Mido (footballer)

Mido

Mido in 2008
Personal information
Full name	Ahmed Hossam Hussein Abdelhamid Wasfi
Date of birth	(1983-02-23) 23 February 1983 (age 41)[1]
Place of birth	Cairo, Egypt
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[2]
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
1990–1999	Zamalek
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1999–2000	Zamalek	4	(3)
2000–2001	Gent	23	(11)
2001–2003	Ajax	40	(21)
2003–2003	→ Celta Vigo (loan)	8	(4)
2003–2004	Marseille	22	(7)
2004–2006	Roma	8	(0)
2005–2006	→ Tottenham Hotspur (loan)	36	(13)
2006–2007	Tottenham Hotspur	12	(1)
2007–2010	Middlesbrough	25	(6)
2009–2009	→ Wigan Athletic (loan)	12	(2)
2009–2010	→ Zamalek (loan)	11	(1)
2010–2010	→ West Ham United (loan)	9	(0)
2010–2011	→ Ajax (loan)	5	(2)
2011–2012	Zamalek	3	(2)
2012–2013	Barnsley	1	(0)
Total		219	(73)
International career
1999–2001	Egypt U20	13	(1)
2001–2009	Egypt	51	(19)
Managerial career
2014	Zamalek
2015	Ismaily
2016	Zamalek
2016–2017	Wadi Degla
2018–2019	Al Wehda
2019–2020	El Makkasa
2022–2023	Ismaily
Medal record Men's football Representing  Egypt Africa Cup of Nations Winner 2006 African Youth Championship 2001
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ahmed Hossam Hussein Abdelhamid Wasfi (Arabic: أحمد حسام حسين عبد الحميد وصفي; born 23 February 1983), publicly known as Mido (Arabic: ميدو), is an Egyptian football manager and former player who played as a striker.

Mido started his career with Zamalek in Egypt in 1999. He left the club for Gent of Belgium in 2000, where he won the Belgian Ebony Shoe. This led to a move to Dutch side Ajax in 2001, from where he joined Celta Vigo on loan in 2003. His next destination was Marseille in France and he left them for Italian side Roma in 2004. He joined English side Tottenham Hotspur on an 18-month loan in 2005 and eventually joined the club permanently in 2006. He left the club in 2007 to join Middlesbrough, from whom he joined Wigan Athletic, Zamalek, West Ham United and Ajax on loan. In 2011, he rejoined Zamalek, before joining Barnsley in 2012. He also played for Egypt 51 times, scoring 20 goals. Mido retired from football in June 2013.