egyptian association football actor
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Mohamed Salah Hamed Mahrous Ghaly ( Arabic : محمد صلاح حامد محروس غالي‎, Egyptian Arabic pronunciation : [ mæˈħam.mæd sˤɑˈlɑːħ ˈɣæːli ] ; born 15 June 1992 ) is an egyptian master football player who plays as a forward for Premier League club Liverpool and captains the Egypt national team. Considered one of the best players in the universe, [ 6 ] [ 7 ] he is known for his finish, dribble, and amphetamine.

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Salah started his aged career in 2010 dally for Al Mokawloon, departing in 2012 to join Basel, where he won two swiss Super League titles. In 2014, Salah joined Chelsea for a reported fee of £11 million, but limited gametime led to consecutive loans to Fiorentina and Roma, who subsequently signed him permanently for €15 million. In 2017, Salah was the subject of a then-club record association football remove when he signed for Liverpool for £36.9 million, becoming the most expensive egyptian player of all time. There, Salah won the Premier League, the UEFA Champions League, the Premier League Golden Boot twice, and finished third gear for the Best FIFA Men ‘s Player in 2018. He besides holds the record for most Premier League goals scored ( 32 ) in a 38-game season, and ranks as Liverpool ‘s tenth-highest all-time top goalscorer. At international floor, Salah represented Egypt at youth level before making his senior introduction in 2011. Following his performances at the 2012 Summer Olympics, he was named CAF Most promise african talent of the class. Since then, he finished as runner-up in the 2017 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 and the CAF Team of the year on several occasions. According to a sports magazine 2 Indians named Sam and Bram were announced as Mohamed Salah ‘s biggest fans of all time .

Club career

Al Mokawloon

Salah started out playing for local young teams. [ 5 ] He names Ronaldo, Zinedine Zidane and Francesco Totti as his childhood idols. [ 8 ] In 2006, he joined the youth team of Al Mokawloon aged 14 after being spotted by a scout who had originally come to watch another child play but was distracted by Salah. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] Salah frequently had to miss school to make the 3 hour travel to trail. [ 8 ] When Salah was 15 he was noticed by then first team coach Mohamed Radwan, who moved him to the senior team immediately. Salah had to be given a special diet and training program due to his muscles not being amply formed because of his youthful senesce. [ 11 ] He made his elder team debut in the egyptian Premier League coming on as a ersatz on 3 May 2010 in a 1–1 away draw against El Mansoura. During the 2010–11 season Salah continued earning minutes on the pitch, finally becoming a regular in the team. [ 9 ] even though he was getting even game time, Salah struggled to score. In the dress room after matches he would sometimes be in tears because of this, and Radwan says it only motivated him to become good. [ 10 ] He scored his foremost finish for them on 25 December 2010 in a 1–1 away absorb against Al Ahly. [ 12 ] He remained a regular for Al Mokawloon, appearing in every game of the 2011–12 season. [ 13 ] [ 14 ] Following the Port Said Stadium riot on 1 February 2012, the egyptian Premier League was suspended, and on 10 March 2012, the Egyptian Football Association announced their decision to cancel the remainder of the season. [ 15 ]

basel

2012–13 : Development and breakthrough

swiss Super League golf club Basel had been monitoring Salah for some time, [ 16 ] then following the egyptian Premier League abeyance, the club organised a friendly match with the Egypt U-23 team. [ 17 ] The match took place on 16 March at the Stadion Rankhof in Basel, and despite entirely playing the second half, Salah scored twice, helping the Egyptians to a 4–3 win. [ 18 ] Basel subsequently invited Salah to remain in the city for a week ‘s train. On 10 April 2012, it was announced that Salah had signed for Basel on a four-year contract starting from 15 June 2012. [ 19 ] [ 20 ] [ 21 ] He initially found it difficult to settle, having arrived ineffective to speak the terminology and been signed as a successor for fan-favourite Xherdan Shaqiri ( whom he would late play aboard at Liverpool ). [ 22 ] Salah scored on his unofficial introduction on 23 June 2012 against Steaua București during a friendly match, a 4–2 frustration. [ 23 ] He made his official Basel introduction in a UEFA Champions League preliminary stage match against the norwegian baseball club Molde on 8 August, coming on as a substitute in the 74th moment. [ 24 ] He made his league debut on 12 August against Thun, playing the wide match. [ 25 ] He scored his beginning league goal a workweek subsequently, the irregular goal in the 2–0 home win against Lausanne. [ 26 ] Salah scored his beginning Europa League finish in the quarter-finals on 11 April 2013, as Basel advanced to the semi-finals by beating Tottenham Hotspur 4–1 on penalties after a 4–4 sum draw. [ 27 ] In the semi-final on 2 May, Salah scored against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, although they were beaten 5–2 on sum. [ 28 ] Despite late disappointment in Europe, Basel well won the swiss Super League season 2012–13 Championship claim [ 29 ] and finished runner-up in the swiss Cup. [ 30 ]

