Mohamed Salah Retrieved 29 January 2021

 Mohamed Salah Hamed Mahrous Ghaly (Arabic: محمد صلاح حامد محروس غالى, Egyptian Arabic pronunciation: [mæˈħam. Mæd; born 15 June 1992) is an Egyptian footballer who plays as a forward for Liverpool of the Premier League and captain of the Egyptian crew. Considered one of the best players in the world, he is recognized for his finish, dripping, and speed.

Salah began his senior career with Egyptian membership to the Mokawloon, quickly leaving thereafter to sign up for Swiss aspect Basel for an undisclosed fee. In Switzerland, his performances attracted Chelsea of the Premier League, who signed him in 2014 for a pronounced fee of eleven million pounds sterling. However, he switched to used sparingly in his debut season and was allowed to go on loan to Serie A clubs Fiorentina and Roma, with the latter eventually signing him permanently for €15 million. After his position in supporting Roma to a second winger and a club record points tally in 2017, Salah lowers back to the Premier League to score for Liverpool a club record fee of £36.9 million.

In his second season in England, Salah adapted his sport from herbal winger to striker, taking place to break the Premier League scoring file for a 38-match season and finally receive the Premier League Golden Boot after getting 32 wishes in 36 League video games. Salah's performances earned him some character accolades, including the PFA Players ' Player of the year. In addition, he got here 0.33 in the Best Male Player award of FIFA 2018. In the following season, he completed as top scorer of the Premier League and helped Liverpool win the 2018-19 UEFA Champions League. In his 1/3 season with Liverpool, he helped end the club's 30-year league title drought by winning the 2019-20 Premier League.

At an international level, Salah represented Egypt at the youth stage before making his senior debut in 2011. After his performances at the 2012 Summer Olympics, he became named CAF's most promising African talent of the year. Since then, he has helped Egypt reach the final of the 2017 African Cup of Nations, and become the top scorer at some point in the CAF standings to help the crew qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Salah has been named CAF African Footballer of the year (2017 and 2018), BBC African Footballer of the year (2017 and 2018), and was selected within the 2017 African Cup of Nations tournament team and CAF team of the year on several occasions.

Al Mokawloon

Salah started out playing for local youth teams. he names Ronaldo, Zinedine Zidane, and Francesco Totti as his childhood idols. In 2006, he joined the youth team of Al Mokawloon aged 14 after being spotted by a scout who had originally come to watch another child play but was distracted by Salah.  Salah frequently had to miss school to make the 3-hour journey to training. when Salah was 15 he was noticed by then first-team manager Mohamed Radwan, who moved him to the senior squad immediately. Salah had to be given a special diet and training program due to his muscles not being fully formed because of his young age. he made his senior team debut in the Egyptian Premier League coming on as a substitute on 3 May 2010 in a 1-1 away draw against El Mansoura. During the 2010-11 season, Salah continued earning minutes on the pitch, eventually becoming a regular in the team. Even though he was getting regular game time, Salah struggled to score. In the dressing room after matches, he would sometimes be in tears because of this, and Radwan says it only motivated him to become better. He scored his first goal for them on 25 December 2010 in a 1-1 away draw against Al Ahly. He remained a regular for Al Mokawloon, appearing in every game of the 2011-12 season. Following the Port Said Stadium riot on 1 February 2012, the Egyptian Premier League was suspended, and on 10 March 2012, the Egyptian Football Association announced their decision to cancel the remainder of the season.

Basel

2012-13: Development and breakthrough

Salah playing for Basel away at Zenit St Petersburg in the UEFA Europa League in March 2013Swiss Super League club Basel had been monitoring Salah for some time, so following the Egyptian Premier League suspension, the club organized a friendly match with the Egypt U-23 team. the match took place on 16 March at the Stadion Rankhof in Basel, and despite only playing the second half, Salah scored twice, helping the Egyptians to a 4-3 win.[18] Basel subsequently invited Salah to remain in the city for a week's training. On 10 April 2012, it was announced that Salah had signed for Basel on a four-year contract starting from 15 June 2012. He initially found it difficult to settle, having arrived unable to speak the language, and was signed as a replacement for fan-favorite Xherdan Shaqiri (who he would later play alongside at Liverpool). Salah scored on his unofficial debut on 23 June 2012 against Steaua București during a friendly match, a 4-2 defeat. He made his official Basel debut in a UEFA Champions League preliminary stage match against the Norwegian club Molde on 8 August, coming on as a substitute in the 74th minute. He made his league debut on 12 August against Thun, playing the full match.

He scored his first league goal a week later, the second goal in the 2-0 home win against Lausanne. Salah scored his first Europa League goal in the quarter-finals on 11 April 2013, as Basel advanced to the semi-finals by beating Tottenham Hotspur 4-1 on penalties after a 4-4 aggregate draw. In the semi-final on 2 May, Salah scored against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, although they were beaten 5-2 on aggregate. Despite the late disappointment in Europe, Basel comfortably won the Swiss Super League season 2012-13 Championship title and finished runners-up in the Swiss Cup.

2013-14: Final season and league championship

Ahead of the 2013-14 Swiss Super League season, Salah was a member of the Basel team that won the 2013 Uhrencup.[31] Salah scored in his first league appearance of the season against Aarau on 13 July 2013. He scored his first Champions League goal a month later against Maccabi Tel Aviv on 6 August 2013 in the third qualifying round. Salah was the subject of major controversy following the game after he appeared to deliberately avoid shaking hands with the players of the Israeli club in both the home and away legs.

