Sunday, September 03, 2006

AMR ZAKI


Amr Zaki



born 1983 is an Egyptian professional footballer currently registered as a player for Zamalek FC in Egypt.

Zaki is an adaptable striker who can play behind a front two or as a main forward, and he looks to have good energy, attitude, strength and technical ability. He can play short and long passes, gets into the six-yard box effectively and scored with a towering header to take Egypt into the final of the 2006 African Nations Cup, which they eventually won. Amr was the target of many egyptian and european clubs , clubs such as Zamalek , Ahly from Egypt Elain from UAE , Nantes the french outfit have showed interest in the young stiker , however his final decision was to start a russian adventure.

He started his career at Mansoura Club In Egypt before moving to Enppi where in 2006 he was top scorer. He impressed in the 2006 African Nations Cup and that alerted the attention o
f Lokomotiv Moscow who signed him for a reported $2 million. However, he did not play a single match for Lokomotiv.

But the young striker couldn't adapt the russian living so he took his choice to return to Egypt and played for zamallek and he is doing well uptill now scored 2 goals in 3 matches