Mohamed Salah

**Mohamed Salah** (Egyptian ; born 15 June 1992) is an Egyptian footballer. He plays for Liverpool in the Premier League and the Egypt national team. He plays as a forward.

## Career 
### Club 
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Salah started his football career in Egypt playing for El Mokawloon from 2006 to 2012. He joined Swiss side Basel in 2012, winning the Swiss Super League twice during his time there. In 2014, he joined Premier League side Chelsea, becoming the first ever Egyptian player to play with Chelsea. However, he was sent on loan to the Serie A clubs Fiorentina and Roma, before signing with Roma completely in 2016. Following a second place finish in Serie A with Roma, he joined the Premier League once again, signing for Liverpool in June 2017. In 2017, he was named the ‘African Footballer of the Year’ by BBC and CAF.

In his first season with Liverpool, Salah scored 44 goals for Liverpool and made the final of the UEFA Champions League, losing 3–1 to Real Madrid. Also in his first season, he won the Premier League Golden Boot and PFA Players' Player of the Year, scoring 32 goals in the Premier League. This broke the record for most goals in a 38-game Premier League season. The 2018–19 season saw Liverpool make the final of the UEFA Champions League again. In the match, Salah scored a penalty as his side defeated Tottenham Hotspur 2–0. The same season, he was the joint-winner of the Premier League Golden Boot with 22 goals, winning the award for the second season in a row. He also received the FIFA Puskas Award, African Player of the Year, and FWA Footballer of the Year. In the 2019/20 season, Salah scored 23 goals as Liverpool won the Premier League for the first time. The following season, he scored 31 goals and helped Liverpool secure qualification for the UEFA Champions League, finishing 3rd in the Premier League. In 2021, Mohamed Salah became the first player in the history of the English club to score in 10 consecutive matches. With his goals, Mohamed Salah reached the tenth goal during his career in the English Premier League. Mohamed Salah shines as Liverpool defeat Galatasaray 4-0, advancing 4-1 on aggregate. Salah also becomes the first African player to score 50 Champions League goals 

### International
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## Career statistics 
### Club 
### International 
:*Egypt score listed first, score column indicates score after each Salah goal*
*FA Cup: 2021–22
*EFL Cup: 2021–22
*FA Community Shield: 2022
*UEFA Champions League: 2018–19; runner-up: 2017–18, 2021–22
*UEFA Super Cup: 2019
*FIFA Club World Cup: 2019

**Egypt**
*Africa Cup of Nations runner-up: 2017, 2021

**Individual**
*CAF Most Promising Talent of the Year: 2012
*UAFA Golden Boy: 2012
*Swiss Super League Player of the Year: 2013
*El Heddaf Arab Footballer of the Year: 2013, 2017, 2018
*AS Roma Player of the Season: 2015–16
*Globe Soccer Best Arab Player of the Year: 2016
*Globe Soccer Best Arab Player of the Year: 2016
*CAF Team of the Year: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2023
*Africa Cup of Nations Team of the Tournament: 2017, 2021
*Premier League Player of the Month: November 2017, February 2018, March 2018, October 2021, October 2023 October 2021
*PFA Player of the Month: November 2017, December 2017, February 2018, March 2018, December 2018, January 2019, April 2019, September 2021, October 2021, February 2022, September 2023, October 2023
*BBC African Footballer of the Year: 2017, 2018
*African Footballer of the Year: 2017, 2018
*PFA Players' Player of the Year: 2017–18, 2021–22
*FWA Footballer of the Year: 2017–18, 2021–22
*Premier League Golden Boot: 2017–18, 2018–19 (shared), 2021–22 (shared) 2020–21, 2021–22 2020–21, 2021–22
*PFA Fans' Player of the Year: 2017–18, 2020–21, 2021–22
*UEFA Champions League Squad of the Season: 2017–18
*ESM Team of the Year: 2017–18, 2021–22
*Onze d'Argent: 2017–18
*FIFA Puskás Award: 2018
*FIFA Club World Cup Golden Ball: 2019
*FSA Player of the Year: 2018, 2021, 2023
*Liverpool Goal of the Season: 2018–19, 2021–22, 2022–23
*IFFHS CAF Men's Team of The Year: 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
*IFFHS Best CAF Men's Player of the Decade: 2011–2020
*IFFHS CAF Men's Team of the Decade: 2011–2020
*Laureus Sporting Inspiration Award: 2021
*Golden Foot: 2021
*IFFHS Best CAF Men's Player of the Year: 2021
*BBC Goal of the Season: 2021–22
*Globe Soccer Fans' Player of the Year: 2022

