Ahmed Mostafa (footballer, born 1997)

Ahmed Mostafa
Personal information
Full name	Ahmed Mostafa Kotb
Date of birth	21 October 1997 (age 26)
Place of birth	Saudi Arabia
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team	Smouha
Senior career*
Years	Team
2017–2018	Petrojet
2017–2018	→ El Dakhleya (loan)
2018–2020	Gent
2019	→ Smouha (loan)
2019–2020	→ Abha (loan)
2020	→ Al-Adalah (loan)
2020–2022	Ismaily
2022–	Smouha
2023–2024	→ Al-Okhdood (loan)
International career‡
2017	Egypt U20
2018–	Egypt U23
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:52, 8 May 2019 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:52, 8 May 2019 (UTC)

Ahmed Mostafa Kotb (born 21 October 1997) is an Egyptian footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Egyptian Premier League club Smouha.

Professional career

Mostafa joined Gent on 31 May 2018 from Petrojet for a fee around $550,000.^[2] Mostafa made his professional debut with Gent in a 3–0 Belgian First Division A win over Cercle Brugge on 2 September 2018.^[3] On 25 January 2019, Mostafa was loaned out to Smouha SC for the rest of the season in order for him get some valuable match experience.^[4] Mostafa had struggled for game time, featuring just eight minutes with the first-team. He later played in Saudi Arabia for Abha and Al-Adalah, before returning to Egypt to sign for Ismaily.^[5]