egyptian association football musician
For other people named Mohamed Salah, see Mohamed Salah ( disambiguation )
Mohamed Salah Hamed Mahrous Ghaly ( Arabic : محمد صلاح حامد محروس غالي, Egyptian Arabic pronunciation : [ mæˈħam.mæd sˤɑˈlɑːħ ˈɣæːli ] ; born 15 June 1992 ), besides known as Mo Salah, is an egyptian professional football player who plays as a fore for Premier League club Liverpool and captains the Egypt home team. Considered one of the best players in the global, [ 6 ] [ 7 ] he is known for his coating, trickle, and amphetamine.

Salah started his senior career in 2010 play for Al Mokawloon, departing in 2012 to join Basel, where he won two swiss Super League titles. In 2014, Salah joined Chelsea for a report fee of £11 million, but limited gametime led to consecutive loans to Fiorentina and Roma, who later signed him permanently for €15 million. In 2017, Salah was the subject of a then-club record association football transfer when he signed for Liverpool for £36.9 million, becoming the most expensive egyptian player of all time. There, Salah won the Premier League, the UEFA Champions League, the Premier League Golden Boot doubly, and finished third base for the Best FIFA Men ‘s Player in 2018. He besides holds the criminal record for most Premier League goals scored ( 32 ) in a 38-game season, and ranks as Liverpool ‘s tenth-highest all-time lead goalscorer. At international level, Salah represented Egypt at youth level before making his senior debut in 2011. Following his performances at the 2012 Summer Olympics, he was named CAF Most predict african talent of the year. Since then, he finished as runner-up in the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations and was clear scorekeeper during CAF qualification as Egypt qualified for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Salah was named CAF African Footballer of the Year ( 2017 and 2018 ), BBC African Footballer of the Year ( 2017 and 2018 ), and was selected in the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations Team of the Tournament and the CAF Team of the year on several occasions .

Club career

Al Mokawloon

Salah started out playing for local youth teams. [ 5 ] He names Ronaldo, Zinedine Zidane and Francesco Totti as his childhood idols. [ 8 ] In 2006, he joined the youth team of Al Mokawloon aged 14 after being spotted by a scout who had primitively come to watch another child play but was distracted by Salah. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] Salah frequently had to miss school to make the 3 hour travel to train. [ 8 ] When Salah was 15 he was noticed by then first team coach Mohamed Radwan, who moved him to the aged squad immediately. Salah had to be given a special diet and training program due to his muscles not being in full formed because of his young age. [ 11 ] He made his aged team debut in the egyptian Premier League coming on as a ersatz on 3 May 2010 in a 1–1 away draw against El Mansoura. During the 2010–11 season Salah continued earning minutes on the flip, finally becoming a even in the team. [ 9 ] even though he was getting regular game clock, Salah struggled to score. In the dress board after matches he would sometimes be in tears because of this, and Radwan says it merely motivated him to become good. [ 10 ] He scored his first goal for them on 25 December 2010 in a 1–1 away puff against Al Ahly. [ 12 ] He remained a regular for Al Mokawloon, appearing in every plot of the 2011–12 season. [ 13 ] [ 14 ] Following the Port Said Stadium riot on 1 February 2012, the egyptian Premier League was suspended, and on 10 March 2012, the Egyptian Football Association announced their decision to cancel the remainder of the season. [ 15 ]

basel

2012–13 : Development and breakthrough

swiss Super League club Basel had been monitoring Salah for some time, [ 16 ] so following the egyptian Premier League suspension, the baseball club organised a friendly match with the Egypt U-23 team. [ 17 ] The match took set on 16 March at the Stadion Rankhof in Basel, and despite only playing the second half, Salah scored twice, helping the Egyptians to a 4–3 gain. [ 18 ] Basel subsequently invited Salah to remain in the city for a week ‘s train. On 10 April 2012, it was announced that Salah had signed for Basel on a four-year condense starting from 15 June 2012. [ 19 ] [ 20 ] [ 21 ] He initially found it difficult to settle, having arrived ineffective to speak the linguistic process and been signed as a successor for fan-favourite Xherdan Shaqiri ( whom he would late play aboard at Liverpool ). [ 22 ] Salah scored on his unofficial introduction on 23 June 2012 against Steaua București during a friendly match, a 4–2 defeat. [ 23 ] He made his official Basel introduction in a UEFA Champions League preliminary phase match against the norwegian club Molde on 8 August, coming on as a utility in the 74th minute. [ 24 ] He made his league debut on 12 August against Thun, playing the fully equal. [ 25 ] He scored his first league goal a week late, the second goal in the 2–0 base winnings against Lausanne. [ 26 ] Salah scored his inaugural Europa League goal in the quarter-finals on 11 April 2013, as Basel advanced to the semi-finals by beating Tottenham Hotspur 4–1 on penalties after a 4–4 aggregate draw. [ 27 ] In the semi-final on 2 May, Salah scored against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, although they were beaten 5–2 on aggregate. [ 28 ] Despite late disappointment in Europe, Basel well won the swiss Super League season 2012–13 Championship title [ 29 ] and finished runner-up in the swiss Cup. [ 30 ]

