Sayed Abaza

Sayed Abaza got his start in football with Egypt’s Al-Ahly Club and was with them in 1920 when he was selected to represent his country at the 1920 Antwerp Olympics. There, Egypt was defeated by Italy 2-1 in round one and eliminated. For the 1922 season he switched to El-Mukhtalat (now Zamalek) and won the first Egypt Cup against Al-Ittihad of Alexandria. He then returned to Al-Ahly and won the Sultan Hussein Cup with them the following year, before being selected to represent Egypt again for the 1924 Paris Olympics. At this edition however, he was only a reserve and did not see any playing time due to injuries.

Domestically during this time, Abaza won the Egypt Cup with Al-Ahly in 1924 and 1925, as well as the Sultan Hussein Cup and the Cairo League in the latter year. He went on to take Sultan Hussein Cup in 1926 and 1927 and the Egypt Cup and Cairo League in 1927 with Al-Ahly before returning to El-Mukhtalat in 1928. He also earned his third Olympic selection with the delegation to the 1928 Amsterdam Games. There, Egypt survived to the bronze medal match, but lost to Italy 11-3. Abaza retired from active competition shortly thereafter.