Mohamed Salah Hamed Mahrous Ghaly (born June 15, 1992) is an Egyptian footballer, born on June 15, 1992 in the village of Nagrij, affiliated to the city of Basyoun in the Gharbia Governorate, and Salah did not help him to enroll in a large university, but preferred to join the Wireless Institute because of the difficult financial conditions he lived in, in addition to his love for football, and he was unable to enroll in high school. General in Basyoun, because of his desire to stay in Cairo to join the Arab Contractors Club.
He plays in the right wing position with Liverpool FC in the English Premier League and the Egyptian national team. He is considered one of the most prominent Arab and African players, as he won many awards, most notably the award for the best player in England 2018, the goal of the season in the English Premier League for the 2017-18 season, the award for the best African player for the years 2017 and 2018, the award for the best African player by the BBC for the years 2017 and 2018, Premier League Player of the Year 2018, and Premier League Golden Boot award (Premier League top scorer) in 2018 and 2019. He was chosen by Time magazine in 2019 among the 100 most influential people in the world.
He started his career in the junior ranks of the Arab Contractors Club until he was promoted to the first team, then turned to professionalism in Europe and joined the Swiss club Basel, Chelsea, Fiorentina, Rome, and his current club, Liverpool. Salah achieved with his first European club, Basel, many titles, and he won the Swiss Super League title in the 2012-2013 season, and the award for the best player in the Swiss Super League for the year 2013, then Mohamed Salah joined Chelsea and won the English Premier League title with them in the 2014 season. -15 as well as the 2014-15 League Cup, but he did not participate primarily with the team, then he moved on loan to Italian club Fiorentina, then moved to Roma and participated with him throughout the 2015-16 and 2016-17 seasons in 83 matches, in which he scored 34 goals.
In 2017, he joined Liverpool in a deal amounting to 42 million euros, in addition to 8 million euros in incentives. At that time, he became the most expensive Arab and African player in history and the second most expensive player in the club's history. He achieved with them a very strong season, as he was chosen 3 times as the player of the month in the English Premier League, and succeeded in scoring 44 goals during one season to become one of the team's top scorers in terms of the number of goals in one season. . In his second season with the team, Salah also succeeded in providing an outstanding level by scoring 27 goals and making 10 goals and contributing to the team's crowning in the European Champions League.
At the international level, Mohamed Salah played with the Egyptian youth team in the 2011 World Youth Cup, then the Egyptian Olympic team in the 2012 London Olympics and won the award for the best young player in Africa for the year 2012. Then he participated with the first Egyptian team and his first international match was during the qualifications for the 2013 African Cup of Nations. Against Sierra Leone and then participated in the African qualifiers for the 2014 World Cup and the 2015 African Cup of Nations qualifiers. The Egyptian team did not succeed in qualifying for any of the three tournaments, but Salah was the top scorer in the African qualifiers for the 2014 World Cup, scoring 6 goals in partnership with Asamoah Gyan and Mohamed Aboutrika. He was chosen in the team of the year in Africa in 2016. After that, the Egyptian team succeeded in qualifying for the 2017 African Cup of Nations and succeeded in that tournament by reaching the final of the tournament, but they achieved the runner-up position after losing to Cameroon 1-2 in the final and was chosen in the ideal squad for the Cup African Nations 2017. He also actively participated in the Egyptian team’s qualification for the 2018 World Cup after an absence since the 1990 World Cup, by scoring the two goals of Egypt’s 2-1 victory over Congo, a match that ensured his country’s qualification to the World Cup.
Salah began his football career in the clubs Ittihad Basyoun and Othmathon Tanta, before joining as a junior in the Arab Contractors Club in 2006, where he was his first creative station. Mohamed Salah played his first match in the Egyptian Premier League on May 3, 2010 at the age of eighteen against Mansoura Club in a match that ended in a 1-1 draw, and Salah participated as a substitute in this meeting. In the 2010–11 season, Salah became a key player in the team, and scored his first goal on December 25, 2010 against Al-Ahly Club in a match that ended in a 1–1 draw. His superior abilities, skills and blazing speed have made him the center of media attention.
He was about to move to Zamalek before moving to the Swiss club Basel, before his transfer was hampered by the president of Zamalek club at the time, Mamdouh Abbas, citing his refusal due to his young age and lack of experience.
