Hossam Hassan

Hossam Hassan

Hossam Hassan in 2018
Personal information
Date of birth	(1966-08-10) 10 August 1966
Place of birth	Helwan, Cairo, Egypt
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
1983–1984	Al Ahly
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1984–1990	Al Ahly	78	(31)
1990–1991	PAOK	19	(5)
1991–1992	Neuchâtel Xamax	8	(3)
1992–1999	Al Ahly	153	(78)
1999–2000	Al Ain	10	(3)
2000–2004	Zamalek	61	(38)
2004–2006	Al Masry	47	(15)
2006–2007	Tersana	21	(6)
2007–2008	Al Ittihad Alexandria	5	(0)
Total		402	(179)
International career
1985–2006	Egypt	176	(68)
Managerial career
2008	Al Masry
2009	Telecom Egypt
2009–2011	Zamalek
2011	Ismaily
2012	Al Masry
2013	Misr Lel Makkasa
2013–2014	Jordan
2014	Zamalek
2014–2015	Al Ittihad Alexandria
2015–2018	Al Masry
2018–2019	Pyramids
2019–2020	Smouha
2020–2022	Al Ittihad Alexandria
2022	Al Masry
2022–2023	Al Masry
Medal record Men's football Representing Egypt Africa Cup of Nations Winner 1986 Egypt Winner 1998 Burkina Faso Winner 2006 Egypt
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Hossam Hassan Hussein (Arabic: حسام حسن حسين; 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.

Hassan realized yesterday the level of football one needs to be at to compete with the reigning world champions. He coached an inexperienced Egypt team against Argentina, who inspite of leading the game by two goals upto 78th minute of regular time, crumbled under the sheer pressure they were put under by the GOAT Messi and his teammates. When they conceded 3 goals in a matter of 14 minutes, all Egyptian supporters were shell shocked and could not bear to see their country crash out of the world cup in such a fashion.

However like it has happened before, the coach has a tendency to get aggressive and overreact when things don't go his way. In the post match interview, he accused referees of helping Argentina win the world cup, as it was very hard for him to accept the reality - Egypt had bottled a 2-0 lead in a matter of minutes to the world champions and were now headed home on the next flight back.

Career statistics

Club

As of 29 March 2012

Season	Club	League	League		Cups		Continental 1		Other2		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1984–85	Al-Ahly	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
Total			78	31	8	2	18	8	–	–	107	41
1990–91	PAOK	Superleague	19	5	2	1	-	-	-	-	21	6
Total			19	5	2	1	-	-	-	-	21	6
1991–92	Neuchâtel Xamax	Swiss League	8	3	0	0	3	4	-	-	11	7
Total			8	3	0	0	3	4	-	-	11	7
1992–93	Al-Ahly	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
Total			153	78	10	5	18	9	13	3	194	96
1999–00	Al Ain	UAE League	10	3	0	0	-	-	-	-	10	3
Total			10	3	0	0	-	-	-	-	10	3
2000–01	Zamalek	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
Total			61	38	7	2	23	10	19	7	110	57
2004–05	Al-Masry	Egyptian League	25	10	6	3	-	-	-	31	13
2005–06			22	5	0	0	-	-	-	-	22	5
Total			47	15	6	3	–	–	–	–	53	18
2006–07	Tersana	Egyptian League	20	6	1	0	-	-	-	21	6
Total			20	6	1	0	–	–	–	–	32	14
2007–08	Al-Ittihad	Egyptian League	5	0	0	0	-	-	-	5	0
Total			5	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	5	0
Career total			401	179	34	13	62	31	32	10	531	234

¹Played in CAF Champions League, CAF Winners' Cup, CAF Super Cup and UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League.

²Includes 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.

International

Egypt national team
Career	Apps	Goals
1985–2006	169	69

Managerial statistics

As of 6 May 2023

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
				G	W	D	L	Win %
Al Masry		29 February 2008	28 December 2008	27	9	11	7	033.33
Telecom Egypt		5 March 2009	29 October 2009	9	3	3	3	033.33
Zamalek		30 November 2009	13 July 2011	57	33	16	8	057.89
Ismaily		9 August 2011	28 September 2011	2	1	0	1	050.00
Al Masry		15 January 2012	1 February 2012	3	2	1	0	066.67
Misr Lel Makkasa		26 February 2013	28 May 2013	10	1	4	5	010.00
Jordan		25 June 2013	30 July 2014	20	9	8	3	045.00
Zamalek		30 July 2014	2 October 2014	6	1	2	3	016.67
Al Ittihad		27 October 2014	24 July 2015	35	12	13	10	034.29
Al Masry		25 July 2015	28 October 2018	140	68	41	31	048.57
Pyramids		29 October 2018	25 January 2019	11	6	5	0	054.55
Smouha		22 February 2019	12 January 2020	25	9	7	9	036.00
Al Ittihad		20 October 2020	19 March 2022	52	17	18	17	032.69
Al Masry		30 May 2022	31 August 2022	15	6	6	3	040.00
Al Masry		21 December 2022	6 May 2023	21	7	9	5	033.33
Total				433	184	144	105	042.49

Honours

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

Other websites

• Hossam Hassan at Soccerway.com
• Hossam Hassan at WorldFootball.net
• Hossam Hassan at National-Football-Teams.com
• Hossam Hassan at kicker (in German)
• Hossam Hassan at FBref.com
• Hossam Hassan – FIFA competition record (archived)