Ibrahim Youssef
{{Short description|Egyptian footballer (1959–2013)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Ibrahim Youssef
| image = Ibrahim Youssef (footballer).jpg
| caption = Youssef with Zamalek SC in 1979
| full_name = Ibrahim Youssef Awadallah Mohamed
| birth_date = {{birth date|1959|1|1|df=y}}
| birth_place = Imbaba, Giza, Egypt
| death_date = {{death date and age|2013|7|10|1959|1|1|df=y}}
| death_place = Cairo, Egypt
| position = Defender
| years1 = 1975-1988
| clubs1 = Zamalek
| caps1 =
| goals1 =
| nationalyears1 = 1976–1988
| nationalteam1 = Egypt[https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/egy-youssef-intl.html Ibrahim Youssef - International Appearances]
| nationalcaps1 = 57
| nationalgoals1 = 4
| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's football}}
{{MedalCountry|{{fb|EGY}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|Mediterranean Games}}
{{MedalBronze|1983 Casablanca|}}
{{MedalCompetition|African Games}}
{{MedalGold|1987 Nairobi|}}
| youthclubs1 = Zamalek
}}
Ibrahim Youssef Awadallah Mohamed ({{langx|ar|إبراهيم يوسف عوض الله محمد}}; 1 January 1959 – 10 July 2013), nicknamed "Black Deer الغزال الاسمر", was an Egyptian football executive, former football player and police officer.{{cite web |url=http://en.starafrica.com/football/zamalek-legend-ibrahim-youssef-passes-away.html |title=Zamalek legend Ibrahim Youssef passes away |publisher=En.starafrica.com |date= |access-date=12 July 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222133730/http://en.starafrica.com/football/zamalek-legend-ibrahim-youssef-passes-away.html |archive-date=22 February 2014 }} He spent all of his football career with Zamalek. He also played for the Egypt national football team. Youssef won the Egyptian footballer of the year for several times. He was chosen the best Libero in 1984 African Cup of Nations.{{Cite web |last=MENA |date=2013-07-11 |title=Ibrahim Youssef, football great, dies |url=https://egyptindependent.com/ibrahim-youssef-football-great-dies/ |access-date=2024-05-12 |website=Egypt Independent |language=en-US}} He finished 2nd in the African footballer of the year by France Football in 1984, and 3rd in 1985.{{cite web |title=Ibrahim Youssef Biography and Statistics |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/yo/ibrahim-youssef-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110429030434/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/yo/ibrahim-youssef-1.html |archive-date=29 April 2011 |access-date=25 July 2009 |publisher=Sports Reference }}{{Cite web |last=Hatem Maher |date=11 July 2013 |title=Former Egypt and Zamalek star Ibrahim Youssef dies at 54 |url=https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsAFCON/2019/76225.aspx}}
He is considered the best Libero in Egypt's history.{{Cite web |last=وكالات |date=2013-07-11 |title=Zamalek legend Ibrahim Youssef dies |url=https://www.filgoal.com/articles/92454 |access-date=2024-05-12 |website=FilGoal.com |language=ar}} Youssef is included in MasterCard African Team of the 20th Century in 1998. After his retirement from football in 1988, he worked in sports management. He was elected as Zamalek's board member for several periods.{{cite web |date=15 May 1998 |title=Ramos, Balboa named to MasterCard CONCACAF 20th Century team. |url=http://www.soccertimes.com/international/1998/may15.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19990221145250/http://www.soccertimes.com/international/1998/may15.htm |archive-date=21 February 1999 |access-date=1 April 2020 |work=Soccer Times}}{{FIFA player|45961}}
Early life
Ibrahim Youssef was born in the Imbaba, Giza on 1 January 1959. He comes from a football family, as he is the younger brother of footballer El-Sayed, and the elder brother of footballer Ismail.{{Cite web |last=عمارة |first=أحمد |title=في ذكرى رحيله...شقيق إبراهيم يوسف يروي لـ"سبورت 360" مفارقات طريفة جمعته بالغزال داخل الملعب - سبورت 360 |url=https://arabic.sport360.com/article/arabfootball/%d9%83%d8%b1%d8%a9-%d9%85%d8%b5%d8%b1%d9%8a%d8%a9/962359/%d9%81%d9%8a-%d8%b0%d9%83%d8%b1%d9%89-%d8%b1%d8%ad%d9%8a%d9%84%d9%87-%d8%b4%d9%82%d9%8a%d9%82-%d8%a5%d8%a8%d8%b1%d8%a7%d9%87%d9%8a%d9%85-%d9%8a%d9%88%d8%b3%d9%81-%d9%8a%d8%b1%d9%88%d9%8a-%d9%84%d9%80%d8%b3%d8%a8%d9%88%d8%b1%d8%aa-360-%d9%85%d9%81%d8%a7%d8%b1%d9%82%d8%a7%d8%aa-%d8%b7%d8%b1%d9%8a%d9%81%d8%a9-%d8%ac%d9%85%d8%b9%d8%aa%d9%87-%d8%a8%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%ba%d8%b2%d8%a7%d9%84-%d8%af%d8%a7%d8%ae%d9%84-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d9%84%d8%b9%d8%a8 |access-date=2024-05-12 |website=arabic.sport360.com |language=ar}}
Career
=Club career=
Youssef started his career in Zamalek, which he played for throughout his entire career. He played for 13 years in Zamalek, he won the Egyptian Premier League for three times in (1977–78, 1983–84, 1987–88) seasons.
He also won with Zamalek the Egypt Cup for three times (1977, 1979, 1988). On the continental level, he won with Zamalek the CAF Champions League twice in (1984, 1986), as well as the Afro-Asian Club Championship in (1987).