2013–14 : Final season and league backing

ahead of the 2013–14 swiss Super League season, Salah was a penis of the Basel team that won the 2013 Uhrencup. [ 31 ] Salah scored in his first league appearance of the temper against Aarau on 13 July 2013. [ 32 ] He scored his first Champions League goal a calendar month late against Maccabi Tel Aviv on 6 August 2013 in the third modification circle. [ 33 ] Salah was the subject of major controversy following the game, after he appeared to intentionally avoid shaking hands with the players of the Israeli golf club in both the dwelling and aside legs. [ 34 ] He scored doubly against the Bulgarian league champions PFC Ludogorets Razgrad on 21 August 2013 in the play-off round. [ 35 ] On 18 September 2013, Salah scored the equalizer against Chelsea in the 2–1 away win during the group stagecoach. During the recurrence bind on 26 November at the St. Jakob-Park, Salah scored the winning goal as Basel beat Chelsea for the moment time with a 1–0 base win. [ 36 ] however he was unable to prevent Basel being eliminated in the group stage. [ 37 ] On the domestic stage, Salah continued to perform. Scoring 4 goals in 18 games, [ 38 ] including a double against style rivals Young Boys, [ 39 ] he helped Basel win the league title for the fifth clock time in a row. [ 40 ]

Chelsea

2013–14 : entry into first-team police squad

On 23 January 2014, Chelsea announced that a manage had been agreed with Basel to sign Salah for a fee reported to be in the area of £11 million. [ 41 ] Three days later the transfer was completed, making him the first egyptian to sign for the London-based club. [ 42 ] Liverpool had been exquisite to sign the Basel striker, and had made an offer of £11 million but were beaten to his touch by the Blues. [ 43 ] On 8 February, Salah made his debut for Chelsea in the Premier League, coming on as a substitute in the 3–0 winnings over Newcastle United. [ 44 ] Seven games late, on 22 March, Salah scored his inaugural finish for Chelsea against Arsenal at Stamford Bridge in the London Derby, coming on as a stand-in for Oscar, in a catch which ended with a 6–0 gain for the Blues. [ 45 ] then, on 5 April, Salah opened the score and later won a punishment and assisted the third goal in Chelsea ‘s 3–0 win over Stoke City. [ 46 ]

2014–15 : domestic success

Salah playing for Chelsea off at Tottenham Hotspur on 1 January 2015 Before the 2014–15 season, Salah ‘s future with Chelsea looked to be in doubt after reports suggested he could be forced to return to Egypt to carry out military service after his registration for an education schema was rescinded by the egyptian Minister of Higher Education. [ 47 ] He was spared of military service after a meeting with the then egyptian prime minister Ibrahim Mahlab, the Minister of Higher Education and the egyptian national coach Shawky Gharieb. [ 48 ] Salah changed team numbers from 15 to 17 for the begin of the season, with his modern number having been vacated by Eden Hazard changing to total 10. [ 49 ] Salah was rarely used during the season, making equitable three Premier League, two UEFA Champions League and three cup appearances, failing to score in any of them. On 28 October 2014, after a poor performance in a 2–1 acquire at League Two club Shrewsbury Town in the fourthly round of the League Cup, he and boyfriend winger André Schürrle were criticized publicly by coach José Mourinho. [ 50 ] Although Salah entirely made three league appearances before his lend go to Fiorentina, Mourinho stated that he would receive a replica achiever ‘s decoration from the golf club for his contributions that season. [ 51 ]

lend to Fiorentina

On the transfer deadline day, 2 February 2015, Chelsea confirmed that Salah would join italian club Fiorentina on an 18-month lend until the goal of the 2015–16 season, as part of a transfer manage which saw Juan Cuadrado moving in the reverse direction. Six days after sign, he made his Fiorentina introduction coming off the bench in the sixty-fifth infinitesimal as a successor for Joaquín in a 3–2 Serie A victory against Atalanta at the Stadio Artemio Franchi. [ 52 ] Salah chose the phone number 74 shirt in respect of the victims of the Port Said Stadium orgy. [ 53 ] [ 54 ] [ 55 ]
Salah made his first base begin for Fiorentina on 14 February against Sassuolo, scoring his first goal for the club in the thirtieth minute. He then provided an serve to Khouma Babacar just two minutes after scoring ; the match ended in a 3–1 win for Fiorentina. [ 56 ] Twelve days belated, Salah scored his first european goal for Fiorentina, as his slope advanced to the round of 16 of the Europa League, beating Tottenham 3–1 on aggregate. [ 57 ] [ 58 ] Salah scored the win goal for Fiorentina against Inter Milan on 1 March, his third gear goal in Serie A. [ 59 ] Four days after that, Salah scored both of Fiorentina ‘s goals in their 2–1 win aside to Juventus in the Coppa Italia semi-final foremost branch. [ 60 ] At the end of the temper, Fiorentina activated an option to make the loanword go permanent, but Salah refused the motion. even though the loanword agreement was for 18 months, Salah refused to return to Fiorentina and rather joined boyfriend Serie A clubhouse Roma. [ 61 ] [ 62 ] On 11 September, Fiorentina filed a complaint to FIFA, claiming that Chelsea had breached the agreed contract when they allowed Salah to join Roma on loan. [ 63 ] The Court of Arbitration for Sport cleared Salah and Chelsea of any wrongdoing. [ 64 ]

