Mohamed Aboutrika

**Mohamed Aboutrika** (; born 7 November 1978) is a retired Egyptian footballer. He was a second striker and attacking midfielder for two teams in Egypt, Tersana and El Ahly. He played for Baniyas in the United Arab Emirates.

Aboutrika came second in the "African Footballer of the Year" award in 2008. He was one of five nominees for the 2006 award, and one of ten nominees in 2013 for the award.

## Personal life

Aboutrika graduated from Cairo University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in philosophy. He is married and has children named Ahmed, Seif, and Roqaya.

### Club

|rowspan="2" style="width: 100pt;"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3" style="width: 150pt;"|League|colspan="2"|National Cup<sup>1</sup>|colspan="2"|Continental<sup>2</sup>|colspan="2"|Other<sup>3</sup>|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="25"|Al Ahly|2003–04|Egyptian Premier League|13|11|0|0|0|0|0|0|13|11|
|2004–05|Egyptian Premier League|26|9|0|0|13|3|0|0|39|12|||
|2005–06|Egyptian Premier League|21|18|0|0|11|8|3|0|35|26|||
|2006–07|Egyptian Premier League|15|7|0|0|11|4|3|3|29|14|||
|2007–08|Egyptian Premier League|19|5|0|0|10|3|0|0|29|8|||
|2008–09|Egyptian Premier League|22|10|0|0|4|0|3|0|29|10|||
|2009–10|Egyptian Premier League|15|6|5|2|11|1|1|0|32|9|||
|2010–11|Egyptian Premier League|17|8|2|0|8|1|1|1|28|10|||
|2011–12|Egyptian Premier League|13|4|0|0|10|6|0|0|23|10|||
|2012–13|Egyptian Premier League|0|0|0|0|10|5|3|1|13|6|||
|2013–14|Egyptian Premier League|0|0|0|0|0|0|1|0|1|0|||
<sup>1</sup><small>Includes appearances in the Egypt Cup</small>
<sup>2</sup><small>Includes appearances in the CAF Champions League</small>
<sup>3</sup><small>Includes appearances in the Championship Playoff, Egyptian Super Cup, CAF Super Cup and FIFA Club World Cup</small>

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="16"|Egypt|2001|1|0|
|2002|0|0|||
|2003|0|0|||
|2004|9|5|||
|2005|14|2|||
|2006|10|3|||
|2007|4|0|||
|2008|11|8|||
|2009|11|6|||
|2010|6|1|||
|2011|6|1|||
|2012|13|7|||
|2013|9|5|||