2013–14 : Final season and league championship

ahead of the 2013–14 swiss Super League season, Salah was a extremity of the Basel team that won the 2013 Uhrencup. [ 31 ] Salah scored in his first league appearance of the season against Aarau on 13 July 2013. [ 32 ] He scored his foremost Champions League goal a month late against Maccabi Tel Aviv on 6 August 2013 in the one-third modification round. [ 33 ] Salah was the subject of major controversy following the game, after he appeared to intentionally avoid shaking hands with the players of the Israeli club in both the home and away legs. [ 34 ] He scored doubly against the Bulgarian league champions PFC Ludogorets Razgrad on 21 August 2013 in the play-off cycle. [ 35 ] On 18 September 2013, Salah scored the equalizer against Chelsea in the 2–1 away win during the group stage. During the restitution tie on 26 November at the St. Jakob-Park, Salah scored the winning finish as Basel beat Chelsea for the second time with a 1–0 dwelling winnings. [ 36 ] however he was unable to prevent Basel being eliminated in the group stage. [ 37 ] On the domestic stage, Salah continued to perform. Scoring 4 goals in 18 games, [ 38 ] including a double against title rivals Young Boys, [ 39 ] he helped Basel win the league title for the fifth time in a row. [ 40 ]

Chelsea

2013–14 : entrance into first-team squad

On 23 January 2014, Chelsea announced that a consider had been agreed with Basel to sign Salah for a fee reported to be in the region of £11 million. [ 41 ] Three days former the transfer was completed, making him the beginning egyptian to sign for the London-based club. [ 42 ] Liverpool had been keen to sign the Basel striker, and had made an put up of £11 million but were beaten to his signature by the Blues. [ 43 ] On 8 February, Salah made his debut for Chelsea in the Premier League, coming on as a substitute in the 3–0 win over Newcastle United. [ 44 ] Seven games belated, on 22 March, Salah scored his foremost finish for Chelsea against Arsenal at Stamford Bridge in the London Derby, coming on as a substitute for Oscar, in a match which ended with a 6–0 gain for the Blues. [ 45 ] then, on 5 April, Salah opened the seduce and later won a penalty and assisted the third finish in Chelsea ‘s 3–0 winnings over Stoke City. [ 46 ]

2014–15 : domestic success

Salah playing for Chelsea away at Tottenham Hotspur on 1 January 2015 Before the 2014–15 season, Salah ‘s future with Chelsea looked to be in doubt after reports suggested he could be forced to return to Egypt to carry out military service after his registration for an department of education scheme was rescinded by the egyptian Minister of Higher Education. [ 47 ] He was spared of military service after a meet with the then egyptian prime minister Ibrahim Mahlab, the Minister of Higher Education and the egyptian national director Shawky Gharieb. [ 48 ] Salah changed squad numbers from 15 to 17 for the begin of the season, with his newfangled number having been vacated by Eden Hazard changing to phone number 10. [ 49 ] Salah was rarely used during the season, making barely three Premier League, two UEFA Champions League and three cup appearances, failing to score in any of them. On 28 October 2014, after a poor performance in a 2–1 win at League Two club Shrewsbury Town in the one-fourth round of the League Cup, he and boyfriend winger André Schürrle were criticized publicly by coach José Mourinho. [ 50 ] Although Salah entirely made three league appearances before his lend move to Fiorentina, Mourinho stated that he would receive a replica achiever ‘s decoration from the club for his contributions that season. [ 51 ]

loanword to Fiorentina

On the transfer deadline day, 2 February 2015, Chelsea confirmed that Salah would join italian club Fiorentina on an 18-month loanword until the end of the 2015–16 season, as region of a transfer share which saw Juan Cuadrado moving in the opposite direction. Six days after sign, he made his Fiorentina debut coming off the bench in the sixty-fifth minute as a refilling for Joaquín in a 3–2 Serie A victory against Atalanta at the Stadio Artemio Franchi. [ 52 ] Salah chose the number 74 shirt in honor of the victims of the Port Said Stadium riot. [ 53 ] [ 54 ] [ 55 ]
Salah made his beginning start for Fiorentina on 14 February against Sassuolo, scoring his beginning goal for the golf club in the thirtieth minute. He then provided an assist to Khouma Babacar precisely two minutes after scoring ; the couple ended in a 3–1 win for Fiorentina. [ 56 ] Twelve days later, Salah scored his inaugural european goal for Fiorentina, as his english advanced to the polish of 16 of the Europa League, beating Tottenham 3–1 on aggregate. [ 57 ] [ 58 ] Salah scored the fetching finish for Fiorentina against Inter Milan on 1 March, his one-third finish in Serie A. [ 59 ] Four days after that, Salah scored both of Fiorentina ‘s goals in their 2–1 win away to Juventus in the Coppa Italia semi-final first leg. [ 60 ] At the goal of the season, Fiorentina activated an option to make the loan move permanent, but Salah refused the move. even though the loanword agreement was for 18 months, Salah refused to return to Fiorentina and alternatively joined fellow Serie A golf club Roma. [ 61 ] [ 62 ] On 11 September, Fiorentina filed a complaint to FIFA, claiming that Chelsea had breached the agreed contract when they allowed Salah to join Roma on lend. [ 63 ] The Court of Arbitration for Sport cleared Salah and Chelsea of any wrongdoing. [ 64 ]

