Mohamed Salah's Childhood Story Plus Untold Biography Facts
Mohamed Salah Al-Khelaifi (born 15 June 1992) simply known as Mohamed Salah, he is an Egyptian international footballer who plays as a forward for English club Liverpool and the Egypt national team. He also played for Swiss club Basel, and Italian clubs Roma and Fiorentina on loan from Chelsea. After starting his career with Cairo club El Mokawloon, he moved to Basel in 2012 and joined Chelsea in 2014, winning the Premier League in his first season at the club.
Mohamed Salah Biography Overview
Mohamed Salah Ghaly is an Egyptian professional footballer who plays as a forward for English club Liverpool and the Egypt national team. He is often considered one of the best players in the world. He has won many individual awards, including the Premier League Golden Boot, PFA Players' Player of the Year, African Footballer of the Year, and BBC African Footballer of the Year.
Salah was born in Basyoun, Egypt on June 15, 1992. He began his career with El Mokawloon in the Egyptian Premier League before joining Chelsea in 2014. He then spent time on loan at Fiorentina and AS Roma before being signed by Liverpool in 2017.
Salah has represented Egypt at both the senior and youth levels. He helped them reach the final of the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup and win bronze medals at the 2012 Summer Olympics. In 2010, he became the youngest player to represent Egypt in FIFA World Cup qualification matches when he played against Lesotho during the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers. In 2013, he became one of only two Egyptians to be named CAF Most Promising African Talent. He also made his 100th appearance for Egpyt on September 1st 2018 in a match against Niger which they won 2-1 which saw him score their first goal. Throughout his career, Salah has been praised for his speed, agility, technique and dribbling skills; as well as his style of play. His playing style combined with his acceleration makes him difficult to defend against; these abilities allow him to beat opponents while dribbling at speed or run past them with the ball without slowing down while retaining possession. His skills have led opposing defenders and managers to give him nicknames such as The Egyptian Messi or Egyptian Jewel. He wears the number 11 shirt for both club and country. With Liverpool, he scored 44 goals in 52 appearances across all competitions, becoming the quickest player to reach 40 goals for the club in the process (a record previously held by Roger Hunt).
Salah joined hometown club El Mokawloon from Gharbia FC after being discovered by Arab scout Abbas Majeed. As a 16-year old, Salah impressed scouts when he managed 70 minutes against Romanian side Dinamo București in a friendly match despite still suffering from jet lag following his transfer from Al Ahly Sporting Club (Egypt) just four days earlier.
Early Life
Mohamed Salah was born on June 15, 1992, in Nagrig, Egypt. His parents were humble farmers who raised him and his four siblings in a small village in the Nile Delta region. Growing up, Mohamed loved playing soccer with his friends and dreamed of one day becoming a professional pla knowyer. When he was just 14 years old, his dream came true when he was signed by El Mokawloon SC, a top Egyptian soccer club. From there, Mohamed's career took off and he soon became one of the most popular and successful soccer players in the world. In 2017, he joined Liverpool FC in England to play for the Premier League team. He has also played for clubs like AS Roma and Chelsea FC. With Liverpool, he won the Champions League title in 2018. Mohamed is known as Mo by his family and friends.
For much of his childhood, he lived a quiet life with his parents and younger sister Hoda back home in Nagrig. It wasn't until 2008 that Mohamed finally got to live out his dream of being a professional soccer player when he was recruited to join Al-Mokawloon Sports Club as part of their youth system at age 16. A year later, Mohamed made his debut as an 18-year-old on October 10th 2009 against Wadi Degla SC scoring twice in an 8-1 victory. Two weeks later, Mohamed scored another two goals in a 2-0 win over Suez Cement company. By the end of the season, he had notched five goals and two assists in 12 appearances which led to him being awarded the Player of The Year award by the Egyptian Football Association.
The following season, Mohamed helped lead Al-Mokawloon SC to promotion into Egypt's top flight division. While they finished third during the regular season campaign, they defeated El Entag El Harby 1-0 in a playoff match on November 27th 2010 with Salah scoring both goals during injury time - leading them to win promotion into the 2011/2012 Premier League campaign. In 2012, Mohamed had one of the best seasons of his young career. Not only did he score 17 goals, but he helped lead Al-Mokawloon SC to their first league championship since 1988. That same year, he was named African Footballer Of The Year and Arab Player Of The Year.
