Mohammed Salah Early Life, Career, Age, Personal Life, Daughter, Relationship, Roma, Style of play, Basel, Liverpool FC, Club, Controversy, Honours, Individual Records, Awards, Wiki, Biography

Birthday: June 15, 1992

Nationality: Egyptian

Famous: Football Players Egyptian Men

Also Known As: Mohamed Salah Ghaly

Sun Sign: Gemini

Age: 26 Years

Born In: Gharbia Governorate

Famous As: Footballer

Height: 1.75 M

Spouse/Ex-: Maggi

Father: Salah Ghaly

Children: Makka

More Facts

Awards: 2018 - Premier League Player Of The Month

2018 - African Player Of The Year

2012 - CAF Most Promising Talent Of The Year

2018; 2017 - CAF Africa’s Finest XI

2017 - BBC African Footballer Of The Year

Personal life

Mohamed Salah married Maggi in 2013. Their daughter, Makka, born in 2014 is named in honor of the Islamic holy city. Salah is Muslim and often celebrates goals by performing the sujood. Liverpool fans created a chant to the tune of Dodgy's "Good Enough", saying that if Salah continued to score goals, they would convert to Islam – “If he's good enough for you, he's good enough for me, if he scores another few, then I'll be Muslim too.” Salah gave his approval to the chant, and it has been cited as an example of inclusivity. While Salah is devout to a degree that many other well-known Muslims sports figures are not (his wife wears a veil, for example), his charm and apolitical persona have made him a popular figure in the UK.

Salah is nicknamed "The Pharaoh" by the press and his fans. More recently, Salah was given the nickname "Egyptian King" by Liverpool supporters, arising from a chant set to the tune of "Sit Down" by English band James.

Following his goal that led Egypt to the World Cup finals for the first time since 1990, a school in Egypt was named after him.Following Egypt's exit from the World Cup, Salah stayed in his home country for his pre-season holiday. In late June, his address was accidentally leaked on Facebook. After this, crowds of fans showed up at Salah's house, with Salah greeting the fans and signing autographs for some, although according to reports in Spain, police did arrive to cordon off his house.

Club career

El Mokawloon

Salah played his youth football with El Mokawloon. The American football coach Bob Bradley saw Salah play during this period and noted his prodigious speed, explosiveness, and intelligence on the pitch, already evident at 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. He scored his first goal for them on 25 December 2010 in a 1–1 away draw against El Ahly. He remained a regular for El Mokawloon, appearing in every game of the 2011–12 season. However, following the Port Said Stadium disaster, early February 2012, the Egyptian Premier League stopped and all subsequent matches were postponed. On 10 March 2012, the Egyptian Football Association announced their decision to cancel the remainder of the season.

Roma

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 made his debut on 22 August, as the new season began with a 1–1 draw at Hellas Verona. On 11 September 2015, ACF Fiorentina filed a complaint to FIFA with the claim that Chelsea alleging breach of contract when they allowed Salah to join Roma on loan.

On 20 September 2015, 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 2015, Salah returned to Artemio Franchi stadium, scoring the opener against his former Serie A side 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 game.

At the end of the season, Salah was named Player of the Season, finishing as the club's top goalscorer with 15 goals in all competitions (14 in Serie A) and six assists. On 3 August 2016, Roma made the deal permanent. He scored a hat-trick at the Stadio Olimpico on 6 November as Roma won 3–0 against Bologna.

Liverpool

2017–18

On 22 June 2017, Salah agreed a transfer to Liverpool. He signed a long-term contract with the Reds for an initial €42m fee that could rise to €50m. The fee was a club record, eclipsing the £35m spent on Andy Carroll in 2011. He was assigned the number 11 shirt previously worn by Roberto Firmino who instead switched to number 9. He joined the club on 1 July upon the opening of the summer transfer window, becoming Liverpool's first Egyptian player.[58] He scored on his debut against Watford in a 3–3 draw on 12 August.[59] On 24 August, Salah scored his second goal for Liverpool, in a 2017–18 UEFA Champions League play-off round 4–2 win (6–3 agg) against Hoffenheim, his first goal at Anfield.[60] Three days later, Salah scored and assisted a goal in a 4–0 victory over Arsenal.[61] For his performances in August, Salah was awarded Player of the Month by Liverpool supporters. On 17 October, Salah netted twice in a 7–0 Champions League win over Maribor, helping Liverpool to the joint-largest ever away win in the competition, and the largest away win by an English club.

