Ahmed Sayed

Zizo
Zizo with Egypt at the 2021 AFCON
Personal information
Full name Ahmed Mostafa Mohamed Sayed[1]
Date of birth (1996-01-10) 10 January 1996 (age 28)[2]
Place of birth Minya, Egypt
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[2]
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
Men's football
Representing  Egypt
Africa Cup of Nations
Runner-up 2021 Cameroon
*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.[3][4]

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.[5] He went onto make 72 appearances and score 49 goals in his first four seasons between 2014 and 2017 with Lierse.[3] In January 2017, Sayed joined Primeira Liga side Nacional on loan, with an option to buy, for the rest of the 2016–17 season.[6]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 29 December 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] 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[b] 0 0 0 24 1
2019–20 26 7 4 2 13 0 2 0 45 9
2020–21 33 9 4 1 5[c] 0 0 0 42 10
2021–22 30 19 3 1 6[c] 1 1[d] 1 40 21
2022–23 34 13 4 3 10[c] 6 0 0 48 22
2023–24 19 9 0 0 11[b] 4 0 0 30 13
2024–25 6 1 0 0 5[b] 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
  1. ^ Includes Belgian Cup, Taça de Portugal, Egypt Cup
  2. ^ a b c Appearances in CAF Confederation Cup
  3. ^ a b c Appearances in CAF Champions League
  4. ^ 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

Individual

References

  1. ^ "Egypt" (PDF). Confederation of African Football. 7 January 2022. p. 1. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
  2. ^ a b "FIFA Arab Cup Qatar 2021: List of players: Egypt" (PDF). FIFA. 4 December 2021. p. 3. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Egypt - Zizo - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
  4. ^ "Afcon 2021: Egypt XI to face Senegal - Salah, Elneny start, Ashour in for suspended Kamal | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  5. ^ "Waasland-Beveren vs. Lierse - 29 March 2014 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
  6. ^ "Nacional e Lierse acordam cedência de Zizo". C.D. Nacional. 22 January 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
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