### International goals

|#|Date|Venue|Opponent|Score|Result|Competition||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1.|31 March 2004|Arab Contractors Stadium, Cairo, Egypt|<span class="flagicon"> </span>Trinidad and Tobago|**1**–0|2–1|Friendly||||||
|2.|24 May 2004|Cairo Military Academy Stadium, Cairo, Egypt|<span class="flagicon"> </span>Zimbabwe|**2**–0|2–0|Friendly||||||
|3.|6 June 2004|Khartoum Stadium, Khartoum, Sudan|<span class="flagicon"> </span>Sudan|**2**–0|3–0|2006 FIFA World Cup qualifier||||||
|4.|20 June 2004|Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria, Egypt|<span class="flagicon"> </span>Ivory Coast|**1**–1|1–2|2006 FIFA World Cup qualifier||||||
|5.|4 July 2004|Stade de l'Amitié, Cotonou, Benin|<span class="flagicon"> </span>Benin|**2**–3|3–3|2006 FIFA World Cup qualifier||||||
|6.|rowspan="2"|29 July 2005|rowspan="2"|Stade de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland|rowspan="2"|<span class="flagicon"> </span>Qatar|**1**–0|rowspan="2"|5–0|rowspan="2"|Friendly|
|7.|**4**–0|||||||||||
|8.|20 January 2006|Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt|<span class="flagicon"> </span>Libya|**2**–0|3–0|2006 Africa Cup of Nations||||||
|9.|28 January 2006|Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt|<span class="flagicon"> </span>Ivory Coast|**2**–1|3–1|2006 Africa Cup of Nations||||||
|10.|2 September 2006|Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt|<span class="flagicon"> </span>Burundi|**3**–0|4–1|2008 Africa Cup of Nations qualification||||||
|11.|rowspan="2"|26 January 2008|rowspan="2"|Baba Yara Stadium, Kumasi, Ghana|rowspan="2"|<span class="flagicon"> </span>Sudan|**2**–0|rowspan="2"|3–0|rowspan="2"|2008 Africa Cup of Nations|
|12.|**3**–0|||||||||||
|13.|7 February 2008|Baba Yara Stadium, Kumasi, Ghana|<span class="flagicon"> </span>Ivory Coast|**4**–1|4–1|2008 Africa Cup of Nations||||||
|14.|10 February 2008|Accra Sports Stadium, Accra, Ghana|<span class="flagicon"> </span>Cameroon|**1**–0|1–0|2008 Africa Cup of Nations Final||||||
|15.|7 September 2008|Stade des Martyrs, Kinshasa, Congo DR|<span class="flagicon"> </span>DR Congo|**1**–0|1–0|2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier||||||
|16.|12 October 2008|Cairo Military Academy Stadium, Cairo, Egypt|<span class="flagicon"> </span>Djibouti|**3**–0|4–0|2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier||||||
|17.|rowspan="2"|19 November 2008|rowspan="2"|Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt|rowspan="2"|<span class="flagicon"> </span>Benin|**4**–0|rowspan="2"|5–1|rowspan="2"|Friendly|
|18.|**5**–0|||||||||||
|19.|30 May 2009|Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat, Oman|<span class="flagicon"> </span>Oman|**1**–0|1–0|Friendly||||||
|20.|7 June 2009|Stade Mustapha Tchaker, Blida, Algeria|<span class="flagicon"> </span>Algeria|**1**–3|1–3|2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier||||||
|21.|rowspan="2"|5 July 2009|rowspan="2"|Cairo Military Academy Stadium, Cairo, Egypt|rowspan="2"|<span class="flagicon"> </span>Rwanda|**1**–0|rowspan="2"|3–0|rowspan="2"|2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier|
|22.|**3**–0|||||||||||
|23.|rowspan="2"|2 October 2009|rowspan="2"|Petro Sport Stadium, Cairo, Egypt|rowspan="2"|<span class="flagicon"> </span>Mauritius|**1**–0|rowspan="2"|4–0|rowspan="2"|Friendly|
|24.|**3**–0|||||||||||
|25.|11 August 2010|Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt|<span class="flagicon"> </span>DR Congo|**3**–2|6–3|Friendly||||||
|26.|5 January 2011|Arab Contractors Stadium, Cairo, Egypt|<span class="flagicon"> </span>Tanzania|**2**–0|5–1|2011 Nile Basin Tournament||||||
|27.|29 March 2012|Khartoum Stadium, Khartoum, Sudan|<span class="flagicon"> </span>Uganda|**2**–0|2–1|Friendly||||||
|28.|12 April 2012|Al-Maktoum Stadium, Dubai, UAE|<span class="flagicon"> </span>Nigeria|**2**–1|3–2|Friendly||||||
|29.|20 May 2012|Al Merreikh Stadium, Omdurman, Sudan|<span class="flagicon"> </span>Cameroon|**2**–1|2–1|Friendly||||||
|30.|rowspan="2"|10 June 2012|rowspan="2"|Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry, Guinea|rowspan="2"|<span class="flagicon"> </span>Guinea|**1**–1|rowspan="2"|3–2|rowspan="2"|2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier|
|31.|**2**–1|||||||||||
|32.|rowspan="2"|12 October 2012|rowspan="2"|Khalid Bin Mohammed Stadium, Sharjah, UAE|rowspan="2"|<span class="flagicon"> </span>Congo|**1**–0|rowspan="2"|3–0|rowspan="2"|Friendly|
|33.|**3**–0|||||||||||
|34.|14 January 2013|Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi, UAE|<span class="flagicon"> </span>Ivory Coast|**1**–0|2–4|Friendly||||||
|35.|26 March 2013|Borg El Arab Stadium, Cairo, Egypt|<span class="flagicon"> </span>Zimbabwe|**2**–1|2–1|2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier||||||
|36.|9 June 2013|National Sports Stadium, Harare, Zimbabwe|<span class="flagicon"> </span>Zimbabwe|**1**–0|4–2|2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier||||||
|37.|10 September 2013|El Gouna Stadium, Hurghada, Egypt|<span class="flagicon"> </span>Guinea|**2**–1|4–2|2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier||||||
|38.|15 October 2013|Baba Yara Stadium, Kumasi, Ghana|<span class="flagicon"> </span>Ghana|**1**–2|1–6|2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier||||||
**Egypt U-23**
|#|Date|Venue|Opponent|Score|Result|Competition|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1.|26 July 2012|Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, United Kingdom|<span class="flagicon"> </span>Brazil|align="center"|1–3|align="center"|2–3|2012 Summer Olympics|
|2.|1 August 2012|Hampden Park, Glasgow, United Kingdom|<span class="flagicon"> </span>Belarus|align="center"|3–0|align="center"|3–1|2012 Summer Olympics|

