Back محمد صلاح Arabic محمد صلاح ARY محمد صلاح (لعيب كورة قدم) ARZ Mohamed Salah AST Məhəmməd Salah AZ محمد صلاح AZB Махамед Салах BE Магамэд Саляг BE-X-OLD Мохамед Салах Bulgarian মোহাম্মদ সালাহ Bengali/Bangla
 Salah with Egypt at the 2018 FIFA World Cup | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Mohamed Salah Hamed Mahrous Ghaly[1] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 15 June 1992[2] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Nagrig, Basyoun, Egypt[3] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Right winger, forward | |||||||||||||||||||
| Team information | ||||||||||||||||||||
Current team | Liverpool | |||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 11 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2004–2005 | Ittihad Basyoun | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2006 | Othmason Tanta | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2010 | Al Mokawloon | |||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2012 | Al Mokawloon | 37 | (11) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2014 | Basel | 47 | (9) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2016 | Chelsea | 13 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | → Fiorentina (loan) | 16 | (6) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | → Roma (loan) | 34 | (14) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | Roma | 31 | (15) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2017– | Liverpool | 266 | (170) | |||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | Egypt U20 | 11 | (3) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | Egypt U23 | 11 | (4) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2011– | Egypt | 103 | (59) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:31, 22 December 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:00, 11 October 2024 (UTC) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Mohamed Salah Hamed Mahrous Ghaly (Egyptian Arabic: محمد صلاح حامد محروس غالي, pronounced [mæˈħam.mæd sˤɑˈlɑːħ ˈɣæːli];[4] born 15 June 1992), known as Mohamed Salah or Mo Salah, is an Egyptian professional footballer who plays as a right winger or forward for Liverpool and captains the Egypt national team. Widely regarded as one of the best players of his generation and one of the greatest African players of all time, he is known for his clinical finishing, dribbling, speed, and playmaking abilities.[5][6][7][8][9]
Salah began his senior career in 2010 at Al Mokawloon, departing in 2012 to join Basel, where he won two Swiss Super League titles. In 2014, he joined Chelsea for a reported fee of £11 million, but limited gametime led to successive loans to Fiorentina and Roma, who later signed him permanently for €15 million. In the 2016–17 season, Salah was a key figure in Roma's unsuccessful title bid, reaching double figures in both goals and assists. In 2017, Salah moved to Liverpool for £36.9 million, a club record at the time. In his first season, he set the record for most Premier League goals scored (32) in a 38-game season and helped Liverpool to the 2018 UEFA Champions League final. Having formed a formidable attacking trio with Roberto Firmino and Sadio Mané, Salah went on to be an integral player in the club's Champions League and Premier League title successes in the following two seasons. He has since also won the FA Cup, EFL Cup, FA Community Shield, UEFA Super Cup and the FIFA Club World Cup.
Salah has achieved numerous individual accolades, including two PFA Players' Player of the Year awards, three Premier League Golden Boots, the Premier League Player of the Season, the Premier League Playmaker of the Season, finished third for the Best FIFA Men's Player in 2018 and 2021, and finished fifth in the 2019 and 2022 Ballon d'Or, respectively. He received the 2018 FIFA Puskás Award for his winning strike in the first Merseyside derby of the 2017–18 season. In 2023, Salah became Liverpool's Premier League top goalscorer, and also became the fifth player to score 200 goals for the club.
At international level, Salah represented Egypt at youth level before making his senior debut in 2011. Following his performances at the 2012 Summer Olympics, he was named CAF Most Promising African Talent of the Year. Since then, he finished as runner-up in the 2017 and 2021 Africa Cup of Nations, and was top scorer during CAF qualification as Egypt qualified for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Salah was named CAF African Footballer of the Year (2017 and 2018), BBC African Footballer of the Year (2017 and 2018), and was selected in the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations Team of the Tournament, 2021 Africa Cup of Nations Team of the Tournament and the CAF Team of the Year on several occasions.
Salah is regarded as a symbol of national pride in Egypt for his achievements[10][11] and was named in Time magazine's list of the 100 most influential people in 2019.[12] Salah has also been credited for raising the profile of Liverpool among Egyptians.[13][14] To Egyptians, Salah is known as the "Fourth Pyramid".[15][16] Favoured across the Arab world, Salah is often known as the "Pride of the Arabs".[17][18]
- ^ a b "FIFA Club World Cup Qatar 2019: List of Players: Liverpool FC" (PDF). FIFA. 21 December 2019. p. 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 January 2020. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ^ "Mohamed Salah". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
- ^ Rabie, Hossam (6 June 2018). "Egyptian soccer star's village has mixed feelings about native son". Al-Monitor. Archived from the original on 26 May 2020. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
- ^ "الأسطورة محمد صلاح في لقاء تاريخي مع الإعلامية إسعاد يونس | الجزء الأول" [The legend, Mohamed Salah, in a historic meeting with the media, Esaad Younes | part One] (in Egyptian Arabic). DMC. 4 March 2022. Archived from the original on 3 August 2023. Retrieved 3 August 2023 – via YouTube.
- ^ "Who is Ramy Abbas Issa? Clients, relationship with Mohamed Salah". 90min. 8 April 2022. Archived from the original on 19 October 2022. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
- ^ "Salah is the best player in the world at this moment in time". BBC Sport. 2 December 2021. Archived from the original on 2 April 2023. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
- ^ Fish, Hal (1 October 2024). "20 Greatest African Players in Football History Ranked". GiveMeSport.com. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
- ^ Ben Hayward (28 November 2023). "Best wingers in football history". fourfourtwo.com. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
- ^ Mitton, Alex (19 August 2024). "Ranking the 9 greatest wingers in football history". GiveMeSport. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
- ^ "More than a footballer: Mohamed Salah's profound impact in Egypt". This is Anfield. Archived from the original on 1 April 2023. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
- ^ "How Mohamed Salah managed the impossible: to unite Egypt". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 1 April 2023. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
- ^ "Egypt and Liverpool star Mohamed Salah included in Time's 2019 influential people list". Arab News. Archived from the original on 1 April 2023. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
- ^ "Liverpool growing in Egypt thanks to Salah". Be Soccer. Archived from the original on 1 April 2023. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
- ^ "The view from Egypt: 'When Salah plays for LFC, the country stops to watch'". Liverpool F.C. 29 June 2019. Archived from the original on 1 April 2023. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
- ^ "Mohamed Salah, The 'Fourth Pyramid of Egypt'". Scorum. Archived from the original on 16 June 2023. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
- ^ "Egypt's 'fourth pyramid' Mohamed Salah: 'He is one of us'". Middle East Eye. Archived from the original on 16 June 2023. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
- ^ "Pride of the Arabs: Mo, morality, and memes". Mada Masr. Archived from the original on 19 October 2023. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
- ^ "Mo Salah and Aboutrika Spark a Debate About Religion". New Lines Magazine. Archived from the original on 1 September 2023. Retrieved 1 September 2023.