Omar Shendi
![]() Shendi in 1943 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 1915 | ||
Place of birth | Giza, Khedivate of Egypt | ||
Date of death | 23 April 1992 (aged 76–77) | ||
Place of death | Cairo, Egypt | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1938–1949 | Zamalek | ||
International career | |||
Egypt | |||
Managerial career | |||
1960 | Al-Ittihad (Jeddah)[1] | ||
1963–1965 | Qadsia | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Omar Shendi (Arabic: عمر شندي; 1915 – 23 April 1992)[2] was an Egyptian footballer who played as a defender for Zamalek. He also played for the Egypt national team, and represented his country in the 1936 Summer Olympics.
Biography
[edit]Club career
[edit]Omar Shendi played all of his career in Zamalek. He started his career in 1938 and played until 1949. He won with Zamalek the Egypt Cup for four times in (1937–38, 1940–41, 1942–43, 1943–44).
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%8A_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B2%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83_1939.jpg/220px-%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%8A_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B2%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83_1939.jpg)
He also won with his team seven titles of the Cairo League (the predecessor to the Egyptian Premier League) in (1939–40, 1940–41, 1943–44, 1944–45, 1945–46, 1946–47, 1948–49) and the King's Cup in (1941). Shendi scored once in the infamous 6-0 win for Zamalek over Al Ahly in the 1942 Cairo Derby, he also played in the infamous 6–0 win over Al Ahly in the 1944 Egypt Cup final. He retired from football in 1949.[3]
International career
[edit]Internationally, Shendi was called to represent Egypt at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, but did not see any playing time, as the team was eliminated by Austria in the group stage.
Managerial career
[edit]Following his retirement from football, he worked as a coach, primarily for Zamalek, but he also had a stint as coach for Al-Ittihad of Jeddah in Saudi Pro League, in 1960. From 1963 to 1965 he managed Qadsia of Kuwait and won the Kuwait Emir Cup.[4]
Honours
[edit]Player
[edit]Zamalek
- Egypt Cup: 1937–38, 1940–41, 1942–43, 1943–44
- Cairo League: 1939–40, 1940–41, 1943–44, 1944–45, 1945–46, 1946–47, 1948–49
- King's Cup: 1941
Manager
[edit]Qadsia
- Kuwait Emir Cup: 1964–65
References
[edit]- ^ Info at ghilaan.com
- ^ Omar Shendi at Olympedia
- ^ ايوب, ياسر (1 December 2018). مصر وكرة القدم: مصر وكرة القدم التاريخ الحقيقى.. أين وكيف بدأت الحكاية (in Arabic). Al Masriah Al Lubnaniah. ISBN 978-977-795-187-6.
- ^ "Olympedia – Omar Shendi". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
- 1915 births
- 1992 deaths
- Egyptian men's footballers
- Men's association football defenders
- Egypt men's international footballers
- Zamalek SC players
- Olympic footballers for Egypt
- Footballers at the 1936 Summer Olympics
- Al-Ittihad Club (Jeddah) managers
- Qadsia SC managers
- Egyptian football managers
- Kuwait Premier League managers
- Expatriate football managers in Kuwait
- Expatriate football managers in Saudi Arabia
- Egyptian expatriate sportspeople in Kuwait
- Egyptian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia
- Egyptian football defender stubs