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The famous French magazine Ones Mondial published a page on Mahmoud Al-Khatib that also includes stars such as Michel Platini and Cameroonian goalkeeper Thomas Nkono after Al-Ahly’s meeting with Canon Yaoundé in the first leg of the Cup Winners Cup in Cairo in 1984, using Al-Khatib’s pregnancy photo for the 1982 Africa Cup, in which Al-Khatib wears. Suit.
The magazine commented below the photo with the caption: “Certes, il mérite d’être en charge Bientôt”.
(Reissued to commemorate Khatib’s birthday)
FilGoal.com takes you through the story of Al-Khatib and how he became a soccer icon on his 66th birthday.
“He will definitely become a super officer soon.This phrase, the editor of the magazine indicated at the time that it was a loan from France Football magazine, which dedicated an entire issue to him after winning the African Footballer of the Year award in 1983.
France’s World Cup prophecy was fulfilled and, after just seven years, Mahmoud Al-Khatib took over the supervision of football on the orders of Mohamed Abdo Saleh Al-Wahsh, president of the Al-Ahly club, due to poor results.
His image came with the help of the official tour, similar to the appearance of Michel Platini at the time he was supervising the French team, and Al-Khatib was included in the positions as team captain, ball supervisor, committee member ball, member of the board of directors, treasurer, vice president … and president of the Al-Ahly club.
Al Khatib .. I loved him well .. محوب الخطيب
According to France Football, on January 3, 1984, on the occasion of the issuance of the African Player of the Year award 1983.
The correspondent for the Cairo newspaper:I assure everyone that it is difficult to give birth to Cairo, but to Egypt as a whole … a footballer who matches the talent and charisma of Mahmoud Al-Khatib.“.
List of individual awards for Mahmoud Al-Khatib
1- He was chosen seven times as the best player in Egypt.
2- Al-Khatib is the all-time top scorer in the Al-Ahly African Championship with 37 goals.
3- In 1987, FIFA chose him for the award for fair play in the world, since Al-Khatib played more than 450 matches at a friendly and official level, either with the Egyptian team or with the Al-Ahly club, and only received an advert.
4- Far from being unique as an Egyptian football legend, Al-Khatib is the only Egyptian player to win the award for Best African Player of the year 1983, according to the survey sent by France Football magazine in charge of presenting it, and he received the award in a great party in Cairo.
5- Al-Khatib has the second highest goal rate among his peers in the Egyptian League’s 100-goal club after Hassan El-Shazly, where he scored 108 goals in competition out of 129 matches in which he participated, at a great rate of 84%.
They said about him
Tight: “Like Pelé and Di Stefano, if he increased his training hours to raise his physical condition, I am not saying it out of nowhere, I have lived with all of these and I say what I say, an integrated talent, I expect more from him, and I was happy when they compared the way he played me made me proud“
Abdel Mohsen Mortaji, President of the Al-Ahly Club: “He is a generous creation and a great player. I met him at one of the Cubs U-16 games between Al-Ahly and Zamalek, and I said at the time that he would be the best player in Egypt’s history.“.
Mohamed Hassan Helmy, president of the Zamalek club: “The artist of the masses and plays for the masses, a talent that stadiums rarely present“.
Najeeb Al-Mestikawi, sports critic: “Excuse me, this is the time of Al-Khatib. Cobra Al-Ahly, an artist of the seventies and eighties, is similar to Hamada Imam in Egypt and Platini in France. You could become a professional gamer and with hundreds of thousands of pounds“.
Ahmed Makkawi, the star of Al-Ahly in the 1950s: “He confused me with him, shy, polite, obedient and religious. He must unite more than that to become a king in the hearts of the masses, a talent that we will not find like this.“.
Hideykootty: “I consider him better than Gerd Muller and Cruyff, if he mastered the headshots and increased his physical condition, there is no player in the world who possesses basic skills with the ball like him, his manners are excellent and his metal is good and in a word is a soccer artist.“.
Taha ismail: “A unique phenomenon, there is a strong relationship between the ball and all parts of his body, the owner of creative thinking on the field, his intense love for the ball helped him master“.