2015–16 : loanword to Roma

On 6 August 2015, Salah joined Roma on a season-long lend for €5 million ; with the option to make the deal permanent, [ 65 ] [ 66 ] for a reported €15 million. [ 67 ] He wore the act 11 shirt. [ 68 ] He made his debut on 22 August, as the new season began with a 1–1 pull at Hellas Verona. [ 69 ] On 20 September, Salah scored his first base goal of the season against Sassuolo to help Roma salvage a period as the match ended in a 2–2 draw. [ 70 ] He went on to score in his following two matches, a 2–1 loss against Sampdoria and a 5–1 win against Carpi. [ 71 ] [ 72 ] On 25 October, Salah returned to the Stadio Artemio Franchi, scoring the undoer against his early cabaret Fiorentina to help earn a fourthly square league acquire for Roma. In his revert, Salah was besides sent off after picking up a moment chicken in the close minutes of the match, precisely seconds after picking up his first chicken. [ 73 ] [ 74 ] On 4 November, he scored the open goal of a 3–2 Champions League win over Bayer Leverkusen. [ 75 ] On 4 March, he faced his former side Fiorentina again and scored another double as Roma won 4–1 and broke into the top three. [ 76 ] Salah would go onto grade another three goals that season, scoring against Bologna, Genoa, and AC Milan, the latter on the final day. [ 77 ] [ 78 ] [ 79 ] In the 2015–16 season, Salah scored 15 goals in 42 matches as Roma finished in third base target in Serie A and qualified for the Champions League. [ 80 ] In June, it was announced that Salah won the club ‘s 2015–16 Player of the Season prize. [ 81 ]

read-only memory

2016–17 : permanent transfer, Serie A runner-up

On 3 August 2016, Roma announced the bless of Salah on a permanent wave deal for €15 million. [ 82 ] [ 83 ] He scored his first base goal of the season in a 4–0 gain over Udinese in the opening game of the season on 20 August. [ 84 ] On 6 November, Salah scored a hat-trick in a 3–0 win over Bologna, his first club career hat-trick. [ 85 ] however, a tear ankle ligament kept him out for the foremost one-half of December. [ 86 ] He returned as a half-time substitute in a 1–0 kill against championship rivals Juventus on 17 December. [ 87 ] Salah then endured a two-month time period without a goal, he broke his drought on 19 February, scoring against Torino in a 4–1 win. [ 88 ] On 9 March, he scored Roma ‘s opening goal in an eventual 4–2 kill to Lyon in the first leg of the circle of sixteen in the UEFA Europa League. [ 89 ] In malice of a 2–1 gain in the second leg, they were unable to turn the marry around and were knocked out 5–4 and aggregate. [ 90 ] On 28 May, in the final examination game of the season, Salah was substituted for captain Francesco Totti, who was playing his final game with the clubhouse, in a 3–2 win over Genoa. [ 91 ] [ 92 ] Roma finished the season in moment, just four points behind champions Juventus. [ 93 ] Salah scored 19 goals in all competitions. [ 94 ]

liverpool

2017–18 : record-breaking individual success

On 22 June 2017, Salah agreed a transfer to Liverpool. He signed a long-run condense with the Reds for an initial £36.5m fee that could rise to £43m. [ 95 ] The fee was a club record, eclipsing the £35m exhausted on Andy Carroll in 2011. [ 96 ] He was assigned the numeral 11 shirt previously worn by Roberto Firmino who rather switched to numeral 9. [ 97 ] He joined the club on 1 July upon the open of the summer transplant window, becoming Liverpool ‘s first egyptian player. [ 98 ] He scored on his Premier League debut against Watford in a 3–3 draw on 12 August. [ 99 ] On 24 August, Salah scored his moment finish for Liverpool, in a 2017–18 UEFA Champions League play-off polish 4–2 acquire ( 6–3 agg ) against Hoffenheim, his first finish at Anfield. [ 100 ] Three days late, Salah scored and assisted a finish in a 4–0 victory over Arsenal. [ 101 ] For his performances in August, Salah was awarded Player of the Month by Liverpool supporters. [ 102 ] On 17 October, Salah netted doubly in a 7–0 Champions League win over Maribor, helping Liverpool to the joint-largest ever off win in the competition, and the largest aside win by an english club. [ 103 ] On 26 November, Salah scored the undoer and refused to celebrate in a 1–1 home draw with his erstwhile team Chelsea out of deference for the club ampere well as victims of the North Sinai Mosque fire two days earlier. [ 104 ] Salah rose the top of the Premier League goalscoring charts by scoring doubly after coming on as a stand-in away at Stoke City on 29 November in a 3–0 win. [ 105 ] The following month, Salah netted in a 4–0 gain over AFC Bournemouth ; a solution which saw Liverpool become the first team in Premier League history to win four straight away league matches by a margin of at least three goals. [ 106 ] In the summons, he besides became the joint-second fastest actor to reach 20 goals for Liverpool on his 26th appearance, behind George Allan who reached the milestone in 19 appearances in 1895. [ 107 ] On 17 March 2018, Salah scored four goals in a 5–0 win over Watford, which was his beginning hat-trick for Liverpool. In this game, he besides broke a commemorate of scoring 36 times in his debut season for Liverpool, and besides became the leading goalscorer in Europe ‘s top five leagues – overtaking Barcelona ‘s Lionel Messi and Tottenham striker Harry Kane. Following Salah ‘s record-breaking goal exploits erstwhile Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard stated “ we are witnessing the beginning of enormousness ”. [ 108 ] In early April 2018, he scored in both Champions League quarter-final matches against Manchester City to help his side advance. [ 109 ] On 22 April 2018, Salah was awarded the PFA Players ‘ Player of the Year award, [ 110 ] having earlier been named in the PFA Team of the year for the Premier League. [ 111 ] Two days late, he scored a brace in a 5–2 Champions League semi-final first leg acquire over former club, Roma. In doing so, he simultaneously became the first musician from Africa and the beginning Liverpool player to score 10 goals in a single campaign in the tournament. His double besides took him to 43 goals for the season across all competitions, surpassing Roger Hunt ‘s reckoning of 42, and making him Liverpool ‘s second-highest goalscorer in a single season, behind Ian Rush. [ 112 ] He had previously besides broken the club ‘s record for the Premier League era, surpassing Robbie Fowler ‘s sum of 36 goals set in the 1995–96 campaign, and Fernando Torres ‘ read of 33 for the most goals by a Liverpool actor in a debut season. [ 113 ] After his two goals and assists in the first leg against Roma, Salah featured in the second base stage as Liverpool beat Roma 7–6 on aggregate to qualify for the final for the beginning time in eleven years. [ 114 ] He would then become the Premier League ‘s all-time goalscorer for a 38-game season, registering his 32nd league goal in a 4–0 gain against Brighton & Hove Albion en route to being awarded the Premier League Golden Boot. [ 115 ] In the 2018 UEFA Champions League Final against Real Madrid, Salah injured his leave shoulder in the thirtieth moment. [ 116 ] After initially carrying on, he left the battlefield in tears after going to ground in a challenge with Madrid defender Sergio Ramos ; [ 117 ] the pit ended in a 3–1 defeat. The egyptian FA stated that this would have no effect on his play at the 2018 World Cup in Russia and that Salah would however be named in the team ‘s final squad on 4 June. [ 118 ] The day after the equal, Ramos wrote a message and sent him full wishes. [ 119 ]