On 26 November, Salah scored the opener and refused to celebrate in a 1–1 home draw with his former team Chelsea out of respect for the club as well as victims of the North Sinai Mosque attack two days earlier. Salah hit the top of the Premier League goal scoring charts by scoring twice after coming on as a substitute away at Stoke City on 29 November in a 3–0 win. The following month, Salah netted in a 4–0 win over Bournemouth; a result which saw Liverpool become the first team in Premier League history to win four consecutive away league matches by a margin of at least three goals. In the process, he also became the joint-second fastest player to reach 20 goals for Liverpool on his 26th appearance, only behind George Allan who reached the milestone in 19 appearances in 1895.

On 17 March 2018, Salah scored four goals in a 5–0 win over Watford, which was his first hat-trick for Liverpool. In this game, he also broke a record of scoring 36 times in his debut season for Liverpool, and also became the leading goalscorer in Europe's top five leagues – overtaking Barcelona's Lionel Messi and Tottenham striker Harry Kane. Following Salah’s record breaking goal exploits former Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard stated "we are witnessing the start of greatness".

On 22 April 2018, Salah was awarded the PFA Players' Player of the Year award, having earlier been named in the PFA Team of the Yearfor the Premier League. Two days later, he scored a brace in a 5–2 Champions League semi-final first leg win over former club, Roma. In doing so, he simultaneously became the first player from Africa and the first Liverpool player to score 10 goals in a single campaign in the tournament. His double also took him to 43 goals for the season across all competitions, surpassing Roger Hunt's tally of 42, and making him Liverpool's second-highest goalscorer in a single season, behind Ian Rush. He had previously also broken the club's record for the Premier League era, surpassing Robbie Fowler's total of 36 goals set in the 1995–96 campaign, and Fernando Torres' record of 33 for the most goals by a Liverpool player in a debut season. After his two goals and assists in the first leg against Roma, Salah featured in the second leg as Liverpool beat Roma 6–7 on aggregate to qualify for the final for the first time in eleven years. He would then become the Premier League's all-time goalscorer for a 38 game season, registering his 32nd league goal in a 4–0 win against Brighton & Hove Albion en route to being awarded the Premier League Golden Boot.

In the 2018 UEFA Champions League Final against Real Madrid, Salah injured his left shoulder in the 30th minute. After initially carrying on, he left the field in tears after going to ground in a challenge with Madrid defender Sergio Ramos; the match ended in a 3–1 defeat. The Egyptian FA stated that this would have no effect on his playing at the 2018 World Cup in Russia and that Salah would still be named in the team's final squad on 4 June. The day after the match, Ramos wrote a message and sent him good wishes.

2018–19

On 2 July 2018, Salah signed a new long-term contract with Liverpool. Manager Jürgen Klopp said the news was important as a statement of intent in terms of Liverpool's status in the football world in having Salah commit himself further to the club. On 12 August, Salah scored his first goal of the season and Liverpool's first overall goal of the season, in a 4–0 win over West Ham United.

Style of play

A quick, mobile, hard-working and tactical player, with good technique and an eye for goal, Salah is predominantly known for his speed, dribbling skills, first touch, and ball control, as well as his ability to use both his pace and flair on the ball in order to beat opponents, and create scoring opportunities for himself or his teammates. A versatile forward, he primarily plays as a winger on the right flank, a position which allows him to cut into the centre onto his stronger left foot, and either shoot on goal or play quick exchanges with other players; he can also play in the centre behind the main striker as either an attacking midfielder or second striker. On his increased threat in front of goal since joining Liverpool, Salah credits Liverpool manager Jürgen Klopp’s request for him to occupy more central positions, with the forward telling ESPN, “I play closer to the goal than any club before.”