Mahmoud El-Gohary: “This boy’s artist is Mahmoud the Dangerous, as I like to call him, dexterity and devotion to the ball, nothing wrong with him except fitness, I enjoy watching him on the field, he is a mystical dervish in love with her, so I gave him and she will give and will remember my words.“.
Hamada Imam: “A generational artist and sensitive gamer, and with a character long absent from stadiums, I was pleased with what the great critic Najeeb Al-Mestkawi said when he compared him to me, advising him to cut down on the individual game.“.
Mimi El-Sherbiny: “When he sleeps hugging the ball, he is unrivaled in winning the award for best player of the season and every season, Al-Ahly has not had a player like Al-Khatib since Saleh Selim retired.“.
Abdul Aziz Abdul Shafi: “He has all the qualities of the stars, he is an educated player, intelligent even in his responses to the press, he loves to be alone in blaming her if she makes a mistake, my twin on the court“.
Hassan hamdy: “An extraordinary player, he never caused a problem in the club, he loves children madly and they too, I tell you a story, after the 2-1 match between Al-Ahly and Zamalek, we traveled to Alexandria and stayed for two days, some children They asked him to play with them in the sea, and he played with them and celebrated Crazy enough for every goal he makes for children and full of jealousy and enthusiasm when playing, Al-Khatib is an extraordinary talent, morally and spherically sensitive.“.
Mustafa abdo: “He retired from the teacher and with the preacher, we found a new teacher, the morality of the angels, similar to the dawn and if I didn’t see him, and in my opinion a footballer.“.
Farouk Jafar: “Al-Khatib, in one sentence, equals 70% of Al-Ahly, I would have liked to be inside Zamalek, in each match I would have scored three goals just for him“.
Hassan Shehata: “One of the stars of the generation of the seventies, he has no equal, a true artist“.
“When I was a kid, I used to love reading Mickey and Samir magazines, but soccer overwhelmed my life with everything.“.
“I liked to play the ball on my own, when I was a child I used to tie the ball to a string and while I was going to school I would hit the ball while it was tied“.
“I have encouraged Al-Ahly since I was little and madly. I cry when we are defeated and when I lose in the League and the Cup.“.
“If Zamalek had offered me an offer while I was in victory, I would have refused, I consider myself a soul associated with my family and their fans.“.
“The first to discover me were Captain Mustafa Hussein and Captain Fathi Naseer“.
“Captain Salih Selim was the first to partner with me with the first team, as was Captain Abdo Saleh Al-Wahsh.“.
“The funniest situation was when I was playing for the national team against Ghana and captain Mohammed Al-Jundi coached us and wanted to change players. I’m not going to mention his name, and the player didn’t know, so he stayed on the other side of the stadium, so captain Mohammed al-Jundi waited and ordered me to get the ball out of the stadium, and a stick for the player will play the throw-in. The player came to play it, the soldier captain jumped on it, took it out and made the switch quickly“.
“I was hoping to get into War College, but the circumstances of the dance prevented it. I am happy to be in the Higher Institute of Commercial and Legal Studies“.
“If I hadn’t played soccer I’d play tennis or volleyball and play them at Al-Ahly Club“.
“I liked Al-Khatib and Zizou, both of them joking, and our amazing team rescued Al-Khatib“.
“I won’t play for anyone but Al-Ahly … even if they pay a million pounds“.
Al-Khatib’s Handwritten Letters
In the name of Allah the Merciful.
To my mother’s pure and kind soul.
Oh, the most precious name that my lips have repeated … and the sweetest name that has shaken me.
Oh who deprived you of your tenderness and I am still at the beginning of the road.
Your pure soul looks at me, blesses my sins and gives me tenderness.
I am your fair son … you remain as you were and as you wish.
In the garden of eternity with the righteous … and in the vicinity of the prophets, the two righteous friends and the righteous martyrs … And those who have improved well.
Your righteous son Mahmoud Al-Khatib .. 1976
Source: A series of stars running on the green grass. Al-Khatib is an artist from the seventies.
