The Egyptian
Football Association (EFA) has named Hossam El Badry as the national team’s new
head coach.
He succeeds Javier Aguirre who was sacked from his position in July after the Pharaohs’ defeat by South Africa on home soil in the last-16 of the Africa Cup of Nations.
“The EFA has decided to appoint Hossam El
Badry as the new coach for the Egyptian senior team following a meeting on
Wednesday,” Egypt’s FA said in a statement.
No further details have been revealed about his
contract.
El Badry, 59, started his coaching career at Al
Ahly in 2005 as an assistant before taking charge as head coach in 2009 for one
year.
In 2011 he took over as coach of Sudan’s
Al-Merreikh SC before heading back to Egypt for short stints as coach at ENPPI
and then again at Al Ahly.
He spent a brief period in Libya with Al-Ahly
Tripoli in 2013 and returned to Egypt to coach the country’s Under-23’s.
El Badry’s long association with Al Ahly continued in 2016 when he guided the team until his departure in 2018 following a shock defeat in the African Champions League.
As a former Al Ahly player he won several
trophies with the Egyptian club – and as coach, he led the Cairo giants to two
Egyptian Premier League titles, one Egypt Cup triumph, the Egypt Super Cup, and
an African Champions League crown.
El Badry’s first competitive games as coach of
the Pharaohs will be in November when they begin their bid to reach the 2021
Nations Cup finals in Cameroon.
Egypt have been drawn in Group G of 2021 Africa
Cup of Nations qualifying alongside Kenya, Togo and Comoros.
The Pharaohs’ first qualifiers will be at home to
Kenya and Togo in November.