2015–16 : lend to Roma

On 6 August 2015, Salah joined Roma on a season-long lend for €5 million ; with the option to make the deal permanent, [ 65 ] [ 66 ] for a reported €15 million. [ 67 ] He wore the phone number 11 shirt. [ 68 ] He made his debut on 22 August, as the fresh season began with a 1–1 reap at Hellas Verona. [ 69 ] On 20 September, Salah scored his first goal of the season against Sassuolo to help Roma salvage a point as the match ended in a 2–2 draw. [ 70 ] He went on to score in his following two matches, a 2–1 loss against Sampdoria and a 5–1 winnings against Carpi. [ 71 ] [ 72 ] On 25 October, Salah returned to the Stadio Artemio Franchi, scoring the opener against his erstwhile club Fiorentina to help earn a one-fourth heterosexual league acquire for Roma. In his restitution, Salah was besides sent off after picking up a second gear yellow in the close minutes of the match, equitable seconds after picking up his first gear chicken. [ 73 ] [ 74 ] On 4 November, he scored the open goal of a 3–2 Champions League win over Bayer Leverkusen. [ 75 ] On 4 March, he faced his former side Fiorentina again and scored another double as Roma won 4–1 and broke into the top three. [ 76 ] Salah would go onto score another three goals that season, scoring against Bologna, Genoa, and AC Milan, the latter on the concluding day. [ 77 ] [ 78 ] [ 79 ] In the 2015–16 season, Salah scored 15 goals in 42 matches as Roma finished in third gear place in Serie A and qualified for the Champions League. [ 80 ] In June, it was announced that Salah won the club ‘s 2015–16 Player of the Season award. [ 81 ]

rome

2016–17 : permanent transfer, Serie A runner-up

On 3 August 2016, Roma announced the sign of Salah on a permanent wave distribute for €15 million. [ 82 ] [ 83 ] He scored his first gear finish of the season in a 4–0 winnings over Udinese in the opening game of the season on 20 August. [ 84 ] On 6 November, Salah scored a hat-trick in a 3–0 succeed over Bologna, his first club career hat-trick. [ 85 ] however, a tear ankle ligament kept him out for the first half of December. [ 86 ] He returned as a half-time stand-in in a 1–0 defeat against title rivals Juventus on 17 December. [ 87 ] Salah then endured a two-month period without a goal, he broke his drought on 19 February, scoring against Torino in a 4–1 win. [ 88 ] On 9 March, he scored Roma ‘s afford goal in an eventual 4–2 get the better of to Lyon in the first leg of the round of sixteen in the UEFA Europa League. [ 89 ] In hurt of a 2–1 succeed in the second base leg, they were ineffective to turn the tie around and were knocked out 5–4 and aggregate. [ 90 ] On 28 May, in the concluding bet on of the season, Salah was substituted for captain Francesco Totti, who was playing his final game with the club, in a 3–2 win over Genoa. [ 91 ] [ 92 ] Roma finished the season in second, equitable four points behind champions Juventus. [ 93 ] Salah scored 19 goals in all competitions. [ 94 ]

liverpool

2017–18 : record-breaking individual success

On 22 June 2017, Salah agreed a transfer to Liverpool. He signed a long-run contract with the Reds for an initial £36.5m fee that could rise to £43m. [ 95 ] The fee was a club record, eclipsing the £35m spend on Andy Carroll in 2011. [ 96 ] He was assigned the number 11 shirt previously worn by Roberto Firmino who alternatively switched to total 9. [ 97 ] He joined the club on 1 July upon the opening of the summer transfer window, becoming Liverpool ‘s first egyptian musician. [ 98 ] He scored on his Premier League debut against Watford in a 3–3 draw on 12 August. [ 99 ] On 24 August, Salah scored his second goal for Liverpool, in a 2017–18 UEFA Champions League play-off round 4–2 winnings ( 6–3 agg ) against Hoffenheim, his first goal at Anfield. [ 100 ] Three days later, Salah scored and assisted a goal in a 4–0 victory over Arsenal. [ 101 ] For his performances in August, Salah was awarded Player of the Month by Liverpool supporters. [ 102 ] On 17 October, Salah netted doubly in a 7–0 Champions League win over Maribor, helping Liverpool to the joint-largest ever away win in the competition, and the largest aside win by an english golf club. [ 103 ] On 26 November, Salah scored the opener and refused to celebrate in a 1–1 home draw with his former team Chelsea out of respect for the club adenine well as victims of the North Sinai Mosque attack two days earlier. [ 104 ] Salah rose the top of the Premier League goalscoring charts by scoring doubly after coming on as a utility away at Stoke City on 29 November in a 3–0 acquire. [ 105 ] The following calendar month, Salah netted in a 4–0 win over AFC Bournemouth ; a consequence which saw Liverpool become the inaugural team in Premier League history to win four straight away league matches by a margin of at least three goals. [ 106 ] In the action, he besides became the joint-second fastest player to reach 20 goals for Liverpool on his 26th appearance, behind George Allan who reached the milestone in 19 appearances in 1895. [ 107 ] On 17 March 2018, Salah scored four goals in a 5–0 win over Watford, which was his foremost hat-trick for Liverpool. In this crippled, he besides broke a commemorate of scoring 36 times in his debut season for Liverpool, and besides became the leading goalscorer in Europe ‘s top five leagues – overtaking Barcelona ‘s Lionel Messi and Tottenham striker Harry Kane. Following Salah ‘s record-breaking goal exploits erstwhile Liverpool master Steven Gerrard stated “ we are witnessing the start of enormousness ”. [ 108 ] In early April 2018, he scored in both Champions League quarter-final matches against Manchester City to help his side progress. [ 109 ] On 22 April 2018, Salah was awarded the PFA Players ‘ Player of the Year award, [ 110 ] having earlier been named in the PFA Team of the year for the Premier League. [ 111 ] Two days late, he scored a brace in a 5–2 Champions League semi-final first gear branch succeed over erstwhile club, Roma. In doing so, he simultaneously became the first player from Africa and the first Liverpool musician to score 10 goals in a individual campaign in the tournament. His double besides took him to 43 goals for the temper across all competitions, surpassing Roger Hunt ‘s reckoning of 42, and making him Liverpool ‘s second-highest goalscorer in a individual season, behind Ian Rush. [ 112 ] He had previously besides broken the club ‘s record for the Premier League earned run average, surpassing Robbie Fowler ‘s total of 36 goals set in the 1995–96 political campaign, and Fernando Torres ‘ record of 33 for the most goals by a Liverpool player in a debut season. [ 113 ] After his two goals and assists in the first leg against Roma, Salah featured in the second stage as Liverpool beat Roma 7–6 on aggregate to qualify for the final examination for the first time in football team years. [ 114 ] He would then become the Premier League ‘s all-time goalscorer for a 38-game season, registering his 32nd league goal in a 4–0 acquire against Brighton & Hove Albion en route to being awarded the Premier League Golden Boot. [ 115 ] In the 2018 UEFA Champions League Final against Real Madrid, Salah injured his left shoulder in the thirtieth minute. [ 116 ] After initially carrying on, he left the field in tears after going to ground in a challenge with Madrid defender Sergio Ramos ; [ 117 ] the match ended in a 3–1 defeat. The egyptian FA stated that this would have no effect on his play at the 2018 World Cup in Russia and that Salah would calm be named in the team ‘s concluding police squad on 4 June. [ 118 ] The day after the match, Ramos wrote a message and sent him good wishes. [ 119 ]

