Mohamed Barakat

Mohamed Barakat

Personal information
Full name	Mohamed Barakat Ahmed Bastamy
Date of birth	(1976-09-07) 7 September 1976
Place of birth	Cairo, Egypt
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
–	Al-Sekka Al-Hadid
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1995–1998	El Sekka El Hadid SC	21	(6)
1998–2002	Ismaily	79	(14)
2002–2003	Al Ahli Saudi	21	(10)
2003–2004	Al Arabi SC	9	(0)
2004–2013	Al Ahly	149	(41)
National team
2000–2009	Egypt	70	(9)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Mohamed Barakat (Arabic: محمد بركات; born 20 November 1976) is a retired Egyptian football player. Barakat played as a right winger or attacking midfielder for Al-Ahly in Egypt. He also played with the Egyptian National Team.

Barakat was famous for his runs from midfield and his box-to-box kind of play, and that made him important in defence and attack. He is called "The Mercurial" (Arabic: بركات الزئبقي) by his fans. 2005 and 2006 were the best years of his career. He helped his club Al-Ahly to win the CAF Champions League 2005 and CAF Champions League 2006. He also won African Cup of Nations 2006 with Egypt. In 2006, he started to get injuries.

International career

International goals

Source:

Goal	Date	Venue	Opponent	Result	Competition	Scored
1	11 Mar 2001	Egypt	Algeria	5–2	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification	1
2	24 Apr 2001	Egypt	Canada	3–0	Friendly	1
3	13 July 2001	Egypt	Namibia	8–2	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification	2
5	8 Aug 2002	Egypt	Ethiopia	4–1	Friendly	1
6	23 Aug 2002	Egypt	Sudan	3–0	Friendly	2
8	25 Jan 2004	Stade Taïeb Mhiri, Sfax, Tunisia	Zimbabwe	2–1	2004 African Cup of Nations	1
9	5 Nov 2009	Egypt	Tanzania	5–1	Friendly	1

Honours and achievements

Club

Ismaily

• Egyptian Premier League: 2001–02
• Egypt Cup: 2000

Al Ahli Saudi

• Arab Unified Club Championship: 2002

Al Ahly

• Egyptian Premier League: 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11
• Egypt Cup: 2006, 2007
• Egyptian Super Cup: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011
• CAF Champions League: 2005, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2013
• CAF Super Cup: 2006, 2007, 2009, 2013

International

Egypt

• African Cup of Nations: 2006

Individual

Awards

• BBC African Footballer of the Year: 2005
• African Inter-Club Player of the Year: 2005
• CAF Team of the Year: 2005

Performances

• CAF Champions League top goalscorer: 2005 (Shared with Joetex Frimpong)

Other websites

• Egyptian Barakat wins BBC award
• Egypt's outstanding Pharaoh
• Barakat named the best player in Africa's continental club competition