Hassan El-Shazly

Hassan Ahmed El-Shazly (; 13 November 1943 – 20 April 2015) was an Egyptian footballer. He is considered as a historic player of Tersana. He was described as a "devastating shooter" and "lethal with both feet". He also played for Egypt national football team and is the Africa Cup of Nations all-time top Egyptian scorer, and the all-time top scorer of the Egyptian Premier League. El-Shazly is widely regarded as one of the best forwards in the history of African football.

Career El-Shazly played for the Egyptian team Tersana. He led Tersana to its only Egyptian League title in the 1963 season. He was the Egyptian Premier League top goalscorer for four times. As of 2010, this is an Egyptian record that still holds. He scored 34 goals as the top league scorer of the 1974–75 Egyptian Premier League season, a one-season record that still stands. This was done at a relative old age; he was 32 years old. El-Shazly is the Egyptian Premier League's all-time goal scorer with 173 goals.

He also represented the Egypt national football team, and was the top scorer with six goals at the 1963 African Cup of Nations. He played with his country in the 1965 Arab Games, and Egypt won the gold medal, he was the tournament top scorer with 9 goals. El-Shazly also played in the 1970 African Cup of Nations and scored 5 goals and his country finished third in the tournament. He played in the 1974 African Cup of Nations and scored his 12th goal in the Africa Cup of Nations record, becoming Egypt's all time top scorer in the tournament. He played 62 international caps and scored 49 goals for his country.

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International

Scores and results list Egypt's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each El-Shazly goal.

Honours Player Tersana , 1970 Arab Games gold medal: 1965 Palestine Cup of Nations: 1972

Egypt

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