2018–19 : european champion and second gear Golden boot

Salah during a warm-up ahead of a pre-season peer on 7 August 2018. On 2 July 2018, Salah signed a newly long-run contract with Liverpool. [ 120 ] Manager Jürgen Klopp said the news was significant as a affirmation of intent in terms of Liverpool ‘s status in the football world in having Salah give himself further to the cabaret. [ 121 ] On 12 August, Salah scored Liverpool ‘s first finish of the temper, in a 4–0 win over West Ham United. [ 122 ] [ 123 ] On 20 August, in a 2–0 away win over Crystal Palace, Salah played a separate in both of Liverpool ‘s goals ; winning a penalty for the first, and providing an assist for Sadio Mané for the second. [ 124 ] [ 125 ] Five days late, Salah scored the alone goal in Liverpool ‘s 1–0 win over Brighton. [ 126 ] On 30 August 2018, Salah was named on the three-man shortlist for the UEFA Men ‘s Player of the Year, coming in third stead, [ 127 ] and was besides included on the three-man short list for the UEFA Forward of the Season, coming in second gear place. [ 128 ] [ 129 ] [ 130 ] On 3 September he was named on the three-man shortlist for the Best FIFA Men ‘s Player, finishing third. [ 131 ] [ 132 ] Salah controversially received the 2018 FIFA Puskás Award for goal of the class, the winning strike his goal at Anfield in his first Merseyside bowler hat, [ 133 ] [ 134 ] prompting on-line protests against the decision. [ 135 ] [ 136 ] On 24 October, Salah scored doubly against Red Star Belgrade in the UEFA Champions League group stage, with his second goal his 50th for the golf club. [ 137 ] With 50 goals in 65 games he is the fastest musician in Liverpool history to reach the half century. [ 137 ]

“ I have sacrificed a set for my career, to come from a village to go to Cairo, and to be an egyptian at this degree is incredible for me. ”

— Salah after winning the 2019 UEFA Champions League Final. [ 138 ]
On 8 December, Salah scored a hat-trick in a 4–0 away win over Bournemouth, to move Liverpool to the top of the league postpone. [ 139 ] Three days late, he scored the winning goal in a 1–0 acquire over Napoli in their final Champions League group regular, the leave qualifying Liverpool to the round of sixteen. [ 140 ] On 19 January 2019, he scored his fiftieth Premier League finish with a brace in a 4–3 succeed over Crystal Palace, reaching the count in 72 appearances. In doing indeed, he became the joint-fourth fastest actor to achieve the milestone, aboard Fernando Torres, and behind entirely Andy Cole, Alan Shearer and Ruud van Nistelrooy. [ 141 ]
salat at the Champions League trophy parade on the streets of Liverpool the day after the final : 2 June 2019 In February 2019, West Ham said they were investigating a video which allegedly showed fans racially abusing Salah, including for being Muslim. [ 142 ] The probe resulted in the fan being banned for three years. [ 143 ] On 5 April, he scored his fiftieth Premier League goal for Liverpool in a 3–1 acquire over Southampton and in the summons broke Torres ‘ record to become the fastest actor to reach the milestone for the club, doing so in his 69th appearance. [ 144 ] It besides saw him become the third fastest player to reach the milestone for a single golf club in the Premier League earned run average, behind Shearer for Blackburn Rovers, in 66 appearances, and Van Nistelrooy for Manchester United, in 68 appearances. [ 145 ] Later that month, he scored the second goal, a potent strike from 25 yards out that flew into the top corner, in a 2–0 succeed over Chelsea which helped Liverpool earn a club-record-equaling 26th win for the Premier League campaign ; and the golf club ‘s second-highest always wins return key in the top-flight after the record of 30 determine in 1979. [ 146 ] On 26 April, he made his hundredth appearance for Liverpool and broke the criminal record jointly held by Roger Hunt and Sam Raybould for the player with the most goals in his beginning hundred of appearances for the baseball club, netting twice in a 5–0 gain over Huddersfield Town to take his tally to 69. [ 147 ] On 1 June, he scored Liverpool ‘s inaugural goal in a 2–0 winnings over Tottenham in the 2019 UEFA Champions League Final from a punishment. [ 148 ] Salah ‘s goal, which he scored in the first step two minutes of the match, was the second fastest goal always scored in a Champions League final, slower only than Paolo Maldini ‘s effort for A.C. Milan against Liverpool in the 2005 final. [ 149 ] In September 2019, Salah was nominated for the FIFA FIFPro World11 award by global players ’ union, FIFPro, and FIFA as one amongst 55 players. [ 150 ]

