Saleh Selim

Saleh Selim
10th President of El-Ahly Sports Club
In office
December 13, 1980 – December 16, 1988
Preceded by General Abd El-Mohsen Mortagy
Succeeded by Abdo Saleh Al-Wahsh
In office
February 7, 1992 – May 6, 2002
Preceded by Abdo Saleh Al-Wahsh
Succeeded by Hassan Hamdy
Saleh Selim
Personal information
Full name Mohamed Saleh Mohamed Selim
Date of birth (1930-09-11)11 September 1930
Place of birth Cairo, Egypt
Date of death 6 May 2002(2002-05-06) (aged 71)
Place of death London, United Kingdom
Playing position Midfielder
Youth career
1942- 1948 Al-Ahly
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1948–1962 Al-Ahly 354 (78)
1962–1963 Grazer AK
1963–1967 Al-Ahly
National team
1950–1962 Egypt

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Saleh Selim (Arabic: صالح سليم‎‎) (September 11, 1930 - May 6, 2002) was the 10th president of the Egyptian Al-Ahly Sporting Club. He also was a famous Egyptian football player and actor. He was nicknamed El Maestro because of his way of leading the Ahly football team to many victories. He then became the manager of the team, then member of the board of directors of the club. He finally became one of the most successful presidents of the club.

Life and career

Selim joined Al-Ahly club in 1944 as a football player. Later, he became the club's football team manager, then a member of the board of directors. Due to the fame he gained as a football player, Saleh was dragged into show business and starred in three movies. He co-starred 1962 film titled "Black Candles" with Najat Al Saghira who sang in it her widely known song "Do not lie".[1][2][3] In 1980 he was elected the president of the club. He was then re-elected five successive times.

During his presidency, Al-Ahly was elected the African club of the century. On May 22, 2001 Saleh received the award in Johannesburg. He died in 2002 of liver cancer.

Saleh Selim was the first Egyptian soccer player in Austria and it was a "transfer-sensation" when he joined Grazer AK and scored 3 goals in 6 championship-games (10/6 with friendly-games included) for the oldest Styrian football club during the 1962–63 season.

National team appearances

Honours

Egypt

Al-Ahly

Individual

Career as a manager

Family

Selim was born in Cairo in 1930. His father Mohamed Selim was a renowned physician. He had two younger brothers, Abdel wahab and Tarek Selim. He also has two sons Khaled and Hisham Selim who is an actor.

References

  1. ↑ , English Article titled “Who is Najat Al Saghira? “, 2015, Accessed 2015/08/28.
  2. ↑ Poster-details of 1962 Film "Black Candles" starring Najat Al Saghira, accessed 2015/08/12.
  3. ↑ , 1962 Film starring Najat Al Saghira “Black Candles”,accessed 2015/08/12 .
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