=International career=
Youssef was called to the Egypt national football team for the 1976, 1980 and the 1984 African Cup of Nations. He also played for Egypt at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.{{cite web|publisher=Sports Reference |title=Ibrahim Youssef Biography and Statistics |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/yo/ibrahim-youssef-1.html |access-date=25 July 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110429030434/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/yo/ibrahim-youssef-1.html |archive-date=29 April 2011 }}{{FIFA player|45961}} In the 1986 African Cup of Nations, he was injured and did not play. Youssef played for Egypt in the 1983 Mediterranean Games, where his team won a bronze medal, and the 1984 African Cup of Nations, where Egypt finished in the fourth place. He won the gold medal with Egypt at the 1987 African Games.{{Cite web |date=15 October 2022 |title=حكاية نجم.. إبراهيم يوسف "غزال" الكرة المصرية |url=https://www.youm7.com/story/2022/10/15/%D8%AD%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D9%86%D8%AC%D9%85-%D8%A5%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%85-%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%81-%D8%BA%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B5%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A9/5940844 |access-date=19 March 2024 |website=اليوم السابع |language=ar}}
=Post football career=
Besides his career as a police officer in the Egyptian National Police, after his retirement from football in an early age due to his injury, Youssef coached the Egypt national under-17 football team and Zamalek for a brief period. Later, he worked in football management and became Zamalek's board member for more than a period.{{Cite web |date=15 October 2022 |title=حكاية نجم.. إبراهيم يوسف "غزال" الكرة المصرية |url=https://www.youm7.com/story/2022/10/15/%D8%AD%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D9%86%D8%AC%D9%85-%D8%A5%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%85-%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%81-%D8%BA%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B5%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A9/5940844 |access-date=19 March 2024 |website=اليوم السابع |language=ar}}
Death
Youssef died of a sudden heart attack at the age of 54 on 10 July 2013 in Cairo.{{cite web |last1=Maher |first1=Hatem |title=Former Egypt and Zamalek star Ibrahim Youssef dies at 54 |url=https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsAFCON/2019/76225.aspx |access-date=20 March 2024 |date=11 July 2013}} A military funeral service was held, attended by officers of the Ministry of Interior and the Police Sports Association, of which Youssef was a member, as well as his family and colleagues.{{Cite web |last=MENA |date=2013-07-11 |title=Ibrahim Youssef, football great, dies |url=https://egyptindependent.com/ibrahim-youssef-football-great-dies/ |access-date=2024-05-12 |website=Egypt Independent |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=عمارة |first=أحمد |title=في ذكرى رحيله...شقيق إبراهيم يوسف يروي لـ"سبورت 360" مفارقات طريفة جمعته بالغزال داخل الملعب - سبورت 360 |url=https://arabic.sport360.com/article/arabfootball/%d9%83%d8%b1%d8%a9-%d9%85%d8%b5%d8%b1%d9%8a%d8%a9/962359/%d9%81%d9%8a-%d8%b0%d9%83%d8%b1%d9%89-%d8%b1%d8%ad%d9%8a%d9%84%d9%87-%d8%b4%d9%82%d9%8a%d9%82-%d8%a5%d8%a8%d8%b1%d8%a7%d9%87%d9%8a%d9%85-%d9%8a%d9%88%d8%b3%d9%81-%d9%8a%d8%b1%d9%88%d9%8a-%d9%84%d9%80%d8%b3%d8%a8%d9%88%d8%b1%d8%aa-360-%d9%85%d9%81%d8%a7%d8%b1%d9%82%d8%a7%d8%aa-%d8%b7%d8%b1%d9%8a%d9%81%d8%a9-%d8%ac%d9%85%d8%b9%d8%aa%d9%87-%d8%a8%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%ba%d8%b2%d8%a7%d9%84-%d8%af%d8%a7%d8%ae%d9%84-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d9%84%d8%b9%d8%a8 |access-date=2024-05-12 |website=arabic.sport360.com |language=ar}}
Honours
Zamalek
- Egyptian Premier League: 1977–78, 1983–84, 1987–88
- Egypt Cup: 1976–77, 1978–79, 1987–88
- Egyptian Friendship Cup: 1986
- CAF Champions League: 1984, 1986
- Afro-Asian Club Championship: 1987
Egypt
Individual
- Best Egyptian footballer several times
- Best Libero in Africa Cup of Nations: 1984
- 2nd place - African footballer of the year by France Football: 1984
- 3rd place - African footballer of the year by France Football: 1985
- Considered the best Libero in Egypt's history
- MasterCard African Team of the 20th Century: 1998{{cite web |url=http://www.soccertimes.com/international/1998/may15.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19990221145250/http://www.soccertimes.com/international/1998/may15.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=21 February 1999 |title=Ramos, Balboa named to MasterCard CONCACAF 20th Century team. |work=Soccer Times|date=15 May 1998 |access-date=1 April 2020}}
References
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External links
- {{NFT player|pid=33115}}
- [http://elzamalek.org/main/group-games/92-football/21905-%D9%85%D9%86-%D9%87%D9%88-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%BA%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%B3%D9%85%D8%B1-%D8%A5%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%87%D9 Ibrahim Youssef's profile at the official website of Zamalek Sporting Club] {{in lang|ar}}
{{1984 Africa Cup of Nations Team of the Tournament}}
{{Egypt football squad 1984 Summer Olympics}}
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Category:Footballers from Giza
Category:Egyptian men's footballers
Category:Egypt men's international footballers
Category:Egyptian football managers
Category:Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Egypt
Category:Competitors at the 1983 Mediterranean Games
Category:Footballers at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic footballers for Egypt
Category:1976 African Cup of Nations players
Category:1984 African Cup of Nations players
Category:Egyptian Premier League players
Category:Men's association football defenders
Category:Mediterranean Games medalists in football