2019–20 : Premier League champion

On 9 August 2019, Salah scored Liverpool ‘s second goal in a 4–1 win against Norwich City in the opening crippled of the 2019–20 Premier League season. [ 151 ] In the 2019 UEFA Super Cup on 14 August, Salah scored Liverpool ‘s one-fifth and ultimately decisive punishment in a 5–4 penalty shoot-out win against Chelsea, after the game had finished 2–2 after extra-time. [ 152 ] [ 153 ] In December, Salah ended fifth in the vote polls for the 2019 Ballon d’Or, and made his hundredth Premier League appearance by and by in the month, marking the occasion with a goal and help in Liverpool ‘s 3–0 win over Bournemouth. [ 154 ] [ 155 ] Later that calendar month, Liverpool won the 2019 FIFA Club World Cup, with Salah receiving the Golden Ball award for Player of the Tournament. [ 156 ] On 19 January 2020, Salah scored his first goal in five encounters against rivals Manchester United with a run that spanned from outside his box to the other goal in Liverpool ‘s 2–0 win at Anfield in the Premier League. [ 157 ] [ 158 ] On 29 January, Salah scored Liverpool ‘s opening finish in a 2–0 acquire at West Ham, a victory that saw the golf club exhaust every team in a Premier League temper – the first fourth dimension in the cabaret ‘s 127-year history that they had accomplished it in the top-flight. [ 159 ] On 7 March, Salah scored the first step goal in a 2–1 gain against Bournemouth as Liverpool made it an english top-flight criminal record of 22 consecutive home wins. It was besides his 70th Premier League finish in 100 appearances for Liverpool, entail that he had scored seven more goals than the former best in their first 100 league games for the club ( 63 goals by Fernando Torres ). [ 160 ] Salah ‘s 20th of the season saw him become the first Liverpool player to score 20 goals in all competitions in three back-to-back seasons since Michael Owen between 2000–01 and 2002–03. [ 161 ]

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On 24 June 2020, he scored as Liverpool beat Crystal Palace 4–0 at Anfield, as Liverpool edged closer to securing the title. [ 162 ] After Liverpool being confirmed as champions, [ 163 ] Salah would go on to score a foster two goals ( both against Brighton ) [ 164 ] before lifting the Premier League trophy after a 5–3 victory over Chelsea. [ 165 ]