## Honours and achievements

- Al Ahly

- Egyptian Premier League: 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11
- Egypt Cup: 2006, 2007
- Egyptian Super Cup: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011
- CAF Champions League: 2005, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2013
- CAF Super Cup: 2006, 2007, 2009, 2013

- Baniyas SC

- GCC Champions League: 2012–13

- Egypt

- African Cup of Nations: 2006, 2008
- Nile Basin Tournament: 2011

#### Awards

- African Inter-Club Player of the Year: 2006, 2008, 2012, 2013
- CAF Team of the Year: 2006, 2008, 2012, 2013
- Africa Cup of Nations Dream Team: 2006, 2008
- World's Most Popular Footballer: 2007, 2008
- El Heddaf Arab Footballer of the Year: 2007, 2008, 2012
- BBC African Footballer of the Year: 2008
- 2008 Africa Cup of Nations Final: Man of the Match
- FIFA Confederations Cup Dream Team: 2009
- Goal 50: 2009, 2013
- IFFHS Legends: 2016

#### Orders

- Order of the Republic (Egypt)

#### Performances

- Egyptian Premier League top goalscorer: 2005–06
- CAF Champions League top goalscorer: 2006
- FIFA Club World Cup top goalscorer: 2006
- Egypt Cup top goalscorer: 2007
- FIFA Confederations Cup top assist: 2009 (Shared with Elano, Maicon and Joan Capdevila)
- FIFA World Cup qualification top goalscorer: 2014 (Shared with Mohamed Salah and Asamoah Gyan)

#### Africa

- Most Africa Based Player of the Year: 2006, 2008, 2012–13

## Other websites

- Mohamed Aboutrika at RSSSF

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Mohamed Aboutrika
- **image**: file:2010-abotrika.jpg
- **caption**: Aboutrika in 2010
- **fullname**: Mohamed Mohamed Mohamed Aboutrika
- **birth place**: Nahia, Giza, Egypt
- **position**: Midfielder#Attacking midfielder, Attacking midfielder / Forward (association football), Forward
- **youthyears1**: 1990–1997
- **youthclubs1**: Tersana SC, Tersana
- **years1**: 1997–2003
- **clubs1**: Tersana
- **caps1**: 34
- **goals1**: 27
- **years2**: 2004–2014
- **clubs2**: Al Ahly SC, Al-Ahly
- **caps2**: 161
- **goals2**: 78
- **years3**: 2013
- **clubs3**: → Baniyas Club, Baniyas (loan)
- **caps3**: 14
- **goals3**: 5
- **totalcaps**: 209
- **totalgoals**: 110
- **nationalyears1**: 2012
- **nationalteam1**: Egypt national under-23 football team, Egypt U23
- **nationalcaps1**: 4
- **nationalgoals1**: 2
- **nationalyears2**: 2001–2013
- **nationalteam2**: Egypt national football team, Egypt
- **nationalcaps2**: 104
- **nationalgoals2**: 38
- **club-update**: 00:00, 14 February 2013 (UTC)
- **nationalteam-update**: 19:00, 19 November 2013 (UTC)