Adam El-Abd

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Adam El-Abd
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El-Abd in 2011
Personal information
Full name Adam Mohamad El-Abd[1]
Date of birth (1984-09-11) 11 September 1984 (age 39)[1]
Place of birth Brighton, England
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Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Gillingham
(on loan from Bristol City)
Number 34
Youth career
1994–2003 Brighton & Hove Albion
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2014 Brighton & Hove Albion 300 (5)
2003 → Bognor Regis Town (loan) 2 (0)
2014– Bristol City 14 (0)
2014–2015 → Bury (loan) 24 (1)
2015–2016 → Swindon Town (loan) 13 (0)
2016 → Gillingham (loan) 1 (0)
International career‡
2012–2013 Egypt 7 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 February 2016 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:34, 10 September 2013 (UTC)

Adam Mohamad El-Abd (born 11 September 1984) is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for Gillingham, on loan from Bristol City, and the Egypt national team. El-Abd previously played for Brighton & Hove Albion for 11 years.

Early and personal life

Born in Brighton, East Sussex,[1] to an Egyptian father and a British mother, El-Abd holds dual-nationality. His older brother Joe plays professional rugby union and is currently playing for Oyonnax in France. His younger brother Sami was an apprentice at Brighton, before moving to non-League football with Crawley Town, Hayes & Yeading United, Whitehawk and Bognor Regis Town.

Club career

El-Abd joined Brighton's youth department when he was ten and was granted a scholarship there at 16. He signed his first professional contract of two-and-a-half years with Brighton & Hove Albion at the age of 19. He made his full league début for the club in the 2-1 win at Notts County in November 2003. He has since been a regular in the first team squad and can play either in defence at right-back or centre-half, or in a more defensive midfield type role.

During the game at Huddersfield Town on 18 March 2008, El-Abd was stretchered off with medial collateral ligament damage and ruled out for the remainder of the season.[2]

In June 2008, El-Abd signed a new two-year deal with Brighton.[3] He won the Brighton & Hove Albion Player of the Season award for their League One winning 2010-11 campaign.

El-Abd hit the milestone of 250 league appearances for Brighton and Hove Albion on 7 March 2012, named Man of the Match for that game, a 2-2 draw with Cardiff City. El-Abd made his 300th and final league appearance for Brighton coming on as a 90th-minute substitute against Birmingham City on 11 January 2014.

On 16 January 2014, El-Abd transferred to League One club Bristol City for an undisclosed fee.[4]

International career

El-Abd stated in a 2005 interview with EgyptianPlayers.com that he intends to play for the Egyptian national side if he gets the call.[5]

On 15 May 2012, and for the first time, Egypt national team coach Bob Bradley included El-Abd in the squad for friendly games against Cameroon, Togo, and Senegal, and also against Mozambique in a FIFA World Cup Qualifier.[6]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ Ligament damage following Huddersfield match, March 2008: from an article at the 4TheGame.com website. Retrieved on 4 March 2008
  3. ↑ El-Abd Signs New Deal Brighton & Hove Albion F.C., 5 June 2008. Retrieved 5 June 2008
  4. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  5. ↑ "El-Abd Walks Like an Egyptian!": an interview at the EgyptianPlayers.com website. Retrieved on 4 March 2008.
  6. ↑ "Brighton's Adam El-Abd included in Egypt's squad". Retrieved on 15 May 2012.

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