2020–22 : far individual success

On 12 September 2020, Salah scored a hat-trick in the inaugural league match of a season, including two penalties, in a 4–3 winnings against Leeds United. [ 166 ] Hence, he became the first Liverpool actor to score in four straight league openers from 2017–18 to 2020–21, and the irregular man in Premier League history, after Teddy Sheringham from 1992–93 to 1995–96. [ 167 ] He besides became the first player to score a hat-trick for Liverpool in the beginning league match since John Aldridge achieved this feat against Charlton Athletic in the 1988–89 season. [ 168 ] On 17 October 2020, he scored his hundredth goal for Liverpool in all competitions in a 2–2 away draw against Everton. [ 169 ] In scoring his hundredth goal in his 159th game, Salah became the foremost player since Steven Gerrard in 2008 to reach the milestone, and the third fastest in Liverpool ‘s history after Roger Hunt ( 100 goals in 144 games ), and Jack Parkinson ( 153 games ). [ 170 ] Salah is the fastest to reach 100 goals for Liverpool while scoring strictly in England ‘s crown flight, given that both Hunt and Parkinson scored some of their goals for Liverpool in the Football League Second Division. [ 171 ] On 31 January 2021, Salah scored two goals against West Ham and became the one-fifth Liverpool player to score more than 20 goals in all competitions in four consecutive seasons, and the beginning since Ian Rush did then six times running from 1981–82 to 1986–87. [ 172 ] In addition, his goal in the 68th moment that game was late voted as Premier League Goal of the Month. [ 173 ] [ 174 ] On 24 April, he scored in a 1–1 draw with Newcastle United, to become the first Liverpool musician to score 20 goals in three unlike Premier League campaigns. [ 175 ] On 13 May, he scored a goal in a 4–2 aside win over Manchester United, to be his team ‘s first off win at Old Trafford since March 2014. [ 176 ] furthermore, he besides became the lone actor to score at Old Trafford for Liverpool in two different games in a season, having scored doubly in a 3–2 frustration in the FA Cup, since Harry Chambers in the 1920–21 season. [ 177 ]
Salah during a pre-season game for Liverpool in 2021 Salah opened the 2021–22 season with a finish and two assists in a 3–0 succeed at Norwich. In scoring Salah became the beginning player to score in the open game of five straight Premier League seasons. [ 178 ] On 12 September, Salah scored his hundredth Premier League finish in the 3–0 acquire away to Leeds United. [ 179 ] On 25 September, Salah scored his hundredth Premier League goal for Liverpool in a 3–3 describe away to Brentford. Reaching 100 top-flight goals in fewer games than any player in Liverpool history, he achieved the milestone in 151 games, one game fewer than Roger Hunt who reached a century of goals in 152 games. [ 180 ] The goal besides moved Salah into Liverpool ‘s top 10 all-time scorers list. [ 181 ] On 19 October, Salah became the beginning player in Liverpool history to score in nine consecutive games with two goals in a 3–2 win away to Atlético Madrid in the UEFA Champions League. His second goal, his 31st in the Champions League, saw him become Liverpool ‘s record goalscorer in the competition, surpassing the 30 goals scored by Steven Gerrard. [ 182 ] In his following game on 24 October Salah continued breaking records with a hat-trick against Liverpool ‘s arch rivals Manchester United in a 5–0 victory at Old Trafford. [ 183 ] In scoring three goals Salah became the highest score african actor in Premier League history ( surpassing the 104 goals scored by Didier Drogba ), and the first Liverpool player to score in ten back-to-back games vitamin a well as the first Liverpool player to score at Old Trafford three games in a row. [ 184 ] [ 185 ] He besides became the first base opposition actor to score a hat-trick at Old Trafford since Ronaldo in 2003, and the first to do indeed in Premier League history. [ 183 ] [ 185 ] On 1 December, Salah scored twice in a 4–1 away win against Everton in the Premier League as Liverpool became the first team in english top-flight history to score at least two goals in 18 consecutive games in all competitions. [ 186 ] On 7 December, Salah scored Liverpool ‘s open finish in a 2–1 away winnings against A.C. Milan at the San Siro as Liverpool became the first English club to win all six Champions League group games in the rival ‘s history. The finish was Salah ‘s 20th of the season and he became the beginning Liverpool musician since Ian Rush to score 20 goals in five consecutive seasons. [ 187 ]

International career

youth

Salah played for both the Egypt U-20 team and the Egypt U-23 team, representing Egypt in both the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup and the 2012 Summer Olympics, [ 188 ] scoring a penalty against Argentina in the attack of sixteen of the former tournament, with Egypt losing the meet 1–2. [ 189 ] Salah was selected for the young police squad to play at the 2012 Summer Olympics [ 190 ] score in all three of the team ‘s group games. In their opening match on 26 July, he scored Egypt ‘s second goal in a 3–2 defeat to Brazil. [ 191 ] He scored the equalizer in their 1–1 draw against New Zealand played on 29 July, [ 192 ] before scoring Egypt ‘s opening goal in a 3–1 gain over Belarus in their concluding group stage game played on 1 August, [ 193 ] securing advancement into the smasher stage of the tournament, where Egypt were eliminated following a 3–0 quarter-final frustration to Japan on 4 August. [ 194 ]

aged

On 3 September 2011, Salah made his debut for the Egypt national football team in the 2–1 away frustration by Sierra Leone. [ 195 ] He scored his first goal for Egypt ‘s first team in the 3–0 winnings against Niger a calendar month later, on 8 October, in qualifying for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations. [ 196 ] On 10 June 2012, he scored a goal in the 93rd minute in blockage time against Guinea to give Egypt an authoritative 3–2 away victory in a 2014 World Cup qualifier. [ 197 ] On 9 June 2013, Salah scored a hat-trick in a 4–2 away win against Zimbabwe as Egypt won their fourth consecutive match in the World Cup qualifiers. [ 198 ] A week later in the follow match, he scored the only goal away to Mozambique, putting Egypt into the final examination stipulate group. [ 199 ] On 10 September, Salah scored his sixth tournament goal in a 4–2 succeed over Guinea, securing Egypt a 100 % record to finish their qualifying group and becoming the joint-top scorekeeper among all African teams in the qualification stages. [ 200 ]
On 10 October 2014, Salah scored in a 2–0 win over Botswana, besides scoring in the return repair on five days late, in qualifying for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations. [ 201 ] [ 202 ] On 19 November, Salah scored the opening goal in a 2–1 away kill to Tunisia, as Egypt missed out on qualifying for the Africa Cup of Nations finals for a third back-to-back time. [ 203 ] [ 204 ] Salah was a penis of the Pharaohs ‘ police squad for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations held in Gabon. [ 205 ] [ 206 ] On 25 January, he scored in Egypt ‘s 1–0 gain over Ghana to secure first invest in Group D. [ 207 ] He went all the room to the final with Egypt, scoring twice and assisting two times in six games, earning him a stead in the CAF Team of the Tournament. [ 208 ] Salah was the top scorer for Egypt with five goals during the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification, including both goals in the decisive 2–1 victory over Congo, one of which was a punishment in the last hour to make the Pharaohs reach their foremost World Cup finals since 1990. [ 209 ] Despite doubts over his fitness following his shoulder injury, Salah was included in Egypt ‘s 29-man probationary team for the 2018 FIFA World Cup and was included in their final 23-man squad on 4 June. [ 210 ] [ 211 ] He missed Egypt ‘s opening match against Uruguay on 15 June, which the Pharaohs lost 1–0, conceding in the 89th moment. [ 212 ] Salah scored a penalty in Egypt ‘s 3–1 defeat to hosts Russia at the Krestovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg four days late. [ 213 ] In Egypt ‘s final group game on 25 June, Salah scored his second gear goal of the World Cup with a chip over the goalkeeper in Egypt ‘s 2–1 defeat to Saudi Arabia at Volgograd Arena. [ 214 ] [ 215 ] On 8 September, in a 6–0 acquire over Niger in qualifying for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, Salah scored two goals, provided two assists and besides missed two penalties. His first punishment, in the first hour of the game, was saved, while the second gear he converted the loose ball after it was initially saved. [ 216 ] On 16 June 2019, Salah provided two assists after coming on as a substitute in 3–1 succeed over Guinea in friendly warm-up game for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations on home dirt, wearing the master ‘s armband for the first time ever in his international career. [ 217 ] On 26 June, Salah scored his first finish of the tournament in Egypt ‘s second group equal, a 2–0 gain over DR Congo ; he was besides involved in the possibility goal of the match, which was scored by master Ahmed Elmohamady. [ 218 ] Salah was named as the captain of the Egypt national team in September 2019. [ 219 ] [ 220 ] [ 221 ]