2012–14 season
In 2012, after his remarkable level with the Arab Contractors Club, the Swiss Basel completed his contract with Salah in April 2012 in a deal that amounted to two million euros, as the Swiss club Basel followed him for some time. . The meeting was held on March 16, 2012 at the Rankow stadium in Basel. Mohamed Salah only participated in the second half, but scored two goals, and the match ended with Basel winning 4-3. After the meeting, Basel club invited Mohamed Salah to train with the first team for a week, and on April 10, 2012, Mohamed Salah signed for the Swiss club Basel, with a four-year contract starting from June 15, 2012.
Basel won the 2012–13 season of the Swiss League, and finished runners-up in the Swiss Cup. Mohamed Salah became the focus of the Egyptian and international newspapers' attention, after his participation in the European Championship, and scoring two goals against both Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea, the English. Mohamed Salah was named the best player in the Swiss League in 2013, and was awarded the Confederation of African Football for the best young player in Africa in 2012.
Salah spent a season and a half with Basel, during which he played 79 matches, scoring 20 goals in various tournaments
Chelsea
2013–14 season
For the second time .. Salah is among several offers, the most serious of them from the English clubs Chelsea and Liverpool. Contrary to the desire of all his followers, Salah chose to play for the owners of the blue shirt, to be the first Egyptian to join Chelsea, while his fans preferred that Salah go to a club less than Chelsea, To have a better chance of playing. On January 26, 2014, Chelsea announced the completion of the transfer of Mohamed Salah to the London club, in an undisclosed deal, but the English press estimated it at approximately 11 million pounds, equivalent to 13.25 million euros, and was able to kidnap him from Liverpool, who negotiated with him for more than about two months.
Salah's conditions in Chelsea were not satisfactory for his ambitions nor for his fans. He was on the bench for long periods that Salah was not accustomed to in his career, so his decision to leave was, and on February 3, 2015, Mohamed Salah moved to the Italian club Fiorentina on loan for a period of six months, to be The club has the right to renew for another season, and this transfer is considered part of Cuadrado's transfer to Chelsea
Rome
2015-16 season (on loan)
With the beginning of the 2015-16 football season, specifically on August 6, 2015, Mohamed Salah joined the Italian club AS Roma on loan from Chelsea for one year, with Roma eligibility to buy in the future for 5 million euros, and Fiorentina submitted a complaint to the International Federation. Football against Chelsea FC and Mohamed Salah on the grounds that Chelsea violated his contract with Fiorentina when he allowed Salah to join Roma and the ruling was issued after Salah joined Liverpool and came in the interest of Salah and Chelsea.
Because of his first excellent season, where he scored 14 goals in the Italian Premier League, he became the top scorer for his team and participated in the Champions League, and scored one goal in it, thus scoring 15 goals in the season, and also made six goals. Salah also played against major European clubs such as FC Barcelona and FC Barcelona. Real Madrid, the Spaniards, scored goals in some of them, and became one of the important players in the Roma team.
2016–17 season
On August 3, 2016, Roma bought Mohamed Salah from Chelsea for 15 million euros, and the 2016-17 season was one of Salah's best seasons, as he managed to score 19 goals in the season, including 15 in the Italian League, two goals in the Italian Cup and two goals in the European League against the French club Lyon. Thus, he occupied the second place in the list of top scorers for his club after Edin Dzeko, who managed to score 39 goals in the season, including 29 in the Italian League, 2 in the Italian Cup and 8 in the European League. Thus, Salah occupied the second place in the Italian League in the creation of goals after Napoli striker Jose Callejon, who succeeded in making 12 goals, one goal difference from Mohamed Salah. His shot after Edin Dzeko, who has 160 shots on goal, also scored his first hat-trick with Roma in their 3-0 victory over Bologna on November 6, 2016. Therefore, Salah was chosen as the best player in Rome in the Italian league 2016–17 season.
Liverpool
2017–18: Record breaking and individual success
On June 22, 2017, - and as a result of Salah's remarkable brilliance in his last season with Roma - Liverpool announced his contract with Mohamed Salah in a historic deal at all levels, as the value of the deal amounted to 42 million euros (36 million pounds) in addition to 8 million euros to enter. Among the rewards item. This deal made Mohamed Salah the most expensive deal in the history of Liverpool FC, surpassing the previous record held by Andy Carroll, who joined in 2011 with a deal of 35 million pounds, from Newcastle. This deal also made Mohamed Salah the most expensive African player, after he broke the record of his teammate, Senegalese Sadio Mane, who moved in the summer of 2016 from Southampton FC for 34 million pounds. Mohamed Salah continued to break records, this time when he became the most expensive Arab player, surpassing Leicester City's Algerian striker Islam Slimani, who came from Portuguese club Sporting Lisbon in a deal that cost nearly 30 million pounds, and thus becomes the most expensive Arab player in the history of football. Moreover, Mohamed Salah became the owner of the most expensive sale deal in the history of the Italian club Roma, Overtaking the Bosnian Miralem Pjanic, who left for Juventus for 32 million euros in the summer of 2016. Mohamed Salah wore the number 11 shirt after his Brazilian teammate Roberto Firmino gave him the number, while Firmino wore the number 9 shirt.
