988

**Al Ain**
- UAE Pro League: 1999–2000

**Zamalek**
- Egyptian Premier League (3): 2000–01, 2002–03, 2003–04
- Egypt Cup: 2001–02
- Egyptian Super Cup: 2001, 2002
- CAF Champions League: 2002
- CAF Super Cup: 2003
- UAFA Club Cup: 2003
- Saudi-Egyptian Super Cup: 2003

### International

**Egypt**
- African Cup of Nations: 1986, 1998, 2006
- Arab Nations Cup: 1992
- All-Africa Games: 1987

### Individual

- African Cup of Nations Top Scorer: 1998 (shared with Benni McCarthy)
- Confederation of African Football: Best African Footballer in the last 50 years
- Egyptian Premier League Top Scorer: 1998–99, 2001–02

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Hossam Hassan
- **image**: Hossam Hassan.png
- **caption**: Hossam Hassan in 2018
- **birth place**: Helwan, Cairo Governorate, Cairo, Egypt
- **height**: 1.78 m
- **position**: Striker (association football), Striker
- **youthyears1**: 1983–1984
- **youthclubs1**: Al Ahly SC, Al Ahly
- **years1**: 1984–1990
- **clubs1**: Al Ahly SC, Al Ahly
- **caps1**: 78
- **goals1**: 31
- **years2**: 1990–1991
- **clubs2**: PAOK FC, PAOK
- **caps2**: 19
- **goals2**: 5
- **years3**: 1991–1992
- **clubs3**: Neuchâtel Xamax FCS, Neuchâtel Xamax
- **caps3**: 8
- **goals3**: 3
- **years4**: 1992–1999
- **clubs4**: Al Ahly SC, Al Ahly
- **caps4**: 153
- **goals4**: 78
- **years5**: 1999–2000
- **clubs5**: Al Ain FC, Al Ain
- **caps5**: 10
- **goals5**: 3
- **years6**: 2000–2004
- **clubs6**: Zamalek SC, Zamalek
- **caps6**: 61
- **goals6**: 38
- **years7**: 2004–2006
- **clubs7**: Al Masry SC, Al Masry
- **caps7**: 47
- **goals7**: 15
- **years8**: 2006–2007
- **clubs8**: Tersana SC, Tersana
- **caps8**: 21
- **goals8**: 6
- **years9**: 2007–2008
- **clubs9**: Al Ittihad Alexandria Club, Al Ittihad Alexandria
- **caps9**: 5
- **goals9**: 0
- **totalcaps**: 402
- **totalgoals**: 179
- **nationalyears1**: 1985–2006
- **nationalteam1**: Egypt national football team, Egypt
- **nationalcaps1**: 176
- **nationalgoals1**: List of international goals scored by Hossam Hassan, 68
- **manageryears1**: 2008
- **managerclubs1**: Al Masry SC, Al Masry
- **manageryears2**: 2009
- **managerclubs2**: Telecom Egypt SC, Telecom Egypt
- **manageryears3**: 2009–2011
- **managerclubs3**: Zamalek SC, Zamalek
- **manageryears4**: 2011
- **managerclubs4**: Ismaily SC, Ismaily
- **manageryears5**: 2012
- **managerclubs5**: Al Masry SC, Al Masry
- **manageryears6**: 2013
- **managerclubs6**: Misr Lel Makkasa SC, Misr Lel Makkasa
- **manageryears7**: 2013–2014
- **managerclubs7**: Jordan national football team, Jordan
- **manageryears8**: 2014
- **managerclubs8**: Zamalek SC, Zamalek
- **manageryears9**: 2014–2015
- **managerclubs9**: Al Ittihad Alexandria Club, Al Ittihad Alexandria
- **manageryears10**: 2015–2018
- **managerclubs10**: Al Masry SC, Al Masry
- **manageryears11**: 2018–2019
- **managerclubs11**: Pyramids FC, Pyramids
- **manageryears12**: 2019–2020
- **managerclubs12**: Smouha SC, Smouha
- **manageryears13**: 2020–2022
- **managerclubs13**: Al Ittihad Alexandria Club, Al Ittihad Alexandria
- **manageryears14**: 2022
- **managerclubs14**: Al Masry SC, Al Masry
- **manageryears15**: 2022–2023
- **managerclubs15**: Al Masry SC, Al Masry