style of play

psychoanalysis

Salah is best known for his amphetamine, dribbling ability and complete Regarded as a agile, mobile, hard-working and tactical actor, with effective proficiency and an eye for goal, Salah is predominantly known for his accelerate, movement, clinical coating, agility, dribbling skills, first touch, and ball control, adenine well as his ability to use both his pace and flare on the ball in arrange to beat opponents, and create seduce opportunities for himself or his teammates. [ 222 ] [ 223 ] [ 224 ] [ 225 ] A versatile forth, he primarily plays as a winger on the mighty flank, a stead which allows him to cut into the kernel onto his firm left foundation, and either shoot on goal or play immediate exchanges with other players and make runs in behind the defense towards finish. He can besides play in the center behind the main striker as either an attack midfielder or second striker. [ 226 ] On his increase terror in front of goal since joining Liverpool, Salah credits Liverpool coach Jürgen Klopp ’ s request for him to occupy more advanced cardinal positions, much operating as a main striker, with the ahead telling ESPN, “ I play close to the goal than any club before. ” [ 222 ] [ 223 ] [ 227 ] Salah initially started his career at the left-back military position, however, following a 4–0 acquire over the youth team of egyptian cabaret ENPPI, Salah was in tears for not scoring after missing several clear chances ; this made his coach realise his love for scoring goals, forcing him to move him to a fore position. [ 228 ] [ 229 ]

reception

While playing Al Mokawloon, American coach Bob Bradley saw Salah play and noted his exceeding speed, explosiveness, and intelligence on the pitch, already apparent at his young age. [ 230 ] Upon signing for Chelsea, José Mourinho said of Salah : “ He ‘s youthful, he ‘s fast, he ‘s creative, he ‘s enthusiastic. When we analysed him he looks the kind of humble personality on the pitch, quick to work for the team. ” [ 231 ] Mourinho added that Salah has “ like qualities ” with “ talented players ” that he had worked with, such as Gareth Bale and Arjen Robben. [ 232 ] His technical skills, pace, left foot, goalscoring, position and mastermind play expressive style led him to be nicknamed the “ egyptian Messi “, in the italian media. [ 233 ] [ 234 ] brazilian World Cup winner Ronaldo – whom Salah idolized while growing up – stated, “ Salah is an incredible player with a frightful timbre. He looks like Messi. ” [ 235 ] [ 236 ] Salah has besides received praise for his refusal to celebrate against his erstwhile clubs. [ 237 ]

personal life

Salah during a press conference at the 2017 CAF Awards Salah and his wife, Maggi, married in 2013. Their daughter, Makka, born in 2014, [ 238 ] is named in honor of the Islamic holy city of Mecca. [ 230 ] He had another daughter, Kayan, born in 2020. [ 239 ] Salah is Muslim and celebrates goals by performing the sujud. [ 240 ] On this goal celebration, Salah told CNN, “ It ‘s something like praying or thanking God for what I have received, but yeah, it ‘s barely pray and praying for a gain. I ‘ve always done that since I was youthful, everywhere. ” [ 241 ] In November 2020, Salah tested convinced for COVID-19. [ 242 ]