Upon signing for Chelsea, José Mourinho said of Salah: "He's young, he's fast, he's creative, he's enthusiastic. When we analysed him he looks the kind of humble personality on the pitch, ready to work for the team." Mourinho went on to say that Salah has "similar qualities" with "talented players" that he had worked with, such as Gareth Bale and Arjen Robben. His technical skills, pace, position and direct playing style led him to be nicknamed the "Egyptian Messi", in the Italian media. Brazilian World Cup winner Ronaldo stated, “Salah is an incredible player with a tremendous quality. He looks like Messi.”

Outside football

Media and sponsorship

Salah has a sponsorship deal with sportswear and equipment supplier Adidas: he wears Adidas X18 football boots. He appeared in an Adidas 2018 World Cup commercial along with other players in the Adidas stable, including David Beckham, Lionel Messi and Paul Pogba, and singer Pharrell Williams.

Salah features in EA Sports' FIFA video game series: on FIFA 18 he had a rating of 87 and a potential of 90 following his displays for Liverpool. In a 2018 poll by FIFPLAY, a website run and made for the game’s fans, Salah ranked first (ahead of Lionel Messi) on who should be the global cover star for FIFA 19, obtaining 77 percent of the total number of votes.

Controversy

At the 2018 FIFA World Cup, in which Egypt were based in Chechnya, Salah posed for several photographs with Ramzan Kadyrov after the Chechen leader made a surprise visit to his hotel room while the Egypt national team had been training in the stadium and requested a public photo with the star player. Kadyrov later gave him honorary citizenship of the Caucasian republic in a public dinner made for the whole Egypt national team and officials. Several western news outlets and NGOs criticised Salah and the EFA for their interactions with Kadyrov, citing the president's alleged human rights abuses and that the player is used for 'political propaganda' by the dictator during Egypt's national team training camp in Chechnya.

In August 2018, Liverpool reportedly referred Salah to Merseyside police after footage was posted online which showed him allegedly using a phone while driving in traffic.

Charity

Salah is active in regeneration projects in Nagrig, his hometown where 65% of people live in poverty.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 20 August 2018

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Continental		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
El Mokawloon	2009–10	Egyptian Premier League	3	0	2	0	—		—		5	0
	2010–11	Egyptian Premier League	20	4	4	1	—		—		24	5
	2011–12	Egyptian Premier League	15	7	0	0	—		—		15	7
	Total		38	11	6	1	—		—		44	12
Basel	2012–13	Swiss Super League	29	5	5	3	—		16	2	50	10
	2013–14	Swiss Super League	18	4	1	1	—		10	5	29	10
	Total		47	9	6	4	—		26	7	79	20
Chelsea	2013–14	Premier League	10	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	11	2
	2014–15	Premier League	3	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	8	0
	Total		13	2	2	0	2	0	2	0	19	2
Fiorentina (loan)	2014–15	Serie A	16	6	2	2	—		8	1	26	9
Roma (loan)	2015–16	Serie A	34	14	1	0	—		7	1	42	15
Roma	2016–17	Serie A	31	15	2	2	—		8	2	41	19
	Total		65	29	3	2	0	0	15	3	83	34
Liverpool	2017–18	Premier League	36	32	1	1	0	0	15	11	52	44
	2018–19	Premier League	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
	Total		38	33	1	1	0	0	15	11	54	45
Career total			217	90	20	10	2	0	66	22	305	122

International

As of match played 25 June 2018

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Egypt	2011	2	1
	2012	15	7
	2013	9	7
	2014	9	5
	2015	4	2
	2016	6	5
	2017	11	5
	2018	3	3
Total		59	35

