'Amr Zaki' (
Arabic : 'عمرو زكى' ) (born
January 1 1983 in
Mansoura) is an
Egyptian professional
footballer ,He plays for
Egyptian Side
El Zamalek as well as
Egypt . He plays as a
striker .
He started his career at
Al-Mansoura Sporting Club in Egypt before moving to
ENPPI in the 2003-2004 season. At ENPPI, he was the 2006 top goal scorer and helped the club win its first trophy, the 2005
Egyptian Cup, as well as being runners-up in the
Egyptian Premier League. He impressed in the
2006 African Nations Cup, when he scored with a header to take Egypt into the final of the competition, which they eventually won. That caught the attention of many clubs, such as El Zamalek and
Al-Ahly from Egypt,
Al-Ain FC from the
UAE, and
French team
Nantes. He finally decided to play for
Russian club
Lokomotiv Moscow, who signed him for a reported $2 million. However, he did not play a single match for Lokomotiv.
Amr Zaki moved back to Egypt to play for El Zamalek, where he became their main goalscorer.
He also plays for the
Egyptian national side. In the
2006 African Cup of Nations Zaki scored the winning goal for Egypt against
Senegal in the semi-final seconds after replacing
Mido. Egypt went on to win their fifth continental title.
Honours
'With
ENPPI'
★
Egyptian Soccer Cup 2005
'With National Team'
★
2006 African Nations Cup
External links
★
SoccerEgypt profile