He scored twice against the Bulgarian league champions PFC Ludogorets Razgrad on 21 August 2013 in the play-off round. On 18 September 2013, Salah scored the equalizer against Chelsea in the 2-1 away win during the group stage. During the return tie on 26 November at the St. Jakob-Park, Salah scored the winning goal as Basel beat Chelsea for the second time with a 1-0 home win. However, he was unable to prevent Basel from being eliminated in the group stage.

On the domestic stage, Salah continued to perform. Scoring 4 goals in 18 games, including a double against the title, rivals Young Boys, he helped Basel win the league title for the fifth time in a row.

Chelsea

2013-14: Entry into the first-team squad

On 23 January 2014, Chelsea announced that a deal had been agreed with Basel to sign Salah for a fee reported to be in the region of £11 million. Three days later the transfer was completed, making him the first Egyptian to sign for the London-based club. Liverpool had been keen to sign the Basel striker, and had made an offer of £11 million but was beaten to his signature by the Blues.

On 8 February, Salah made his debut for Chelsea in the Premier League, coming on as a substitute in the 3-0 win over Newcastle United.[44] Seven games later, on 22 March, Salah scored his first goal for Chelsea against Arsenal at Stamford Bridge in the London Derby, coming on as a substitute for Oscar, in a match which ended with a 6-0 win for the Blues. Then, on 5 April, Salah opened the scoring and later won a penalty and assisted the third goal in Chelsea's 3-0 win over Stoke City.

2014-15: Domestic success

Salah playing for Chelsea away at Tottenham Hotspur on 1 January 2015

Before the 2014-15 season, Salah's future with Chelsea looked to be in doubt after reports suggested he could be forced to return to Egypt to carry out military service after his registration for an education scheme was rescinded by the Egyptian Minister of Higher Education. He was spared of military service after a meeting with the then Egyptian prime minister Ibrahim Mahlab, the Minister of Higher Education, and the Egyptian national manager Shawky Gharib. Salah changed squad numbers from 15 to 17 for the start of the season, with his new number having been vacated by Eden Hazard changing to number 10.

Salah was rarely used during the season, making just three Premier League, Two UEFA Champions League, and three cup appearances, failing to score in any of them. On 28 October 2014, after a poor performance in a 2-1 win at League Two club Shrewsbury Town in the fourth round of the League Cup, he and fellow winger André Schürrle were criticized publicly by manager José Mourinho. Although Salah only made three league appearances before his loan move to Fiorentina, Mourinho stated that he would receive a replica winner's medal from the club for his contributions that season.

Loan to Fiorentina

On the transfer deadline day, 2 February 2015, Chelsea confirmed that Salah would join Italian club Fiorentina on an 18-month loan until the end of the 2015-16 season, as part of a transfer deal which saw Juan Cuadrado moving in the opposite direction. Six days after signing, he made his Fiorentina debut coming off the bench in the 65th minute as a replacement for Joaquín in a 3-2 Serie A victory against Atalanta at the Stadio Artemio Franchi. Salah chose the number 74 shirt in honor of the victims of the Port Said Stadium riot.

Salah playing for Fiorentina against Dynamo Kyiv in 2015

Salah made his first start for Fiorentina on 14 February against Sassuolo, scoring his first goal for the club in the 30th minute. He then provided an assist to Khouma Babacar just two minutes after scoring; the match ended in a 3-1 win for Fiorentina. Twelve days later, Salah scored his first European goal for Fiorentina, as his side advanced to the round of 16 of the Europa League, beating Tottenham 3-1 on aggregate. Salah scored the winning goal for Fiorentina against Inter Milan on 1 March, his third goal in Serie A. Four days after that, Salah scored both of Fiorentina's goals in their 2-1 win away to Juventus in the Coppa Italia semi-final first leg. At the end of the season, Fiorentina activated an option to make the loan move permanent, but Salah refused the move. Even though the loan agreement was for 18 months, Salah refused to return to Fiorentina and instead joined fellow Serie A club Roma. On 11 September, Fiorentina filed a complaint to FIFA, claiming that Chelsea had breached the agreed contract when they allowed Salah to join Roma on loan. the Court of Arbitration for Sport cleared Salah and Chelsea of any wrongdoing.

2015-16: Loan to Rome

On 6 August 2015, Salah joined Roma on a season-long loan for €5 million; with the option to make the deal permanent, for a reported €15 million. He wore the number 11 shirt. He made his debut on 22 August, as the new season began with a 1-1 draw at Hellas Verona. On 20 September, Salah scored his first goal of the season against Sassuolo to help Roma salvage a point as the match ended in a 2-2 draw.He went on to score in his following two matches, a 2-1 loss against Sampdoria and a 5-1 win against Carpi. on 25 October, Salah returned to the Stadio Artemio Franchi, scoring the opener against his former club Fiorentina to help earn a fourth straight league win for Roma. In his return, Salah was also sent off after picking up a second yellow in the closing minutes of the match, just seconds after picking up his first yellow. On 4 November, he scored the opening goal of a 3-2 Champions League win over Bayer Leverkusen.