He began his football career in his hometown of Giza in an academy, then after that he joined a small club in Helwan called Siegwart, after which he joined the ranks of Tersana in the 2003 team.
Makhlouf's level made him promoted to the first team at Tersana, as the player is distinguished by his great height, and this made some compare the young player to Al-Ahly's first goalkeeper, Mohamed El Shenawy.
Makhlouf talked about joining Al-Ahly club, saying: “Al-Ahly negotiated with me after a video I sent to the coach of the 2003 team in Al-Ahly, who was impressed by my abilities. The video was shown to Khaled Bebo, director of the youth sector, who was enthusiastic about contracting with me, and I did not think about any other offers, the most important of which was Zamalek.” And Pharco, but my family and I belong to Al Ahly Club, so I did not think about other offers.”
The Belgian Michel Iannacone, Al Ahly club’s goalkeeping coach, commented on the reason for hiring Mostafa Makhlouf to join the first team: “Mostafa Makhlouf has the abilities and capabilities of a good goalkeeper and is going well in training.
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International
Mostafa, the goalkeeper of the first football team at Al-Ahly Club, announced that he will join the Egypt national football team during the June 2023 camp, in preparation for the matches against Guinea and South Sudan.
Mustafa Makhlouf wrote on his official account on the social networking site “Facebook”: “Thank God I joined the national first team.”
Rui Vitoria, the ex coach of the Egyptian national team, had previously announced that he would include some players from the 2003 team during June 2023 camp.
Ahmed Nader Hawash, the player for Enppi Club, revealed that he received a call-up to join the Egyptian national team during the June 2023 camp.[5]