## Records 
**Europe**

*Fastest hat-trick in a UEFA Champions League match: 6 minutes and 12 seconds against Rangers, 12 October 2022
*Most Champions League goals for an English club: 41 goals for Liverpool
*Quickest UEFA Champions League hat-trick by a substitute: 6 minutes and 12 seconds against Rangers, 12 October 2022
*Most goals scored in UEFA club competitions by an African player: 58 goals
*Fewest touches ever to score hat-trick in a UEFA Champions League match: 9 touches
*Most goals in UEFA club competitions for an English club: 46 goals

**England**

*Most goals by an African player in a Premier League season: 32 goals in 2017–18
*Most Premier League Player of the Month awards in a single season: 3 (November 2017, February 2018 and March 2018)
*Most left-footed goals scored in a season: 25 goals in 2017–18
*Most teams scored against in a Premier League season: 17 teams (shared with Ian Wright and Robin van Persie)
*First and only player to outscore three Premier League teams in a Premier League season: West Brom (31), Swansea City (28) and Huddersfield Town (28) in 2017–18
*First and only player to score on the opening day of six consecutive Premier League seasons: (2017–18 to 2022–23)
*Highest-scoring African player in Premier League history: 156 goals
*Most Premier League goals scored on the opening weekend: 8 goals (shared with Alan Shearer and Frank Lampard and Wayne Rooney)
*Most left-footed goals scored in Premier League history: 125 goals
*Most assists by an African player in the Premier League history: 68 assists

**Liverpool**

*Most goals in a debut season: 44 goals in 2017–18
*Most European goals in a season: 11 goals in 2017–18 (shared with Roberto Firmino)
*Most games scored in during a single campaign: 34 games in 2017–18
*Most top-flight goals in a season by a Liverpool player: 32 goals in Premier League 2017–18 (shared with Ian Rush)
*Fastest Liverpool player to score 50 Premier League goals: 69 games in 2018–19
*Most goals in the first 100 appearances overall in Liverpool history: 69 goals
*Most goals in first 100 Premier League appearances in Liverpool history: 70 goals
*All-time Liverpool top goalscorer in the UEFA Champions League: 42 goals
*First and only Liverpool player to score 20+ goals in four different Premier League seasons: 2017–18, 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22
*Fastest player to score 100 top-flight goals in Liverpool history: 151 games
*Most consecutive games a player has scored for Liverpool: 10 games in 2021–22
*All-time Liverpool top goalscorer in the Premier League: 154 goals
*Liverpool highest-ever away goalscorer in the Premier League: 63 goals
*Most consecutive games a player has scored for Liverpool at Anfield: 9 games in 2022–23
*First player in Liverpool's history to score 20+ goals in seven consecutive seasons in all competitions: 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24

**Egypt**

*Egypt's all-time highest scorer in FIFA World Cup history: 2 goals in 2018 (shared with Abdulrahman Fawzi, 2 goals in 1934)
*Egypt's all-time highest scorer in CAF Africa Cup of Nations qualification: 18 goals
*Highest-scoring player in Egypt's football history with clubs and national team: 341 goals
*Egypt's all-time highest scorer in FIFA World Cup qualification: 15 goals
*First and only Egyptian player to score in four consecutive Africa Cup of Nations editions: 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023

**Italy**

*Highest-scoring Egyptian in Serie A history: 35 goals in 81 games

## References 
## Other websites
*Mohamed Salah profile at the Liverpool F.C. website
*Mohamed Salah career stats at Soccerbase
*Mohamed Salah life-story  at Footytales
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