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.

 Career statistics 

 Club 

+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition Club Season League National Cup1 Continental2 Other3 TotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAl Ahly2003–04Egyptian Premier League131100000013112004–05Egyptian Premier League269001330039122005–06Egyptian Premier League2118001183035262006–07Egyptian Premier League157001143329142007–08Egyptian Premier League19500103002982008–09Egyptian Premier League221000403029102009–10Egyptian Premier League15652111103292010–11Egyptian Premier League17820811128102011–12Egyptian Premier League134001060023102012–13Egyptian Premier League0000105311362013–14Egyptian Premier League0000001010Career total16178728831155271116
1Includes appearances in the Egypt Cup
2Includes appearances in the CAF Champions League
3Includes appearances in the Championship Playoff, Egyptian Super Cup, CAF Super Cup and FIFA Club World Cup

 International 

National teamYearAppsGoalsEgypt20011020020020030020049520051422006103200740200811820091162010612011612012137201395 Total10538

 International goals 
 #  Date  Venue  Opponent  Score  Result  Competition 1.  31 March 2004  Arab Contractors Stadium, Cairo, Egypt  link=|alt=|border|23x23px|link=|alt=|23x23px Trinidad and Tobago  1–0  2–1  Friendly 2.  24 May 2004  Cairo Military Academy Stadium, Cairo, Egypt  link=|alt=|border|23x23px|link=|alt=|23x23px Zimbabwe  2–0  2–0  Friendly 3.  6 June 2004  Khartoum Stadium, Khartoum, Sudan  link=|alt=|border|23x23px|link=|alt=|23x23px Sudan  2–0  3–0  2006 FIFA World Cup qualifier 4.  20 June 2004  Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria, Egypt  link=|alt=|border|23x23px|link=|alt=|23x23px Ivory Coast  1–1  1–2  2006 FIFA World Cup qualifier 5.  4 July 2004  Stade de l'Amitié, Cotonou, Benin  link=|alt=|border|23x23px|link=|alt=|23x23px Benin  2–3  3–3  2006 FIFA World Cup qualifier 6.  29 July 2005  Stade de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland  link=|alt=|border|23x23px|link=|alt=|23x23px Qatar  1–0  5–0  Friendly 7.  4–0 8.  20 January 2006  Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt  link=|alt=|border|23x23px|link=|alt=|23x23px Libya  2–0  3–0  2006 Africa Cup of Nations 9.  28 January 2006  Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt  link=|alt=|border|23x23px|link=|alt=|23x23px Ivory Coast  2–1  3–1  2006 Africa Cup of Nations 10.  2 September 2006  Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt  link=|alt=|border|23x23px|link=|alt=|23x23px Burundi  3–0  4–1  2008 Africa Cup of Nations qualification 11.  26 January 2008  Baba Yara Stadium, Kumasi, Ghana  link=|alt=|border|23x23px|link=|alt=|23x23px Sudan  2–0  3–0  2008 Africa Cup of Nations 12.  3–0 13.  7 February 2008  Baba Yara Stadium, Kumasi, Ghana  link=|alt=|border|23x23px|link=|alt=|23x23px Ivory Coast  4–1  4–1  2008 Africa Cup of Nations 14.  10 February 2008  Accra Sports Stadium, Accra, Ghana  link=|alt=|border|23x23px|link=|alt=|23x23px Cameroon  1–0  1–0  2008 Africa Cup of Nations Final 15.  7 September 2008  Stade des Martyrs, Kinshasa, Congo DR  link=|alt=|border|20x20px|link=|alt=|20x20px DR Congo  1–0  1–0  2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier 16.  12 October 2008  Cairo Military Academy Stadium, Cairo, Egypt  link=|alt=|border|23x23px|link=|alt=|23x23px Djibouti  3–0  4–0  2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier 17. 19 November 2008 Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt link=|alt=|border|23x23px|link=|alt=|23x23px Benin  4–0 5–1 Friendly 18.  5–0 19.  30 May 2009  Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat, Oman  link=|alt=|border|23x23px|link=|alt=|23x23px Oman  1–0  1–0  Friendly 20.  7 June 2009  Stade Mustapha Tchaker, Blida, Algeria  link=|alt=|border|23x23px|link=|alt=|23x23px Algeria  1–3  1–3  2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier 21.  5 July 2009  Cairo Military Academy Stadium, Cairo, Egypt  link=|alt=|border|23x23px|link=|alt=|23x23px Rwanda  1–0  3–0  2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier 22.  3–0 23.  2 October 2009  Petro Sport Stadium, Cairo, Egypt  link=|alt=|border|23x23px|link=|alt=|23x23px Mauritius  1–0  4–0  Friendly 24.  3–0 25.  11 August 2010  Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt  link=|alt=|border|20x20px|link=|alt=|20x20px DR Congo  3–2  6–3  Friendly 26.  5 January 2011  Arab Contractors Stadium, Cairo, Egypt  link=|alt=|border|23x23px|link=|alt=|23x23px Tanzania  2–0  5–1  2011 Nile Basin Tournament 27.  29 March 2012  Khartoum Stadium, Khartoum, Sudan  link=|alt=|border|23x23px|link=|alt=|23x23px Uganda  2–0  2–1  Friendly 28.  12 April 2012  Al-Maktoum Stadium, Dubai, UAE  link=|alt=|border|23x23px|link=|alt=|23x23px Nigeria  2–1  3–2  Friendly 29.  20 May 2012  Al Merreikh Stadium, Omdurman, Sudan  link=|alt=|border|23x23px|link=|alt=|23x23px Cameroon  2–1  2–1  Friendly 30.  10 June 2012  Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry, Guinea  link=|alt=|border|23x23px|link=|alt=|23x23px Guinea  1–1  3–2  2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier 31.  2–1 32.  12 October 2012  Khalid Bin Mohammed Stadium, Sharjah, UAE link=|alt=|border|23x23px|link=|alt=|23x23px Congo  1–0  3–0  Friendly 33.  3–0 34.  14 January 2013  Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi, UAE  link=|alt=|border|23x23px|link=|alt=|23x23px Ivory Coast  1–0  2–4  Friendly 35.  26 March 2013  Borg El Arab Stadium, Cairo, Egypt  link=|alt=|border|23x23px|link=|alt=|23x23px Zimbabwe  2–1  2–1  2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier 36.  9 June 2013  National Sports Stadium, Harare, Zimbabwe  link=|alt=|border|23x23px|link=|alt=|23x23px Zimbabwe  1–0  4–2  2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier 37.  10 September 2013  El Gouna Stadium, Hurghada, Egypt  link=|alt=|border|23x23px|link=|alt=|23x23px Guinea  2–1  4–2  2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier 38.  15 October 2013  Baba Yara Stadium, Kumasi, Ghana   link=|alt=|border|23x23px|link=|alt=|23x23px 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  link=|alt=|border|22x22px|link=|alt=|22x22px Brazil  1–3  2–3  2012 Summer Olympics 2.  1 August 2012  Hampden Park, Glasgow, United Kingdom  link=|alt=|border|23x23px|link=|alt=|23x23px Belarus  3–0  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

 Individual 

 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)

 Records 

 Africa 

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

 References 

Other websites


 Mohamed Aboutrika at RSSSF

Category:1978 births
Category:Egyptian Muslims
Category:Egyptian footballers
Category:Living people
Category:Egypt international footballers