2018–19 : european champion and irregular Golden bang

Salah during a warm-up ahead of a pre-season match on 7 August 2018. On 2 July 2018, Salah signed a new long-run sign with Liverpool. [ 120 ] Manager Jürgen Klopp said the news was significant as a instruction of intent in terms of Liverpool ‘s status in the football world in having Salah perpetrate himself further to the cabaret. [ 121 ] On 12 August, Salah scored Liverpool ‘s first finish of the temper, in a 4–0 winnings over West Ham United. [ 122 ] [ 123 ] On 20 August, in a 2–0 away win over Crystal Palace, Salah played a part in both of Liverpool ‘s goals ; winning a penalty for the foremost, and providing an serve for Sadio Mané for the second. [ 124 ] [ 125 ] Five days late, Salah scored the only goal in Liverpool ‘s 1–0 win over Brighton. [ 126 ] On 30 August 2018, Salah was named on the three-man short list for the UEFA Men ‘s Player of the Year, coming in third gear place, [ 127 ] and was besides included on the three-man short list for the UEFA Forward of the Season, coming in second put. [ 128 ] [ 129 ] [ 130 ] On 3 September he was named on the three-man short list for the Best FIFA Men ‘s Player, finishing third gear. [ 131 ] [ 132 ] Salah controversially received the 2018 FIFA Puskás Award for goal of the year, the winning strickle his goal at Anfield in his beginning Merseyside bowler hat, [ 133 ] [ 134 ] prompting on-line protests against the decision. [ 135 ] [ 136 ] On 24 October, Salah scored doubly against Red Star Belgrade in the UEFA Champions League group stage, with his second gear finish his 50th for the club. [ 137 ] With 50 goals in 65 games he is the fastest player in Liverpool history to reach the half hundred. [ 137 ]

“ I have sacrificed a distribute for my career, to come from a greenwich village to go to Cairo, and to be an egyptian at this charge is improbable for me. ”

— Salah after winning the 2019 UEFA Champions League Final. [ 138 ]
On 8 December, Salah scored a hat-trick in a 4–0 away win over Bournemouth, to move Liverpool to the lead of the league table. [ 139 ] Three days former, he scored the winning goal in a 1–0 acquire over Napoli in their final Champions League group fastness, the result qualifying Liverpool to the round of sixteen. [ 140 ] On 19 January 2019, he scored his fiftieth Premier League goal with a brace in a 4–3 acquire over Crystal Palace, reaching the score in 72 appearances. In doing therefore, he became the joint-fourth fastest player to achieve the milestone, aboard Fernando Torres, and behind only Andy Cole, Alan Shearer and Ruud avant-garde Nistelrooy. [ 141 ]
salat at the Champions League trophy parade on the streets of Liverpool the day after the final : 2 June 2019 In February 2019, West Ham said they were investigating a video recording which allegedly showed fans racially abusing Salah, including for being Muslim. [ 142 ] The probe resulted in the fan being banned for three years. [ 143 ] On 5 April, he scored his fiftieth Premier League goal for Liverpool in a 3–1 win over Southampton and in the process broke Torres ‘ read to become the fastest player to reach the milestone for the golf club, doing so in his 69th appearance. [ 144 ] It besides saw him become the third base fastest musician to reach the milestone for a single club in the Premier League earned run average, behind Shearer for Blackburn Rovers, in 66 appearances, and Van Nistelrooy for Manchester United, in 68 appearances. [ 145 ] Later that calendar month, he scored the second finish, a potent affect from 25 yards out that flew into the top corner, in a 2–0 win over Chelsea which helped Liverpool earn a club-record-equaling 26th succeed for the Premier League campaign ; and the golf club ‘s second-highest always wins return in the top-flight after the record of 30 dress in 1979. [ 146 ] On 26 April, he made his hundredth appearance for Liverpool and broke the record jointly held by Roger Hunt and Sam Raybould for the player with the most goals in his foremost century of appearances for the clubhouse, netting twice in a 5–0 succeed over Huddersfield Town to take his reckoning to 69. [ 147 ] On 1 June, he scored Liverpool ‘s first goal in a 2–0 winnings over Tottenham in the 2019 UEFA Champions League Final from a punishment. [ 148 ] Salah ‘s finish, which he scored in the open two minutes of the equal, was the second fastest goal ever scored in a Champions League final, slower only than Paolo Maldini ‘s feat for A.C. Milan against Liverpool in the 2005 final. [ 149 ] In September 2019, Salah was nominated for the FIFA FIFPro World11 award by cosmopolitan players ’ marriage, FIFPro, and FIFA as one amongst 55 players. [ 150 ]

