Mahmoud El Khatib

Mahmoud Ibrahim Ibrahim El Khatib (Arabic: محمود إبراهيم إبراهيم الخطيب‎; born 30 October 1954), popularly nicknamed Bibo (Arabic: بيبو‎), is an Egyptian retired footballer and current President of Al Ahly. He is widely regarded as one of the best players in African football history.[1][2]

Mahmoud El Khatib
Bibo with the 1976–77 League Championship
Personal information
Full name Mahmoud Ibrahim Ibrahim El Khatib
Date of birth (1954-10-30) 30 October 1954
Place of birth Karkira, El Senbellawein, El Dakahlia, Egypt
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Al Ahly (president)
Youth career
1969–1971 Al Nasr
1971–1972 Al Ahly
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1972–1988 Al Ahly 199 (109)
National team
1974–1986 Egypt 54 (24)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only
Mahmoud El Khatib
18th President of Al Ahly SC
Assumed office
1 December 2017
Preceded byMahmoud Taher

Career

Born in Karkira, El Dakahlia,[3] El Khatib played his entire career at Al Ahly, where he won ten Egyptian Premier League, five Egypt Cup, two African Cup of Champions and three African Cup Winners' Cup. In addition, he won the 1986 Africa Cup of Nations with Egypt.

In 2014, he became the vice-president of Al Ahly, before being elected as president in 2017.[4]

Honours and achievements

Club
Al Ahly

International
Egypt

Awards

Performances

References
  1. Dove, Ed (25 September 2013), "The 50 Greatest African Players of All Time", bleacherreport.com, retrieved 14 August 2020
  2. Nassar, Galal. "Mahmoud El-Khatib: African player of the century". weekly.ahram.org. Archived from the original on 31 October 2006. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  3. "فى عيد ميلادة الـ 66.. "قرقيرة" هنا مسقط رأس "الخطيب" في الدقهلية.. الأهالي: أخلاقة عالية ومتواضع (صور)". ahlmasrnews.com (in Arabic). 30 October 2020.
  4. "Al-Khatib elected president of Al-Ahly SC with 20,956 votes". Egypt Today. 30 November 2017.
  5. "IFFHS announce the 48 football legend players". IFFHS. 25 January 2016. Archived from the original on 19 February 2016. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
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