Amr Zaki
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Amr Zaki
Personal information
Full name	Amr Hassan Zaki
Date of birth	1 April 1983 (1983-04-01) (age 25)
Place of birth	Mansoura, Egypt
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Wigan Athletic (on loan from El Zamalek)
Number	13
Youth clubs
	Al-Mansoura
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2001–2003 2003–2005 2006 2006– 2008–	Al-Mansoura ENPPI Lokomotiv Moscow El Zamalek → Wigan Athletic (loan)	20 (20) 41 (16) 00 0(0) 54 (22) 12 0(8)
National team2
2004–	Egypt	48 (29)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:38, 15 November 2008 (UTC). 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 14:34, 22 July 2008 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Amr Hassan Zaki (Arabic : عمرو حسن زكى, sometimes spelt Zaky), (born 1 April 1983, in Mansoura, Egypt) is an Egyptian professional football striker. He is currently on loan, from Egyptian Premier League team El Zamalek, with English Premier League side Wigan Athletic. He has played at international level with the Egyptian National Team.

Early career

Zaki started his career at Al-Mansoura, in Egypt before moving to ENPPI for the 2003-04 season. At ENPPI, he was the top scorer in the league for the 2004-05 season and helped the club win its first trophy, the 2005 Egyptian Cup, as well as being runners-up in the Egyptian Premier League, their best position ever. After impressing in the 2006 African Nations Cup, Zaki caught the attention of many clubs, such as El Zamalek and Al Ahly¹ from Egypt, Al-Ain FC^{citation needed} from the UAE, and French team FC Nantes^{citation needed}. He finally decided to play for Russian club Lokomotiv Moscow, who signed him for He reported $2 million.^{citation needed} However, he did not play a single match for Lokomotiv. In 2006 Zaki moved back to Egypt to play for El Zamalek.

Wigan Athletic

On 22 July 2008, Wigan Athletic completed a one-year loan deal to bring Zaki to the JJB Stadium. After scoring two goals in his two pre-season appearances for Wigan,²³⁴ Zaki scored on his league debut on 16 August against West Ham United.⁵ On 30 August he scored his first brace for Wigan when scoring twice in a 5–0 victory over premier new-boys Hull City. On 13 September he scored his fourth goal in as many games in the Premier League as Wigan drew with Sunderland, putting him on top of the scoring charts alongside Jermain Defoe. On 28 September, scored again in the Premier League from the penalty spot against Manchester City, this goal took him to the top of the goal scorers list with 5 goals in 6 games. He followed it with two other goals against Liverpool, further solidifying his position as top scorer in the English Premier League. Amr Zaki also scored a penalty in the 2-1 win for Wigan Athletic over Portsmouth. He is now the second highest scorer in the Premier League behind Chelsea striker Nicolas Anelka who has 12 to Zaki's 8. ⁶

Wigan Athletic chairman Dave Whelan likened Zaki to Alan Shearer⁷

Wigan manager Steve Bruce has also been highly impressed with Zaki, and has told the press he believes he is "awesome".⁸

International career

Zaki plays for The Egyptian National Team, In the 2006 African Cup of Nations Zaki scored the winning goal for Egypt in the semi-final against Senegal late in the second half, with his first touch moments after coming off the bench to replace a visibly irate Mido (whose argument with coach Hassan Shehata held up play and resulted in a six month international ban from the EFA for the player.) Egypt later went on to win their fifth continental title.

Zaki repeated his strong performances two years later in CAN 2008, scoring a goal against Zambia in the group stage and another in the quarter final against Angola. Additionally, he scored another well executed header and then added another in the semi-final match against Ivory Coast. Egypt again went on to win the title for a record sixth time. He was chosen in the CAN 2008 All Star Starting XI.

African Footballer of the Year Nomination

Zaki has been nominated for the best African player on 14 October 2008, due to his fantastic start in the English Premier League, along with teammate and playmaker Mohamed Aboutrika.

The final three of the two categories will be named before the Awards Gala fixed for Cotonou, Benin in December 2008. It's the first time that Zaki has been nominated. ⁹.

Honours

With ENPPI

• Egyptian Soccer Cup 2005

'With Al-Zamalek

• Egyptian Soccer Cup 2008

With national team

• 2006 African Nations Cup
• 2008 African Nations Cup

Individual

• Nominated for the 2008 CAF African Footballer of the Year award.
• Named in the CAF Starting XI in the CAN Ghana 2008.

References

External links

• Official website
• Amr Zaki career stats at Soccerbase
• Profile on SoccerEgypt.com

v • d • e Egypt squad – 2006 African Nations Cup Winners (5th Title) 1 El-Hadary • 2 Ahmad El-Sayed • 3 Abdelwahab • 4 Ibrahim Said • 5 El-Saqua • 6 Mostafa • 7 Fathy • 8 Eno • 9 Hassan (C) • 10 Moteab • 11 Shawky • 12 Barakat • 13 El-Sayed • 14 Ali • 15 Mido • 16 Abdel Wahed • 17 Hassan • 18 Samir Sabry • 19 Zaki • 20 Gomaa • 21 Abdel Malek • 22 Aboutrika • 23 Abdel Monsef • Coach: Hassan Shehata

v • d • e Egypt squad – 2008 African Nations Cup Winners (6th Title) 1 El-Hadary • 2 Fathallah • 3 Al-Muhammadi • 4 Ibrahim Said • 5 Shady • 6 Hani Said • 7 Fathy • 8 Hosny • 9 Zidan • 10 Moteab • 11 Shawky • 12 Gamal • 13 El-Sayed • 14 Moawad • 15 Shaaban • 16 Abdel Monsef • 17 Hassan (C) • 18 Fadl • 19 Zaki • 20 Gomaa • 21 Mostafa • 22 Aboutrika • 23 Sobhy • Coach: Hassan Shehata