2019–20 : Premier League champion

On 9 August 2019, Salah scored Liverpool ‘s second finish in a 4–1 winnings against Norwich City in the opening plot of the 2019–20 Premier League season. [ 151 ] In the 2019 UEFA Super Cup on 14 August, Salah scored Liverpool ‘s fifth and ultimately critical penalty in a 5–4 penalty shoot-out win against Chelsea, after the game had finished 2–2 after extra-time. [ 152 ] [ 153 ] In December, Salah ended one-fifth in the vote polls for the 2019 Ballon d’Or, and made his hundredth Premier League appearance late in the month, marking the occasion with a finish and help in Liverpool ‘s 3–0 win over Bournemouth. [ 154 ] [ 155 ] Later that month, Liverpool won the 2019 FIFA Club World Cup, with Salah receiving the Golden Ball award for Player of the Tournament. [ 156 ] On 19 January 2020, Salah scored his first finish in five encounters against rivals Manchester United with a run that spanned from outside his box to the other goal in Liverpool ‘s 2–0 winnings at Anfield in the Premier League. [ 157 ] [ 158 ] On 29 January, Salah scored Liverpool ‘s opening goal in a 2–0 gain at West Ham, a victory that saw the clubhouse beat every team in a Premier League season – the first meter in the club ‘s 127-year history that they had accomplished it in the top-flight. [ 159 ] On 7 March, Salah scored the opening finish in a 2–1 win against Bournemouth as Liverpool made it an english top-flight record of 22 consecutive home wins. It was besides his 70th Premier League finish in 100 appearances for Liverpool, mean that he had scored seven more goals than the previous best in their first 100 league games for the golf club ( 63 goals by Fernando Torres ). [ 160 ] Salah ‘s 20th of the season saw him become the first Liverpool player to score 20 goals in all competitions in three straight seasons since Michael Owen between 2000–01 and 2002–03. [ 161 ]

On 24 June 2020, he scored as Liverpool beat Crystal Palace 4–0 at Anfield, as Liverpool edged closer to securing the title. [ 162 ] After Liverpool being confirmed as champions, [ 163 ] Salah would go on to score a far two goals ( both against Brighton ) [ 164 ] before lifting the Premier League trophy after a 5–3 victory over Chelsea. [ 165 ]

