Abdulrahman Fawzi
Abdelrahman Fawzy () (August 11, 1909 – October 16, 1988) was an Egyptian professional football player and manager, who played as a centre forward. He played for Al-Masry SC and Zamalek SC (where he spent most of his career) as well as the Egypt national football team. He took part at the 1934 FIFA World Cup, where he scored twice for Egypt in their 4–2 loss against Hungary, which was the first time (and the only time before 1970) that an African team had competed at the FIFA World Cup. He was thus, the first African footballer to score at the World Cup. He would have been the first African to score a hat trick at the World Cup (a feat not yet achieved by any African footballer to date) but his third goal was disallowed. The Egyptian goalkeeper that day, Mustafa Mansour, later said: "When the game was 2–2, my colleague Fawzy took the ball from the centre and dribbled past all the Hungarian players to score a third goal. But the referee cancelled the goal as an offside!" Early life Fawzy was born in the Egyptian city Port Said, Khedivate of Egypt on 25 May 1911. Club career Al-Masry Fawzy began his career in 1928 with his hometown club, Al-Masry SC. He played with the club till 1934, a total of 6 seasons. He won with them the Sultan Hussein Cup 2 times (1933, 1934) and the Canal Zone League 3 times (1932, 1933, 1934). Zamalek In 1935, Fawzy moved to Cairo-based club Zamalek SC (then known as El Mokhtalat and then Farouk) where he spent most of his career, as he played there until his retirement in 1947, playing with them a total of 12 seasons. He won with them the Egypt Cup 5 times (1935, 1938, 1941, 1943, 1944) and the Cairo League 5 times (1939–40, 1940–41, 1943–44, 1944–45, 1946–47). International career Fawzy played for the Egypt national team. He was among the team that competed in the 1934 World Cup qualifiers, in which Egypt won 11–2 on aggregate of the two matches against the Mandatory Palestine national team, with seven goals in the match that was held in Cairo, which ended with a score of 7–1 and four goals in the match that was held in Jerusalem, which ended with a score of 4–1, with Fawzy scoring the fourth goal for Egypt. At the 1934 FIFA World Cup, Fawzy participated in the match against Hungary and scored two goals as the match ended 4–2 in favor of Hungary. Mustafa Mansour, Egypt's goalkeeper at that match, stated that Fawzy scored the third goal for Egypt, when the result was a 2–2 tie between the two teams, but the referee canceled it for an offside offence despite him playing the ball from the centre of the field. Fawzy is the first ever African footballer to score at the FIFA World Cup. He is also Egypt's top goalscorer at the World Cup with 2 goals. Managerial career In