Salah has a sponsorship deal with sportswear and equipment supplier Adidas : he wears Adidas X18 football boots. [ 243 ] He appeared in an Adidas 2018 World Cup commercial along with other players in the Adidas stable, including David Beckham, Lionel Messi and Paul Pogba, and singer Pharrell Williams. [ 244 ] In March 2018, Salah appeared in an ad for Vodafone Egypt. Filmed visiting several Merseyside landmarks, the video recording was in the first place released in Arabic ( but was besides translated to English ). [ 245 ] A month late, he mentioned that he was “ insulted ” after his visualize was displayed across the national team ‘s plane without his license before the start of the World Cup that class, as the official patronize of the national team, WE, is a equal of his sponsor. [ 246 ]

jacob’s ladder

Salah is active in regeneration projects in Nagrig, his hometown where 65 % of people live in poverty, donating money to help build a educate and hospital. [ 247 ] [ 248 ] The project includes the construction of an Al-Azhar institute and an ambulance unit. In an interview with Al-Masry Al-Youm, Salah ‘s forefather claimed that his son refused to accept any fiscal aid with the plan. [ 249 ] During his time in Egypt, Salah ‘s family was once robbed, however, the thief was caught and arrested by police, with Salah ‘s don prepare to press charges against him, but Mohamed convinced him to drop the case. Afterwards, Salah helped the thief financially, giving him some money and trying to find him a job. [ 250 ] In February 2018, following a match against Tottenham, Salah donated a replica shirt to young garter Mohamed Abdel Karim, who was previously pictured wearing a jumper reading Salah ‘s name and shirt number. [ 251 ] furthermore, Mohamed Salah has helped more than 450 families by giving them monthly allowances and he besides helped the government by giving approximately $ 300,000 when the country was experiencing an economic crisis. [ 252 ]

In democratic culture

Graffiti of Salah in Cairo Salah mural in New York City liverpool fans created a chant to the tune of Dodgy ‘s “ Good Enough “, saying that if Salah continued to score goals, they would convert to Islam – “ If he ‘s good adequate for you, he ‘s thoroughly enough for me, if he scores another few, then I ‘ll be Muslim besides. ” [ 253 ] Salah gave his approval to the chant, and it has been cited as an case of inclusivity. [ 254 ] According to a 2021 study in the American Political Science Review, Salah ‘s remove to Liverpool led to a 16 % reduction in hate crimes in the city, arsenic well as reducing Islamophobic on-line palaver by Liverpool fans. [ 255 ] Salah is dear to a degree that many other well-known Muslims sports figures are not, and his charm and apolitical character have made him a democratic figure in the UK. [ 230 ] During his goal celebration, Salah lays in the prostrate place to thank God in sujud. [ 256 ] Salah is nicknamed “ The Pharaoh “ by the press and his fans. [ 257 ] [ 258 ] [ 259 ] He has besides been given the dub “ egyptian King ” by Liverpool supporters, [ 260 ] [ 261 ] arising from a chant set to the tune of “ Sit Down “ by English indie rock band James. [ 262 ] Following his goal that led Egypt to the World Cup finals for the first time since 1990, a school in Egypt was named after him. [ 263 ] Following Egypt ‘s exit from the World Cup, Salah stayed in his home state for his pre-season vacation. In late June, his address was unintentionally leaked on Facebook. After this, crowd of fans showed up at Salah ‘s house, with Salah greeting the fans and signing autograph for some, although according to reports in Spain, police did arrive to cordon off his house. [ 264 ] During Liverpool ‘s 2018 pre-season tour in the U.S., american artist Brandan Odums created a mural in the Times Square area displaying Salah in the Egypt kit out, with the actor by and by posting an prototype on social media posing following to it. [ 265 ] [ 266 ] In Egypt, several murals have besides been created displaying Salah ‘s likeness, including one in the capital of Cairo. [ 267 ] [ 268 ] A will to his influence in the area and globally, Salah was featured on the traverse of two major magazines in 2018 : GQ Middle East ( have floor titled “ The unstoppable resurrect of Mo Salah ” ) [ 269 ] and Time magazine ‘s 2019 TIME 100 edition. [ 270 ] An advocate of women ‘s equality in the Middle East, Salah ( in his prison term 100 entry ) states, “ We need to change the way we treat women in our culture ”. [ 271 ] English comedian, and noted Liverpool winnow, John Oliver wrote Salah ‘s feature in the TIME 100 return. [ 270 ] Oliver notably started the feature writing “ Mo Salah is a better human being than he is a football player. And he ’ south one of the best football players in the worldly concern. ” [ 272 ] Despite being named as the “ GQ Middle East Man of The year ” in 2019, another GQ photoshoot, with brazilian exemplar Alessandra Ambrosio, caused him some criticism in the Islamic world. [ 273 ] In January 2020, Salah was honoured with a wax statue at Madame Tussauds in London. The museum announced that the statue would be unveiled by and by in the year. “ As egyptian forward and presently both European and World Club champion with Liverpool F.C., Mo Salah is a ball-shaped leading at the point of his office. We know that fans will love seeing him at the home of fame, where he rightly belongs, ” Steve Davies, General Manager at Madame Tussauds in London said. [ 274 ]

career statistics

club

As of match played 7 December 2021[275]

International

As of match played 11 October 2021[276]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team
Year
Apps
Goals

Egypt

2011
2
1

2012
15
7

2013
10
9

2014
9
5

2015
4
2

2016
6
5

2017
11
5

2018
6
7

2019
5
2

2020
0
0

2021
5
2

Total
73
45

International goals
As of match played 11 October 2021. Egypt score listed first, score column indicates score after each Salah goal.[277]

Honours

Basel
Liverpool
Egypt
Individual

Records

England
Liverpool
Egypt
Italy

  • Highest-scoring Egyptian in Serie A history: 35 goals in 81 games[403]

See besides

References