Basel and Fiorentina (loan)
Mohamed Salah Ghaly was born on 15 June 1992, in Nagrig, a small village in the Nile Delta region of Egypt. He was the second-born child in his family and had four sisters and one brother. His father, Saleh, worked as a farmer, while his mother, Mehria, was a housewife. Salah began his football career at the age of five when he joined his local team, Nagrig. He played for Nagrig until he was 14 years old, when he joined the Egyptian Premier League side El Mokawloon SC. In 2010, Salah moved to Switzerland to join FC Basel. He spent two seasons with Basel before joining Fiorentina on loan in 2012. On 2 February 2015, Liverpool signed Salah for a reported fee of £11 million. On 18 December 2017, he scored his 30th goal of the season (the eighth player ever to do so) in a 7–0 home win over Southampton. On 12 January 2018, Salah won BBC African Footballer of the Year award; beating teammate Sadio Mané and Barcelona's Samuel Umtiti who finished second and third respectively. On 24 April 2018, Salah became the fastest player in Premier League history to reach 20 goals. The 25-year-old hit 20 goals after just 29 games, breaking Thierry Henry’s record set in 2002/03. He also became the first player from Africa to score 40 goals in a single English top flight campaign
Chelsea Career Statistics
Since joining Chelsea in 2014, Mohamed Salah has made a total of 99 appearances for the club, scoring 19 goals and providing 16 assists. He has also been voted Chelsea’s Player of the Year in both of his full seasons at the club.
In the 2016-17 season, Salah was part of a Chelsea team that won the Premier League and the FA Cup. He also scored in Chelsea’s 4-2 victory over Tottenham Hotspur in the FA Cup semi-final.
The following season, Salah helped Chelsea to win the League Cup, scoring in the final against Arsenal. His second Player of the Year award came as he ended the campaign with 15 goals and 12 assists. His last game for Chelsea was an appearance off the bench in a 6-0 victory over Aston Villa on 5 May 2018 before he moved to Liverpool.
The Egyptian international started his career at Cairo giants Al Ahly SC before moving to Swiss side FC Basel aged 18 where he established himself as one of Europe’s most promising talents. He would score 22 times in two years before signing for AS Roma in 2013 where he went on to score 29 times in two seasons before arriving at Stamford Bridge
Liverpool Career Statistics
Mohamed Salah has quickly become a fan favorite at Liverpool since joining the club in 2017. The Egyptian winger has dazzled with his speed and skill, scoring 44 goals in just 54 appearances. Here are some other interesting facts about Mohamed Salah:
-Salah was born in Nagrig, Egypt on June 15, 1992.
-He began his career with Egyptian club El Mokawloon in 2010.
-Salah moved to Swiss side Basel in 2012 and helped the team win the Swiss Super League title in 2013.
-He joined Chelsea in 2014 but was loaned out to Fiorentina for the 2015 season. He would return to Stamford Bridge before being sold back to Basel in 2016.
-The speedy winger joined Liverpool from Roma in 2017, helping the Reds reach the Champions League final that year and finishing as Premier League runner-up last season. -In 2018, he became the fastest player to score 50 goals in the English top flight after netting two hat tricks against Watford and Newcastle.
-Salah earned widespread praise for breaking various Premier League records following a record 32 game goal streak. His 30th goal of this streak also saw him surpass Ronaldo’s tally of 12 consecutive games with a goal scored in Europe’s top five leagues.
Individual honours
Salah has been included in the CAF Team of the Year three times, in 2017, 2018 and 2019. He was named African Footballer of the Year in 2017 and 2018. In 2018, he was named BBC African Footballer of the Year. He won the Premier League Golden Boot in 2018/19 with 22 goals, and he also won the Premier League Player of the Season award. In 2019, he was named PFA Players' Player of the Year. He also became a two-time UEFA Champions League winner after helping Liverpool defeat Tottenham Hotspur 3–1 in the final on 1 June 2019. The following day, he was given an honorary citizenship by Madrid Mayor Manuela Carmena. On 10 December 2018, King Felipe VI awarded him the Gold Medal of Merit for Sporting Activity. On 17 December, Salah was named as Egypt's best player of the year for 2018 by his country's president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. He had been nominated in four categories: Best male footballer, best African footballer, best Arab footballer and the BBC African Sports Personality of the Year.
On 27 January 2019, Salah scored his 50th goal for Liverpool in a 2–0 win over Wolverhampton Wanderers at Anfield to become their joint third-highest scorer ever alongside Michael Owen and Roger Hunt.
Salah is one of only seven players to have scored 50 or more goals from outside the penalty area (inclusive). After coming on as a substitute, he scored the opening goal in the 2018 FIFA World Cup semi-final against England at Volgograd Arena; Egypt went on to reach their first World Cup final since 1990.
On 15 September 2016, Salah signed a five-year contract extension with Roma which tied him to the club until 2022. His buyout clause rose to €42 million. Salah suffered a shoulder injury while playing for Egypt during the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations, ruling him out of action until March. His return coincided with a poor run of form that saw Roma drop out of title contention and eliminated from European competition. They finished second in Serie A but it was not enough to qualify for next season's Champions League tournament because Italian clubs failed to meet new Uefa Financial Fair Play regulations.