Mohamed Shawky

Mohamed Shawky Ali Sallam (Arabic: محمد شوقي; * October 15, 1981 in Port Said) is an Egyptian football player at the position of midfielder. He currently plays for Kayserispor in the Turkcell Süper Lig, the highest division in Turkish football.

• 2.1 Honours
• 2.2 National team success

Career

Career start in Egypt

Shawky began his active career as a club soccer players in 1998 in the youth of Al -Masry. There he was active until 2000, before he turned professional team with game operation in the Egyptian Premier League, the highest football league in the country, made ​​the jump. Then he played until after the 2002/03 season at El Masry, before he got an offer from the Egyptian record champion Al-Ahly Cairo, with whom he celebrated the biggest success in his career subsequently.

In his first season at the new club, he came up with 20 league inserts and four goals. From the 2004/05 season then began the festival of Al -Ahly. After he scored three goals in 19 championship matches, he was with the team of Egyptian master. In addition, he also won with the team the Egyptian Super Cup and was the winner of the CAF Champions League in 2005 after the team was undefeated into the finals of the competition, where the Tunisian Étoile Sportive du Sahel defeated with 0:3.

In Triumph 2006 Shawky equal celebrated several successes with the club from the Egyptian capital, Cairo. After 26 matches played and a goal he was again Egyptian masters and also won the Egyptian Cup competition and for the second time the Egyptian Super Cup. He also won the CAF Champions League 2006, where the team was again a Tunisian club, this time it was the CS Sfax, triumphed. The victory in the Champions League, the team qualified also for the CAF Super Cup, which it also won subsequently. Another great success this year was to participate in the FIFA Club World Cup 2006, where one behind the SC Internacional ( 1 ) and FC Barcelona ( 2 ) reached the honorable third place.

Also, the game 2007 barg similar successes, such as the previously previous year. Shawky was the third time in a row, Egyptian champion and has been involved with 27 missions and three gates instrumental in the success. After Triple 2006 ( Championship, Cup, Super Cup) the team made ​​everything perfect, as they once again managed the same in 2007 and in addition to the championship clearly dominated in the Cup and Supercup. As in 2006, won Al -Ahly in 2007 CAF Super Cup after the team in the Champions League final against the old familiar Étoile Sportive du Sahel with 1:3 was defeated.

Move to England

After the great success with Al -Ahly several European top clubs were aware of the talent of the Egyptian. Shortly before the transfer deadline Shawky was finally transferred for a fee of £ 650,000 to England for Middlesbrough FC with game operation in the Premier League. In an interview in early September 2007, the Egyptians showed clearly excited about the move to England, hoping to a long and successful time in the highest soccer league in the country. With Mido Shawky had a good friend in the team, with whom he was already in the Egyptian National team in action.

His debut in the Premier League gave the Egyptians finally 29 December 2007 in a 1-0 away win over Portsmouth, as he stood the entire game on the court and has already shown good performance. Overall, he came during the 2007/ 08 season in five league games for the use of which he played through the entire match times in just two. Furthermore, he came to a single application in League Cup. With the team he only reached 13th place in the final table.

Although they started the season 2008/ 09 slightly better than the previous game before year but managed Shawky not this year the big breakthrough of the team. So he came to the end of the season in 13 league games for use and could be a game in the FA Cup and two games in the League Cup record. For scoring, he came to Boro, the nickname of the team, but never. After some time has been speculation about a release Shawkys to another club, early January 2010 it became public knowledge that Shawky would be in Turkey just before a change.

Transfer to Turkey

Then the official exchange the Egyptian was confirmed in Turkey, where he had signed a contract for two and a half years at Kayserispor on 13 January 2010. His team debut came in a 0-3 defeat in a friendly match against Feyenoord Rotterdam on 14 January 2010.

Internationally

In 2001 he reached the Egyptian U-20 team to third place at the Junior World Cup and was present in seven games in use. In 2003 he made ​​his senior team debut and came so far in 66 internationals for use, scoring five goals. As was with his Egyptian former club Al- Ahly he also celebrated with the Egyptian national team great success. So he was in Egypt's success in Africa Cup 2006 and the African Cup of Nations 2008 on the few players who missed a single minute.

Furthermore Shawky participated in a variety of qualifying matches for the World Meisterschafter the years 2006 and 2010. At the 2010 World Cup participation to Egypt failed just barely. After the team ascended to the group phase of the second qualifying round as group leader in the next group phase, the team reached after six games (4 wins, 1 draw, 1 loss ) as many points as Algeria and also had the same goal difference.

Even in the game against each other both had each won once, was abandoned after the FIFA rules on a Losentscheidung and the winner by decision-making in a neutral country (in this case: Sudan) was determined. The game won Algeria 1-0 and qualified as for the football World Cup in South Africa. During the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup Shawky was also active with the national team, but this difference already in the group stage of group B than group last during the current competition out.

Achievements

Honours

• 3x Egyptian Champion: 2005, 2006, 2007 (Al- Ahly )
• 3x Egyptian Super Cup Winner: 2005, 2006, 2007 (Al- Ahly )
• 2x Egyptian Cup winner: 2006, 2007 (Al- Ahly )
• 2x CAF Super Cup winner: 2006, 2007 (Al- Ahly )
• 2x CAF Champions League winner: 2005, 2006 (Al- Ahly )
• 1x CAF Champions League finalists: 2007 (Al- Ahly )
• Third place at the FIFA Club World Cup 2006 (Al- Ahly )

National successes

• 3rd place at the Junior World Championship 2001
• 2x winner of the African Cup of Nations: 2006, 2008