Honours

Club

Basel

• Swiss Super League: 2012–13
• Swiss Cup runner-up: 2012–13

Liverpool

• UEFA Champions League runner-up: 2017–18

International

Egypt U20

• African Youth Championship third place: 2011

Egypt

• Africa Cup of Nations runner-up: 2017

Individual

• CAF Most Promising Talent of the Year: 2012
• UAFA Golden Boy: 2012
• SAFP Golden Player: 2013
• El Heddaf Arab Footballer of the Year: 2013, 2017
• A.S. Roma Player of the Season: 2015–16
• Globe Soccer Best Arab Player of the Year: 2016
• CAF Team of the Year: 2016, 2017
• CAF Africa Cup of Nations Team of the Tournament: 2017
• Premier League Player of the Month: November 2017, February 2018, March 2018
• PFA Player of the Month: November 2017, December 2017, February 2018, March 2018
• African Footballer of the Year: 2017
• BBC African Footballer of the Year: 2017
• BBC Goal of the Month: December 2017, February 2018
• Goal's Arab Player of the Year: 2017
• PFA Players' Player of the Year: 2017–18
• FWA Footballer of the Year: 2017–18
• Premier League Golden Boot: 2017–18
• Premier League Player of the Season: 2017–18
• PFA Team of the Year: 2017–18 Premier League
• Liverpool F.C. Player of the Season: 2017–18
• Liverpool F.C. Players' Player of the Season: 2017–18
• PFA Fans' Player of the Year: 2017–18
• UEFA Champions League Squad of the Season: 2017–18
• Onze d'Argent: 2017–18
• Honorary Citizen of the Chechen Republic: 2018.

Records

As of 13 May 2018

England

• Most goals in a 38-game Premier League season: 32 goals in 2017–18
• Most games scored in during a Premier League season: 24 games in 2017–18
• Most goals by an African player in Premier League season: 32 goals in 2017–18
• Most Premier League Player of the Month awards in a single season: 3 (November 2017, February 2018 and March 2018)
• Most left-footed goals ever scored in a single Premier League season: 25 goals in 2017–18
• Most teams scored against in a Premier League season: 17 teams (shared with Ian Wright and Robin van Persie)
• First player to outscore three Premier League teams: West Brom (31), Swansea City (28) and Huddersfield Town (28) in 2017–18
• Highest-scoring Egyptian in Premier League history: 35 goals in 50 games 

Europe

• Most goals by an African player in a UEFA Champions League season: 11 goals in 2017–18

Liverpool

• Most goals in a debut season: 44 goals in 2017–18
• Most European goals in a season: 11 goals in 2017–18 (shared with Roberto Firmino)
• Most goals in a season by a Liverpool player in the Premier League era: 44 goals in 2017–18
• Most games scored in during a single campaign: 34 games in 2017–18
• Most top-flight goals in a season by a Liverpool player: 32 goals in Premier League 2017–18 (shared with Ian Rush)
• Most Liverpool Player of the Month awards in a season: 7 months in 2017-18
• Fastest Liverpool Player to 10 Premier League Goals: 13 games in 2017-18
• Fastest Player to Score 25 Liverpool Goals: 32 games in 2017-18
• Fastest Liverpool player to 20 Premier League Goals: 25 games in 2017-18
• Fastest Liverpool player to Score 40 Goals: 45 games in 2017-18

Egypt

• Egypt's all-time recordscorer in FIFA World Cup history: 2 Goals in FIFA World Cup 2018 (shared with Abdulrahman Fawzi, 2 Goals in FIFA World Cup 1934)

Performances

• FIFA World Cup qualification Top Goalscorer: 6 goals in 2014 (shared with Mohamed Aboutrika and Asamoah Gyan)
• FIFA World Cup qualification Top Goalscorer: 5 goals in 2018 (shared with Préjuce Nakoulma)
• A.S. Roma Top Goalscorer: 15 goals in 2015–16
• A.S. Roma Top Assist Provider: 15 assists in 2016–17
• Liverpool F.C. Top Goalscorer: 44 goals in 2017–18