.jpg) Zizo with Egypt at the 2021 AFCON | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Ahmed Mostafa Mohamed Sayed | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1996-01-10) 10 January 1996 (age 28) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Minya, Egypt | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
| Current team | Zamalek | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 25 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| –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 | 163 | (59) | ||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2019– | Egypt | 45 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024 | Egypt Olympic (O.P.) | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 December 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
Ahmed Mostafa Mohamed Sayed (Arabic: أحمد مصطفى محمد سيد; born 10 January 1996) commonly known as Zizo (Arabic: زيزو), is an Egyptian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Egyptian Premier League club Zamalek and the Egypt national team.
Career
Club
Zizo 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. He went onto make 72 appearances and score 49 goals in his first four seasons between 2014 and 2017 with Lierse. In January 2017, Sayed joined Primeira Liga side Nacional on loan, with an option to buy, for the rest of the 2016–17 season.
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 29 December 2024
| Club | Season | League | National cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Lierse | 2013–14 | BPL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2014–15 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 7 | 0 | 35 | 2 | |||
| 2015–16 | CPL | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 19 | 2 | |||
| 2016–17 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 18 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 63 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 77 | 5 | ||
| Nacional (loan) | 2016–17 | Primeira Liga | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 13 | 2 | ||
| Moreirense | 2017–18 | 25 | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | 2 | 0 | 31 | 2 | ||
| Zamalek | 2018–19 | EPL | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 1 |
| 2019–20 | 26 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 45 | 9 | ||
| 2020–21 | 33 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 10 | ||
| 2021–22 | 30 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 40 | 21 | ||
| 2022–23 | 34 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 22 | ||
| 2023–24 | 19 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 13 | ||
| 2024–25 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 3 | ||
| Total | 163 | 59 | 15 | 7 | 59 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 243 | 80 | ||
| Career total | 264 | 66 | 21 | 9 | 59 | 13 | 20 | 1 | 364 | 89 | ||
- Includes Belgian Cup, Taça de Portugal, Egypt Cup
- ^ Appearances in CAF Confederation Cup
- ^ Appearances in CAF Champions League
- Appearance in Egyptian Super Cup
International
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 4 December 2021 | Stadium 974, Doha, Qatar |  Sudan |
2–0 | 5–0 | 2021 FIFA Arab Cup |
| 2. | 28 March 2023 | Bingu National Stadium, Lilongwe, Malawi |  Malawi |
4–0 | 4–0 | 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Group D |
Honours
Zamalek
- Egyptian Premier League: 2020–21, 2021–22
- Egypt Cup: 2020–21
- Egyptian Super Cup: 2019–20
- CAF Confederation Cup: 2018–19, 2023–24
- CAF Super Cup: 2020, 2024
Individual
References
- "Egypt" (PDF). Confederation of African Football. 7 January 2022. p. 1. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
- ^ "FIFA Arab Cup Qatar 2021: List of players: Egypt" (PDF). FIFA. 4 December 2021. p. 3. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
- ^ "Egypt - Zizo - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
- "Afcon 2021: Egypt XI to face Senegal - Salah, Elneny start, Ashour in for suspended Kamal | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
- "Waasland-Beveren vs. Lierse - 29 March 2014 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
- "Nacional e Lierse acordam cedência de Zizo". C.D. Nacional. 22 January 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
External links
- Ahmed Sayed – UEFA competition record (archive)
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- 1996 births
- Living people
- Egyptian men's footballers
- Egyptian expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium
- Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal
- Egyptian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
- Egyptian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal
- Lierse S.K. players
- C.D. Nacional players
- Moreirense F.C. players
- Belgian Pro League players
- Challenger Pro League players
- Primeira Liga players
- Footballers from Cairo
- Men's association football midfielders
- 2021 Africa Cup of Nations players
- 2023 Africa Cup of Nations players
- Footballers at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic footballers for Egypt
- Egypt men's under-23 international footballers
- 21st-century Egyptian sportsmen