Yehia Emam
Emam in 1951 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Yehia El-Horria Emam | ||
Date of birth | 1 May 1919 | ||
Place of birth | Cairo, Sultanate of Egypt | ||
Date of death | 1997 (aged 78)[1] | ||
Place of death | Cairo, Egypt | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Youth career | |||
1933–1937 | Zamalek | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1937–1953 | Zamalek | ||
International career | |||
1940–1953 | Egypt | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Yehia Emam (Arabic: يحيى إمام; 1 May 1919 – 1997), was an Egyptian footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Zamalek. He also played for the Egypt national football team, and represented his country in the 1948 Summer Olympics, 1951 Mediterranean Games and 1953 Pan Arab Games. He is considered one of the best Egyptian goalkeepers in history.[2][3]
Biography
Yehia El-Horria Mohamed Emam was born in Cairo on 1 May 1919. He was born during the 1919 Revolution and was named Yehia El-Horreya which means in Arabic: Long Live the Freedom. He joined the Egyptian Military Academy in 1936, and graduated as a military officer in the Egyptian Armed Forces.
Yehia Emam started his career in Zamalek in the youth team, he played throughout his career in Zamalek, he won with his team five Egypt Cup titles (1938, 1941, 1943, 1944, 1952). With Emam guarding Zamalek's goal, they won the Cairo League for ten seasons (1939–40, 1940–41, 1943–44, 1944–45, 1945–46, 1946–47, 1948–49, 1950–51, 1951–52, 1952–53). Yehia Emam is considered a symbol for Zamalek fans and one of the best goalkeepers in the history of the club.
He captained Egypt in the 1948 Summer Olympics in London and the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki. He played with his country in the Mediterranean Games and Egypt won the silver medal in the 1951 Mediterranean Games in Alexandria. He was a part of the team that won the gold medal of the 1953 Arab Games. Emam retired in 1953.
He was married and he's the father of the Zamalek's legend Hamada Emam and grandfather of Zamalek's legend Hazem Emam. Emam died in Cairo at the age of 78 in 1997.
Honours
- Zamalek SC
- Egypt Cup: (5)
- 1937–38, 1940–41, 1942–43, 1943–44, 1951–52
- Cairo League: (10)
- 1939–40, 1940–41, 1943–44, 1944–45, 1945–46, 1946–47, 1948–49, 1950–51, 1951–52, 1952–53
- King's Cup: (1)
- 1940–41
- Egypt
- Mediterranean Games:
- Silver: 1951
- Arab Games:
References
External links
- Yehia Emam on Olympedia
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