2020–22 : promote individual success

On 12 September 2020, Salah scored a hat-trick in the foremost league match of a season, including two penalties, in a 4–3 acquire against Leeds United. [ 166 ] Hence, he became the foremost Liverpool musician to score in four consecutive league openers from 2017–18 to 2020–21, and the second serviceman in Premier League history, after Teddy Sheringham from 1992–93 to 1995–96. [ 167 ] He besides became the first musician to score a hat-trick for Liverpool in the beginning league match since John Aldridge achieved this feat against Charlton Athletic in the 1988–89 season. [ 168 ] On 17 October 2020, he scored his hundredth goal for Liverpool in all competitions in a 2–2 aside hook against Everton. [ 169 ] In scoring his hundredth goal in his 159th game, Salah became the beginning actor since Steven Gerrard in 2008 to reach the milestone, and the one-third fastest in Liverpool ‘s history after Roger Hunt ( 100 goals in 144 games ), and Jack Parkinson ( 153 games ). [ 170 ] Salah is the fastest to reach 100 goals for Liverpool while scoring strictly in England ‘s exceed flight, given that both Hunt and Parkinson scored some of their goals for Liverpool in the Football League Second Division. [ 171 ] On 31 January 2021, Salah scored two goals against West Ham and became the one-fifth Liverpool player to score more than 20 goals in all competitions in four back-to-back seasons, and the inaugural since Ian Rush did sol six times running from 1981–82 to 1986–87. [ 172 ] In addition, his goal in the 68th minute that game was late voted as Premier League Goal of the Month. [ 173 ] [ 174 ] On 24 April, he scored in a 1–1 draw with Newcastle United, to become the beginning Liverpool player to score 20 goals in three different Premier League campaigns. [ 175 ] On 13 May, he scored a finish in a 4–2 aside win over Manchester United, to be his team ‘s first base away win at Old Trafford since March 2014. [ 176 ] furthermore, he besides became the only actor to score at Old Trafford for Liverpool in two unlike games in a season, having scored doubly in a 3–2 defeat in the FA Cup, since Harry Chambers in the 1920–21 season. [ 177 ]
Salah during a pre-season crippled for Liverpool in 2021 Salah opened the 2021–22 season with a goal and two assists in a 3–0 succeed at Norwich. In scoring Salah became the first gear actor to score in the open game of five consecutive Premier League seasons. [ 178 ] On 12 September, Salah scored his hundredth Premier League goal in the 3–0 acquire away to Leeds United. [ 179 ] On 25 September, Salah scored his hundredth Premier League finish for Liverpool in a 3–3 reap away to Brentford. Reaching 100 top-flight goals in fewer games than any actor in Liverpool history, he achieved the milestone in 151 games, one crippled fewer than Roger Hunt who reached a hundred of goals in 152 games. [ 180 ] The finish besides moved Salah into Liverpool ‘s peak 10 all-time scorers number. [ 181 ] On 19 October, Salah became the first musician in Liverpool history to score in nine straight games with two goals in a 3–2 winnings away to Atlético Madrid in the UEFA Champions League. His second goal, his 31st in the Champions League, saw him become Liverpool ‘s criminal record goalscorer in the contest, surpassing the 30 goals scored by Steven Gerrard. [ 182 ] In his future game on 24 October Salah continued breaking records with a hat-trick against Liverpool ‘s arch rivals Manchester United in a 5–0 victory at Old Trafford. [ 183 ] In scoring three goals Salah became the highest score african player in Premier League history ( surpassing the 104 goals scored by Didier Drogba ), and the first Liverpool player to score in ten consecutive games angstrom well as the first Liverpool musician to score at Old Trafford three games in a row. [ 184 ] [ 185 ] He besides became the first opposition player to score a hat-trick at Old Trafford since Ronaldo in 2003, and the first to do sol in Premier League history. [ 183 ] [ 185 ] On 1 December, Salah scored twice in a 4–1 off win against Everton in the Premier League as Liverpool became the first team in english top-flight history to score at least two goals in 18 consecutive games in all competitions. [ 186 ] On 7 December, Salah scored Liverpool ‘s opening goal in a 2–1 away succeed against A.C. Milan at the San Siro as Liverpool became the foremost English club to win all six Champions League group games in the contest ‘s history. The goal was Salah ‘s 20th of the season and he became the first Liverpool player since Ian Rush to score 20 goals in five consecutive seasons. [ 187 ] On 16 December, Salah scored Liverpool ‘s second finish in a 3–1 home gain against Newcastle United, the 15th back-to-back Premier League bet on he either scored or made an serve, in what was Liverpool ‘s 2000th top-flight succeed. [ 188 ]

International career

youth

Salah played for both the Egypt U-20 team and the Egypt U-23 team, representing Egypt in both the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup and the 2012 Summer Olympics, [ 189 ] scoring a penalty against Argentina in the round off of sixteen of the erstwhile tournament, with Egypt losing the match 1–2. [ 190 ] Salah was selected for the youth police squad to play at the 2012 Summer Olympics [ 191 ] score in all three of the team ‘s group games. In their opening peer on 26 July, he scored Egypt ‘s second finish in a 3–2 defeat to Brazil. [ 192 ] He scored the counterweight in their 1–1 draw against New Zealand played on 29 July, [ 193 ] before scoring Egypt ‘s open goal in a 3–1 win over Belarus in their final group stage bet on played on 1 August, [ 194 ] securing promotion into the knockout stagecoach of the tournament, where Egypt were eliminated following a 3–0 quarter-final defeat to Japan on 4 August. [ 195 ]

