egyptian association football player

Mohamed Naser Elsayed Elneny ( Arabic : محمد ناصر السيد النني‎ ; born 11 July 1992 ) [ 4 ] is an egyptian professional football player who plays as a midfielder for Premier League clubhouse Arsenal and the Egypt national team. Elneny began his aged career in the egyptian Premier League, before moving to Swiss club Basel in January 2013. He won eight honours at Basel, including the swiss Super League in each of his four seasons. In January 2016, he was transferred to Arsenal.

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Elneny competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics for the egyptian under-23 team, and played for the senior team at the 2017 and 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, a well as the 2018 FIFA World Cup .

Club career [edit ]

Al Mokawloon [edit ]

Elneny played his youth football with Al Ahly. In 2008, he transferred to Al Mokawloon during the 2010–2011 temper. Elneny advanced and became a regular in the depart team. Following the Port Said Stadium catastrophe in early February 2012, the egyptian Premier League was stopped and all subsequent matches of the 2011–12 egyptian Premier League were postponed. On 10 March 2012, the Egyptian Football Association announced their decision to cancel the end of the season. [ 5 ]

basel [edit ]

Elneny with Basel in 2013 FC Basel had been watching Elneny for some time and invited him to their discipline camp in Estepona from 14 to 24 January 2013. Elneny played his unofficial debut on 18 January 2013 during the friendly equal against Steaua București, a 1–1 draw. Elneny was able to impress Basel ‘s trainer Murat Yakin during the train camp and on 29 January 2013, it was announced that he had signed a loanword contract with Basel up until the end of June 2013. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] [ 8 ] Elneny played his official debut for Basel in the 2012–13 swiss Super League temper on 10 February 2013 in the 3–0 home gain against Sion as he was substituted in at half time. At the end of the swiss Super League temper 2012–13 Elneny won the Championship entitle [ 9 ] and was swiss Cup smuggler up with Basel. [ 10 ] In the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League Basel advanced deoxyadenosine monophosphate far as the semi-finals, there being matched against the reigning UEFA Champions League holders Chelsea, but they were knocked out, losing both home and away ties, perplex 2–5 on aggregate. [ 11 ] During May 2013 Basel announced that they had taken up the option of signing the egyptian midfielder on a permanent basis. He signed a four-year contract up-until 30 June 2017. [ 12 ] He scored his beginning finish for Basel, the last goal of the match, in the 4–2 home win at the St. Jakob-Park against Zurich on 16 April 2014. [ 13 ] At the end of the 2013–14 Super League season Elneny won the league backing with Basel. [ 14 ] They besides reached the final of the 2013–14 swiss Cup, but were beaten 2–0 by Zürich after extra prison term. During the 2013–14 Champions League season Basel reached the group phase and finished the group in third position. Thus they qualified for Europa League hard phase and here they advanced ampere far as the quarter-finals. In their season 2013–14 Basel played a sum of 68 matches ( 36 Swiss League fixtures, 6 swiss Cup, 6 Champions League and 10 Europa League and 10 test matches ). Elneny totaled 55 appearances, 32 League, 4 Cup, 6 Champions League and 6 Europa League as well 7 in the test games. [ 15 ] He scored just that one goal in the league. The temper 2014–15 was a identical successful one for Elneny and FC Basel. The backing was won for the one-sixth fourth dimension in a row that temper [ 16 ] and in the 2014–15 swiss Cup they reached the final. But for the third season in a row, they finished as runner-up, losing 0–3 to FC Sion in the final examination. Basel entered the Champions League in the group stage and reached the knockout phase as on 9 December 2014 they managed a 1–1 attract at Anfield against Liverpool. [ 17 ] But then Basel then lost to Porto in the Round of 16. Basel played a total of 65 matches ( 36 Swiss League fixtures, 6 swiss Cup, 8 Champions League and 15 test matches ). Under coach Paulo Sousa Elneny totaled 51 appearances, 29 in the Super League, 6 in the Cup and 7 in the Champions League, adenine good 9 in trial games. He scored 5 goals in these matches. [ 18 ] Despite the fact that Elneny left the golf club during the winter break in, under their raw trainer Urs Fischer Basel won the swiss Super League championship at the end of the 2015–16 Super League temper. For Elneny it was the fourth title, for the club it was the one-seventh in a course and their 19th championship title in total. [ 19 ]

arsenal [edit ]

