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Egyptian football legend Essam El-Hadary the best goalkeeper in Africa

Essam El Din Kamal Tawfik El Hadary, goalkeeper of Egypt's football team and goalkeeper in Egypt, has become the talk of Egyptians and the whole world after his success in the Egyptian team to the final of Africa, breaking all records.

Who was born in the village of Kafr al-Batikh in the governorate of Damietta on January 15, 1973, has a length of 1.88 meters and a weight of 86 kg.

The legendary guard has a long story of determination, challenge, strong will and determination. He started in 1995 and Fikri Salih tells, former Egypt goalkeeper and Wadi Degla club.

Fakhri Saleh says that he was the first to discover Essam Al Hadari, during his training for the Egyptian Olympic team in 1995. Al-Hadari was 22 years old and was a guard for the Damietta Club, which plays in the second division. It was then that Captain Mohammed Al Basati The coach of Damietta goalkeeper told him that he has a guard "good and promising material", asking him to see him and see him on the ground, adding that he rode his car and traveled from Ismailia to Damietta to watch the match with Mars in the second class, which ended Mars victory without a response and saw himself shine Urban so immediately decided to join him for the team Olympic-sized.
He added: "I told the Dutch coach Ruud Krol, the coach of the Olympic team at the time Bhdmi al-Hadhari and ranked tenth, among other guards, notably Abdul Wahid Al-Sayed, Zamalek goalkeeper Mustafa Kemal, Ahmed Suleiman, the guard of contractors and coach Ahli guards currently, and during the exercises dazzled Urban efficiency and ability to And I decided to choose the goalkeeper of the Olympic team in the playoff match qualifying for the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta with Nigeria. The first match in Lagos ended with Nigeria winning three goals for two goals and Egypt was enough to win the return game. Ziv and Hazem Emam already guess the target of Egypt and almost the game ends so that the Nigerian team realized the equalizer in the final minutes and climb to the Olympics and win soccer gold after defeating Argentina 3-2. "
Saleh pointed out that after the end of the game and during the departure of players from the camp at the Olympic Center in Maadi, Ahli club delegates in the camp and the doors of the room and accompanied him with his bag of clothes for the club and decided to sign him officially and joined the team, to write since that moment a date with the Red Devils continued until his departure from Club in 2008 ".

The coach of the guards that the urban and after returning from his professional career was to join the club and the Tigris and training under his leadership, especially as he was coach in the first team during the tenure of Captain Mahmood al-Gohari technical leadership, but preferred to join the Ismaili and then Zamalek to reserve his place in the protection of the national team The Pharaohs, adding that with the emergence of young goalkeepers and urban progress in the old urban away from the team for long periods.
Fakri Saleh explains the secret of Issam Al-Hadari's brilliance so far, despite his arrival at the age of 44. He says that two and a half years ago he joined Hadi and started training under my leadership. His insistence on playing in the stadium so far is his desire to participate in the 2018 World Cup and realize his dream. The current generation of players of the Egyptian team, adding that the urban and during the exercise is characterized by determination and will and strength and maintain its flexibility and flexibility efficiently and competently, it exercises before half an hour and exercises flexibility and lengthening and continues even after the training exercises alone to address the Rat and occasional fixed penalty kicks during his training under my leadership in the valley of the Tigris I work statistics for goalkeepers team during last season kept urban clean sheet in 16 games and saved for 5 penalty kicks from 7 calculated on the team.

He says he is staying for long periods in his old apartment in Nasr City, leaving his family in his own villa in the city of October 6 and in the bathroom of his apartment he must keep In the snow for half an hour a day even in the winter, and the reason that the muscles and with age lose their vitality and grace and flexibility, but the snow keeps them and keep them in a state of full flexibility and agility even with age and this is the secret of the urban province to thicken despite his arrival Recommended for ages 44 and over.

Fikri Saleh pointed out that Al-Hadri follows a strict and cruel diet that never exceeds him, and with his determination and iron determination he managed to lose weight 8 kg in just 3 weeks until he remains fully fit and resilient. He has accepted the choices of coach Hector Cooper and the coach Ahmed Nagi For the guards of Egypt before participating in the current African Nations Championship, Al-Hadari was the third goalkeeper after Ahmed Al-Shennawi goalkeeper of Zamalek and Sherif Ikrami Ahli goalkeeper did not object to or reject or tarnish despite his long history with the team and the many championships he has won.
He says: "Predestinations want to get the two main guards and participate Urban essential to dazzle the whole world and force the French coach Reinhard bending to him in recognition of his will and determination and ability to continue this efficiency and strength, despite the progress of his life.

The coach of Egypt's former guard and coach of the Tigris Valley concludes: Urban is a model of determination and challenge for all current and future generations. He insists on achieving his dream of reaching the 2018 World Cup in Russia. What Urban does is that it is not impossible for us as long as we have the will and determination and trust and faith.