Sayed El-Dhizui

Sayed El-Dhizui excelled as a footballer as a schoolboy and was recruited to his hometown Al Masry team of Port Said in 1943. He remained with them through 1964, except for a stint with Al-Ahly of Cairo from 1956 through 1961. He won the Egyptian Premier League every year he was with Al-Ahly, as well as the Egypt Cup in 1958 and 1961, but with Al Masry he was only runner-up four times in the Egypt Cup: 1945, 1947, 1954, and 1957. Nonetheless, he was the top goal-scorer in the Premier League four times (1949-1951 and 1959) and retired with a then-record of 112 goals. As of 2020, he remains fourth on the all-time Egyptian Premier League goal-scorer list. Internationally, El-Dhizui represented Egypt twice at the Olympic Games, but in both 1948 and 1952 his country was eliminated in round one. In-between, he took silver at the inaugural 1951 Mediterranean Games.