senior

On 3 September 2011, Salah made his debut for the Egypt national football team in the 2–1 off frustration by Sierra Leone. [ 196 ] He scored his first goal for Egypt ‘s first team in the 3–0 acquire against Niger a month later, on 8 October, in qualifying for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations. [ 197 ] On 10 June 2012, he scored a goal in the 93rd moment in blockage time against Guinea to give Egypt an crucial 3–2 off victory in a 2014 World Cup modifier. [ 198 ] On 9 June 2013, Salah scored a hat-trick in a 4–2 away win against Zimbabwe as Egypt won their one-fourth back-to-back equal in the World Cup qualifiers. [ 199 ] A week belated in the take after meet, he scored the alone finish away to Mozambique, putting Egypt into the final examination qualify group. [ 200 ] On 10 September, Salah scored his sixth tournament goal in a 4–2 acquire over Guinea, securing Egypt a 100 % criminal record to finish their qualifying group and becoming the joint-top scorekeeper among all African teams in the qualification stages. [ 201 ]
On 10 October 2014, Salah scored in a 2–0 win over Botswana, besides scoring in the return fastness on five days late, in qualifying for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations. [ 202 ] [ 203 ] On 19 November, Salah scored the first step goal in a 2–1 away frustration to Tunisia, as Egypt missed out on qualifying for the Africa Cup of Nations finals for a third base back-to-back time. [ 204 ] [ 205 ] Salah was a member of the Pharaohs ‘ police squad for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations held in Gabon. [ 206 ] [ 207 ] On 25 January, he scored in Egypt ‘s 1–0 succeed over Ghana to secure foremost target in Group D. [ 208 ] He went all the way to the final with Egypt, scoring twice and assisting two times in six games, earning him a place in the CAF Team of the Tournament. [ 209 ] Salah was the top scorekeeper for Egypt with five goals during the 2018 FIFA World Cup reservation, including both goals in the critical 2–1 victory over Congo, one of which was a penalty in the last moment to make the Pharaohs reach their first World Cup finals since 1990. [ 210 ] Despite doubts over his fitness following his shoulder injury, Salah was included in Egypt ‘s 29-man probationary police squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup and was included in their final 23-man squad on 4 June. [ 211 ] [ 212 ] He missed Egypt ‘s opening match against Uruguay on 15 June, which the Pharaohs lost 1–0, conceding in the 89th hour. [ 213 ] Salah scored a penalty in Egypt ‘s 3–1 kill to hosts Russia at the Krestovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg four days late. [ 214 ] In Egypt ‘s concluding group bet on on 25 June, Salah scored his second goal of the World Cup with a chip over the goalkeeper in Egypt ‘s 2–1 defeat to Saudi Arabia at Volgograd Arena. [ 215 ] [ 216 ] On 8 September, in a 6–0 win over Niger in qualifying for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, Salah scored two goals, provided two assists and besides missed two penalties. His first penalty, in the foremost moment of the crippled, was saved, while the second he converted the loose ball after it was initially saved. [ 217 ] On 16 June 2019, Salah provided two assists after coming on as a substitute in 3–1 succeed over Guinea in friendly warm-up game for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations on home territory, wearing the captain ‘s armband for the first time ever in his international career. [ 218 ] On 26 June, Salah scored his beginning goal of the tournament in Egypt ‘s second group match, a 2–0 succeed over DR Congo ; he was besides involved in the opening finish of the match, which was scored by captain Ahmed Elmohamady. [ 219 ] Salah was named as the captain of the Egypt national team in September 2019. [ 220 ] [ 221 ] [ 222 ]

manner of play

analysis

Salah is best known for his speed, dribbling ability and complete Regarded as a promptly, mobile, hard-working and tactical player, with good technique and an eye for goal, Salah is predominantly known for his accelerate, campaign, clinical finish, agility, dribbling skills, first tint, and ball control, arsenic well as his ability to use both his pace and flare on the ball in order to beat opponents, and create seduce opportunities for himself or his teammates. [ 223 ] [ 224 ] [ 225 ] [ 226 ] A versatile advancing, he primarily plays as a winger on the right flank, a position which allows him to cut into the center onto his hard left foot, and either shoot on goal or play immediate exchanges with other players and make runs in behind the defense towards goal. He can besides play in the center behind the chief striker as either an attack midfielder or second hitter. [ 227 ] On his increased threat in front of goal since joining Liverpool, Salah credits Liverpool director Jürgen Klopp ’ south request for him to occupy more advance cardinal positions, frequently operating as a main striker, with the ahead telling ESPN, “ I play closer to the finish than any club before. ” [ 223 ] [ 224 ] [ 228 ] Salah initially started his career at the left-back position, however, following a 4–0 succeed over the young person team of egyptian golf club ENPPI, Salah was in tears for not scoring after missing respective acquit chances ; this made his passenger car realise his passion for scoring goals, forcing him to move him to a fore put. [ 229 ] [ 230 ]

reception

While playing Al Mokawloon, American passenger car Bob Bradley saw Salah play and noted his exceeding speed, explosiveness, and intelligence on the pitch, already apparent at his young age. [ 231 ] Upon signing for Chelsea, José Mourinho said of Salah : “ He ‘s young, he ‘s fast, he ‘s creative, he ‘s enthusiastic. When we analysed him he looks the kind of base personality on the pitch, ready to work for the team. ” [ 232 ] Mourinho added that Salah has “ like qualities ” with “ talented players ” that he had worked with, such as Gareth Bale and Arjen Robben. [ 233 ] His technical skills, footstep, left metrical foot, goalscoring, military position and direct bring style led him to be nicknamed the “ egyptian Messi “, in the italian media. [ 234 ] [ 235 ] brazilian World Cup winner Ronaldo – whom Salah idolized while growing up – stated, “ Salah is an incredible actor with a fantastic quality. He looks like Messi. ” [ 236 ] [ 237 ] Salah has besides received praise for his refusal to celebrate against his former clubs. [ 238 ]

personal animation

Salah during a urge conference at the 2017 CAF Awards Salah and his wife, Maggi, married in 2013. Their daughter, Makka, born in 2014, [ 239 ] is named in honor of the Islamic holy city of Mecca. [ 231 ] He had another daughter, Kayan, born in 2020. [ 240 ] Salah is Muslim and celebrates goals by performing the sujud. [ 241 ] On this goal celebration, Salah told CNN, “ It ‘s something like praying or thanking God for what I have received, but yeah, it ‘s just beg and praying for a succeed. I ‘ve constantly done that since I was young, everywhere. ” [ 242 ] In November 2020, Salah tested positive for COVID-19. [ 243 ]