2018–19: Champions League champion and league top scorer for the second time
On 2 July 2018, Salah signed a new long-term contract with Liverpool. Manager Jurgen Klopp said the news was important as a statement of intent regarding Liverpool's position in world football in getting Salah to commit to the club even more.
On August 30, 2018, Salah was named to the "three men" shortlist for UEFA Player of the Year, came third, and was also shortlisted for the three-man UEFA Forward Player of the Year list. of the Season), and came in second place. On 3 September, he was named to the three-player shortlist as the FIFA Player of the Year, finishing third. Amid controversy and online outcry, Salah picked up the 2018 Puskas Award for Goal of the Year, scoring the winning goal at Anfield in his debut for the Merseyside derby. On October 24, Salah scored two goals against Red Star Belgrade in the Champions League group stage, and his second goal was his 50th goal for the club. With 50 goals in 65 games, he became the fastest player in Liverpool's history to reach the half century.
Egypt youth team
Mohamed Salah played with the Egyptian youth team in the 2011 FIFA World Youth Championship
Egypt Olympic Team
Salah was part of the Egyptian Olympic team at the 2012 London Olympics
Egypt's first team
He became one of the Egyptian national team's first stars, since his participation in his first international match against Sierra Leone in the 2013 African Nations Cup qualifiers, then scored his first goal with the Egyptian team against Niger, and scored his first international hat-trick against Zimbabwe, and participated with the national team in the qualifying qualifiers. For the 2015 African Nations Cup, the team did not succeed in reaching it and also participated in the 2014 World Cup qualifiers. The team also did not succeed in reaching it, but Salah won the title of top scorer in those qualifiers with six goals jointly with his colleague Mohamed Aboutrika and Ghanaian player Asamoah Gyan, Salah also contributed to The arrival of his country to the 2017 African Cup of Nations by scoring a goal against Nigeria in the match that ended in a 1-1 draw, as the goal contributed greatly to the arrival of the Egyptian team to the tournament after defeating Nigeria in the return match 1–0 with the goal of Ramadan Sobhi, the Stoke City player. the time.
Salah contributed greatly to the arrival of his country to the final of the 2017 African Cup of Nations and its second place, as he contributed to four goals out of five scored by the Egyptian team in the tournament; Where he scored two goals, considered one of the most beautiful goals of the tournament, the first against Ghana in the group stage in a match that Egypt won 1–0 and the second against Burkina Faso in the semi-finals in a match that ended with Egypt winning by penalty kicks 4–3 after a tie in the original time 1– 1, He also scored two goals in the tournament, one of which was scored by Abdullah Al-Saeed, player of the Egyptian Al-Ahly club, against Uganda in the group stage, where Egypt won 1–0, and the other was scored by Mohamed Elneny, player of Arsenal, against Cameroon in the final match, which ended with the victory of Cameroon 2–1. Salah was selected in the ideal squad for this tournament by the African Confederation and France Football newspaper.
Salah’s most important achievement with his country is his leadership in the 2018 World Cup in Russia after an absence of six consecutive copies of the tournament since the 1990 World Cup, where Salah scored two goals in the Congo match, which Egypt won 2-1 and ensured qualification for the World Cup before one round. From the end of the African qualifiers for the tournament and was chosen by France Football magazine in the ideal formation for this round of the 2018 World Cup qualifiers to be the only Arab and African player who is present alongside many international football stars such as Lionel Messi and Robert Lewandowski, and Salah scored five goals in the full qualifiers to become Its top scorer for the second time in a row after qualifying for the 2014 World Cup.
In the 2018 World Cup, Salah scored his country’s first goal in the tournament against Russia from a penalty kick in a match in which Salah and his companions lost 3-1, to be the third Egyptian player in history to score a goal in the World Cup after Abdel Rahman Fawzy, who scored two goals against Hungary in The 1934 World Cup, and Magdy Abdel-Ghani, who scored Egypt's goal against the Netherlands in the 1990 World Cup. Salah also managed to score his country's second goal in the tournament against Saudi Arabia in a match that ended with Egypt's 2-1 defeat, and Salah won the best player award in this match.
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