Elneny playing for Arsenal in 2016 On 13 January 2016, after a 3–3 absorb against Liverpool, Arsenal director Arsène Wenger confirmed the sign of Elneny from FC Basel. [ 20 ] The following sidereal day, the transfer was officially confirmed by the club for an undisclosed fee reported to be somewhere between £5 million and £7.4 million. [ 21 ] [ 22 ] He was assigned the count 35 shirt for Arsenal. [ 23 ] He made his debut for the club in a 2–1 gain against Burnley in the one-fourth round of the FA Cup on 30 January, [ 24 ] becoming the first egyptian ever to play for Arsenal. [ 25 ] Elneny scored his inaugural Arsenal finish in the Champions League Round of 16 second leg get the better of against FC Barcelona, and was late awarded Arsenal ‘s Player of the Month award for March. He besides starred in April combining well with Aaron Ramsey, winning the Arsenal ‘s Player of the Month award for a second calendar month. Elneny ‘s only goal won him the goal of the season award for Arsenal. [ 26 ] In the 2017–18 temper, on 7 December 2017, Elneny scored his first goal at the Emirates Stadium ( his second for Arsenal overall ) in the Europa League Group Stage against FC BATE Borisov in a match which ended 6–0 to the home slope. [ 27 ] On 15 February, Elneny again produced a applaudable display in the first base leg of Arsenal ‘s round of 32 Europa league affiliation against Östersunds FK. Elneny was subsequently rewarded man of the pit for his attempt in a 3–0 away victory. [ 28 ] On 26 March 2018, Elneny renewed his condense with Arsenal. [ 29 ] On 8 April 2018, Elneny was sent off against Southampton. In a close game defender Jack Stephens tussled with Jack Wilshere and retaliation from Stephens resulted in referee Andre Marriner giving him a neat red. Wilshere escaped with good a jaundiced menu but in the consequence, Elneny received a red batting order after a thrust on Cédric Soares, that was his first loss menu ever in his professional career. [ 30 ] Arsenal held on to win 3–2. [ 31 ] [ 32 ]

loan to Beşiktaş

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On 31 August 2019, Elneny joined Beşiktaş J.K. on a season-long loan deal with an optional buyout clause. [ 33 ] On 14 September, Elneny was sent off in his debut in a 3–2 kill against Gazisehir Gaziantep in the turkish Super Lig. [ 34 ] On 25 July 2020, he scored his first and only goal for the golf club in a 3-0 victory over Genclerbirligi. [ 35 ]

return to Arsenal [edit ]

On 28 August 2020, Elneny was in the starting 11 in the 2020 FA Community Shield, which Arsenal clinched a 5–4 victory over Liverpool in the penalty gunfight after the pit was 1–1 after 90 minutes. [ 36 ] On 1 November 2020, Elneny put in an excellent display at the base of Arsenal ‘s midfield aboard Thomas Partey to render Bruno Fernandes and Paul Pogba ineffective and earn Arsenal a first league win at Old Trafford since 2006. Elneny was praised by coach, Mikel Arteta after the game. While being away with Egypt during the International break in November 2020, it was confirmed by the Egyptian Football Association that Elneny tested positive for COVID-19 but showed no symptoms. [ 37 ] After his render, he scored his first finish of the season in a 4–2 victory over Dundalk in the Europa League on 10 December 2020. [ 38 ] His stunning come to outside the box was voted as the runner-up of the Goal of the Month on Arsenal ‘s official web site, besides late on winning goal of the temper. [ 39 ] Elneny then scored another screamer versus Olympiacos on 11 March 2021, to keep Arsenal in the tie. On 2 May 2021, Elneny scored his first Premier League goal for Arsenal with a volley from the border of the box in a bet on against Newcastle United. [ 40 ]

International career [edit ]

Elneny helped the National Under-23 team modify for the 2012 Olympics, [ 5 ] where he played in all four games as the team reached the last eight, and were knocked out by Japan. [ 41 ] Elneny made his full international introduction in a 2-1 personnel casualty against Sierra Leone in September 2011. [ 42 ] He scored his first goal for Egypt in a 2-2 withdraw against Jamaica in a friendly on 4 June 2014. [ 43 ] He was in the Egypt National First Team squad in the Africa Cup of Nations 2017 in Gabon, which came as Runners-up. [ 44 ] He besides helped the team qualify to the 2018 FIFA World Cup tournament in Russia, this is the third time for the Egyptians to participate in the rival after the 1934 and 1990 editions. [ 45 ]

personal life [edit ]

Elneny is a dear Muslim. [ 46 ] In July 2019, the body of a man, believed to be a thief attempting to steal electric cables, was discovered on Elneny ‘s place in El-Mahalla El-Kubra, Egypt. The body was discovered by his father, who immediately reported the incidental to the patrol. It is believed that the homo was electrocuted trying to steal the cables. [ 47 ] On 15 May 2021, Arsenal ‘s sponsors Lavazza commenced “ pressing talks ” with the clubhouse after Elneny posted a tweet to his about 5 million followers, in support of Palestine during the 2021 Israel–Palestine crisis, including an effigy that apparently erased Israel from the map of western Asia, replacing it with pro-Palestinian images. This resulted in a answer from the Board of Deputies of british Jews. [ 48 ]

career statistics [edit ]

cabaret [edit ]

As of match played 2 December 2021[49]

International [edit ]

As of match played 12 November 2021[50]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team
Year
Apps
Goals

Egypt

2011
2
0

2012
17
0

2013
8
0

2014
9
2

2015
6
1

2016
7
0

2017
11
2

2018
10
1

2019
8
0

2020
1
0

2021
4
2

Total
83
8

As of match played 12 November 2021. Egypt score listed first, score column indicates score after each Elneny goal.[50]

Honours [edit ]

Basel [ 6 ] [ 9 ] [ 12 ]
Arsenal
Egypt

References [edit ]