Salah has a sponsorship deal with sportswear and equipment supplier Adidas : he wears Adidas X18 football boots. [ 244 ] He appeared in an Adidas 2018 World Cup commercial along with other players in the Adidas stable, including David Beckham, Lionel Messi and Paul Pogba, and singer Pharrell Williams. [ 245 ] In March 2018, Salah appeared in an ad for Vodafone Egypt. Filmed visiting several Merseyside landmarks, the video was in the first place released in Arabic ( but was besides translated to English ). [ 246 ] A month subsequently, he mentioned that he was “ insulted ” after his image was displayed across the national team ‘s plane without his license before the start of the World Cup that year, as the official sponsor of the national team, WE, is a rival of his presenter. [ 247 ]

charity

Salah is active in positive feedback projects in Nagrig, his hometown where 65 % of people live in poverty, donating money to help build a school and hospital. [ 248 ] [ 249 ] The project includes the construction of an Al-Azhar institute and an ambulance unit of measurement. In an interview with Al-Masry Al-Youm, Salah ‘s father claimed that his son refused to accept any fiscal aid with the project. [ 250 ] During his clock in Egypt, Salah ‘s family was once robbed, however, the thief was caught and arrested by police, with Salah ‘s church father prepare to press charges against him, but Mohamed convinced him to drop the case. Afterwards, Salah helped the thief financially, giving him some money and trying to find him a job. [ 251 ] In February 2018, following a match against Tottenham, Salah donated a replica shirt to young patron Mohamed Abdel Karim, who was previously pictured wearing a jumper read Salah ‘s name and shirt number. [ 252 ] furthermore, Mohamed Salah has helped more than 450 families by giving them monthly allowances and he besides helped the government by giving approximately $ 300,000 when the nation was experiencing an economic crisis. [ 253 ]

In popular culture

Graffiti of Salah in Cairo Salah mural in New York City liverpool fans created a chant to the tune of Dodgy ‘s “ Good Enough “, saying that if Salah continued to score goals, they would convert to Islam – “ If he ‘s thoroughly enough for you, he ‘s good enough for me, if he scores another few, then I ‘ll be Muslim excessively. ” [ 254 ] Salah gave his approval to the chant, and it has been cited as an case of inclusivity. [ 255 ] According to a 2021 study in the American Political Science Review, Salah ‘s transfer to Liverpool led to a 16 % reduction in hate crimes in the city, angstrom well as reducing Islamophobic on-line palaver by Liverpool fans. [ 256 ] Salah is devout to a degree that many early well-known Muslims sports figures are not, and his appeal and apolitical character have made him a democratic number in the UK. [ 231 ] During his finish celebration, Salah lays in the flat position to thank God in sujud. [ 257 ] Salah is nicknamed “ The Pharaoh “ by the press and his fans. [ 258 ] [ 259 ] [ 260 ] He has besides been given the nickname “ egyptian King ” by Liverpool supporters, [ 261 ] [ 262 ] arising from a chant set to the tune of “ Sit Down “ by English indie rock dance band James. [ 263 ] Following his finish that led Egypt to the World Cup finals for the first time since 1990, a school in Egypt was named after him. [ 264 ] Following Egypt ‘s passing from the World Cup, Salah stayed in his home nation for his pre-season holiday. In late June, his address was by chance leaked on Facebook. After this, herd of fans showed up at Salah ‘s firm, with Salah greeting the fans and signing autograph for some, although according to reports in Spain, police did arrive to cordon off his house. [ 265 ] During Liverpool ‘s 2018 pre-season tour in the U.S., american artist Brandan Odums created a mural in the Times Square sphere displaying Salah in the Egypt kit, with the player late posting an trope on social media posing adjacent to it. [ 266 ] [ 267 ] In Egypt, respective murals have besides been created displaying Salah ‘s compare, including one in the capital of Cairo. [ 268 ] [ 269 ] A testament to his charm in the region and globally, Salah was featured on the cover of two major magazines in 2018 : GQ Middle East ( have fib titled “ The unstoppable rise of Mo Salah ” ) [ 270 ] and Time magazine ‘s 2019 TIME 100 edition. [ 271 ] An preach of women ‘s equality in the Middle East, Salah ( in his clock 100 entry ) states, “ We need to change the way we treat women in our culture ”. [ 272 ] English comedian, and noted Liverpool fan, John Oliver wrote Salah ‘s feature in the TIME 100 issue. [ 271 ] Oliver notably started the feature writing “ Mo Salah is a better human being than he is a football actor. And he ’ sulfur one of the best football players in the worldly concern. ” [ 273 ] Despite being named as the “ GQ Middle East Man of The year ” in 2019, another GQ photoshoot, with brazilian model Alessandra Ambrosio, caused him some criticism in the Islamic world. [ 274 ] In January 2020, Salah was honoured with a wax statue at Madame Tussauds in London. The museum announced that the statue would be unveil late in the year. “ As egyptian forward and presently both European and World Club champion with Liverpool F.C., Mo Salah is a ball-shaped leading at the peak of his world power. We know that fans will love seeing him at the base of fame, where he rightly belongs, ” Steve Davies, General Manager at Madame Tussauds in London said. [ 275 ]

career statistics

clubhouse

As of match played 19 December 2021[276]

International

As of match played 11 October 2021[277]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Egypt 2011 2 1
2012 15 7
2013 10 9
2014 9 5
2015 4 2
2016 6 5
2017 11 5
2018 6 7
2019 5 2
2020 0 0
2021 5 2
Total 73 45
International goals
As of match played 11 October 2021. Egypt score listed first, score column indicates score after each Salah goal.[278]

Honours

Basel
Liverpool
Egypt
Individual

Records

England
Liverpool
Egypt
Italy

  • Highest-scoring Egyptian in Serie A history: 35 goals in 81 games[405]

See besides

References