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My Take
Mohamed Salah's story is the one I point to when people ask what greatness from nowhere looks like. From the village of Nagrig in Egypt's Gharbia Governorate to captaining his national team and dominating the Premier League, the sheer distance traveled is staggering. The 2017-18 awards haul, from the Golden Boot to African Footballer of the Year, reads like a checklist of everything a winger can win. What stays with me, though, is the pairing of ruthless finishing with genuine humility; he carries an entire country's hopes and somehow makes it look light. At 175 centimeters, he is proof that scale of impact has nothing to do with physical size.
Overview
Mohamed Salah Hamed Mahrous Ghaly (born 15 June 1992) is an Egyptian professional footballer who plays as a right winger or right midfielder. He captains the Egypt national team. At club level, he last played for English club Liverpool. He is widely regarded as one of the best players of his generation and one of the greatest wingers of all time.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Mohamed Salah
- Name (Japanese)
- モハメド・サラー
- Reading
- もはめど・さらー
- Born
- June 15, 1992 (age 33)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Gemini / Monkey
- Origin
- Nagrig, Gharbia Governorate, Egypt
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 175 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- association football player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- 2018 Onze d'Or
- 2018 FIFA Puskás Award
- 2018 The Best FIFA Men's Player
- 2017 African Footballer of the Year
- 2017 BBC African Footballer of the Year
- 2018 PFA Players' Player of the Year
- 2018 Premier League Golden Boot
- 2018 honorary citizen of the Chechen Republic
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Association football player — see all → · More people from Egypt →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.