Ahmed Mostafa Sayed (Arabic: أحمد سيد; 10 January 1996), commonly known as Zizo, is an Egyptian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Egyptian Premier League club Zamalek and the Egypt national team.[2] Ahmed featured in the 2021 AFCON match final against and scored the best penalty against Senegal.[3]
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Full name | Ahmed Mostafa Mohamed Sayed | |||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1996-01-10) 10 January 1996 (age 26) | |||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Minya, Egypt | |||||||||||||||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Winger | |||||||||||||||
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Current team | Zamalek | |||||||||||||||
Number | 25 | |||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||
2012–2013 | Wadi Degla | |||||||||||||||
2013 | Lierse | |||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||
2014–2017 | Lierse | 63 | (4) | |||||||||||||
2017 | → Nacional (loan) | 13 | (2) | |||||||||||||
2017–2018 | Moreirense | 25 | (1) | |||||||||||||
2019– | Zamalek | 156 | (47) | |||||||||||||
National team‡ | ||||||||||||||||
2019– | Egypt | 23 | (1) | |||||||||||||
Honours
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 August 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 June 2022 |
Sayed made his Belgian Pro League debut at 29 March 2014 against Waasland-Beveren in a 0–2 away win in the 2013–14 season, he replaced Souleymane Diomandé after 50 minutes.[4] He went onto make 72 appearances and score 49 goals in his first four seasons between 2014 and 2017 with Lierse.[2] In January 2017, Sayed joined Primeira Liga side Nacional on loan, with an option to buy, for the rest of the 2016–17 season.[5]
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 4 December 2021 | Stadium 974, Doha, Qatar | ![]() | 2–0 | 5–0 | 2021 FIFA Arab Cup |
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