Celebrity Biographies
Biography of Mohamed Salah
Date of Birth: | 1992, June 15 |
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Years: | 28 years old |
Nation of birth: | Egypt |
Height: | 5 feet 7 inches |
Name | Mohamed Salah |
Nationality | Egyptian |
Place of birth / city | Nagrig, Gharbia, Egypt, |
ethnicity | arabica |
Net worth | $2.25 million |
weight in kg | 71 |
subject with | Maggi Salah |
Girlfriend | Maggi Salah |
Married | Maggi Salah |
Married to | Maggi Salah |
Kids | 1 |
Awards | CAF African Footballer of the Year, BBC African Footballer of the Year, Arab Footballer of the Year, UAFA Golden Boy |
Born and raised in Nagri , Gharbia, Mohamed Salah is an Egyptian professional footballer who currently plays for the Egyptian national team and Liverpool as a striker. The footballer made his professional debut in 2010 playing for local youth club EI Mokawloon and international debut in 2011 for the Egypt national football team. In early 2014, Salah became the first Egyptian international to sign for English Premier League club Chelsea. After playing in the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup, the 2012 Summer Olympics and the 2017 CAF Nations Cup, he finally carved a place for himself on the national team. He also became the top scorer in the FIFA World Cup qualifiers.
Early life and childhood of Mohamed Salah
Born on June 15, 1992 in Nagri, Gharbia, Egypt, Mohamed Salah was born into an average middle-class family. Regarding the nationality of him, he is Egyptian and ethnic, he is Arab. He was interested in playing soccer from a very young age.
Salah used to watch football on TV when he wasn’t playing. He started playing for a local youth club. The Mokawloon in Cairo. The club was far from his hometown but he did not give up and his passion for the game kept him focused.
The footballer finally got the chance to play for the senior team when he was 18 years old. At the beginning of his career, he mainly improved his game as a substitute player and finally began to play as a regular striker.
The Egyptian Premier League was halted and all subsequent games were postponed due to the Port Said Stadium disaster, in early February 2012. On March 10, 2012, the Egyptian Football Association canceled the season.
Mohamed Salah’s professional career
The Swiss Super League club hosted a friendly match with Egypt’s under-23 team. The match was held at the Stadion Rankhof, in Basel, on March 16th . Although he only played during the second half, he scored twice in the second half in a 4-3 win for the Egyptian U-23 team.
Following his impressive performance in the friendly, Salah reached an agreement with Basel signing a four-year contract on April 10, 2012. He made his Basel debut playing the preliminary game against Norwegian club Molde in a League of UEFA Champions, August 8.
Salah is a devout Muslim who frequently celebrates goals by performing sujud. His fans and supporters have also given him nicknames. Egyptian King and Egyptian Messi . Furthermore, he is also quite popular on social media like Instagram and Twitter.