Mohamed Salah
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Salah with Egypt at the 2018 FIFA World Cup | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Mohamed Salah Hamed Mahrous Ghaly | |||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 15 June 1992 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Nagrig, Basyoun, Egypt | |||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Right winger, forward | |||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Liverpool | |||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 11 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2004–2005 | Ittihad Basyoun | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2006 | Othmason Tanta | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2010 | Al-Mokawloon | |||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2012 | Al-Mokawloon | 37 | (11) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2014 | Basel | 47 | (9) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2016 | Chelsea | 13 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | → Fiorentina (loan) | 16 | (6) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | → Roma (loan) | 34 | (14) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | Roma | 31 | (15) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2017– | Liverpool | 288 | (184) | |||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | Egypt U20 | 11 | (3) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | Egypt U23 | 11 | (4) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2011– | Egypt | 105 | (60) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:54, 25 May 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:40, 27 April 2025(UTC) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Mohamed Salah Hamed Mahrous Ghaly (Arabic: مُحَمَّد صَلَاح حَامِد مَحْرُوس غَالِي, Egyptian Arabic pronunciation: [mæˈħæm.mæd sˤɑˈlɑːħ ˈɣæːli]; born 15 June 1992), also known as Mo Salah, is an Egyptian professional footballer who plays as a right winger or forward for Premier League club Liverpool and captains the Egypt national team. Often dubbed the "Egyptian King", he is widely regarded as one of the best players of his generation and one of the greatest wingers of all time. He is known for his clinical finishing, dribbling, speed, and playmaking abilities.
Salah began his senior career in 2010 at Al-Mokawloon, departing in 2012 to join Basel, where he won two Swiss Super League titles. In 2014, he joined Chelsea for a reported fee of £11 million, but limited gametime led to successive loans to Fiorentina and Roma, who later signed him permanently for €15 million. In the 2016–17 season, Salah was a key figure in Roma's unsuccessful title bid, reaching double figures in both goals and assists. In 2017, Salah moved to Liverpool for £36.9 million, a club record at the time. In his first season, he set the record for most Premier League goals scored (32) in a 38-game season and helped Liverpool to the 2018 UEFA Champions League final. Having formed a formidable attacking trio with Roberto Firmino and Sadio Mané, Salah went on to be an integral player in the club's Champions League and Premier League title successes in the following two seasons. He has since also won the FA Cup, EFL Cup, FA Community Shield, UEFA Super Cup and the FIFA Club World Cup. In the 2024–25 season, he won a second league title while equalling the record for the most goal contributions in a single Premier League campaign.
Salah has achieved numerous individual accolades, including two PFA Players' Player of the Year awards, three FWA Footballer of the Year awards, four Premier League Golden Boots, two Premier League Player of the Season awards, two Premier League Playmaker of the Season, finished third for the Best FIFA Men's Player in 2018 and 2021, and finished fifth in the 2019 and 2022 Ballon d'Or, respectively. He received the 2018 FIFA Puskás Award for his winning strike in the first Merseyside derby of the 2017–18 season. In 2023, Salah became Liverpool's all-time top goalscorer in the history of the Premier League, and also became the fifth player to score 200 goals for the club. In 2025, he became Liverpool's third-highest goalscorer in the club's history behind Roger Hunt and Ian Rush.
At international level, Salah represented Egypt at youth level before making his senior debut in 2011. Following his performances at the 2012 Summer Olympics, he was named CAF Most Promising African Talent of the Year. Since then, he finished as runner-up in the 2017 and 2021 Africa Cup of Nations, and was top scorer during CAF qualification as Egypt qualified for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Salah was named CAF African Footballer of the Year (2017 and 2018), BBC African Footballer of the Year (2017 and 2018), and was selected in the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations Team of the Tournament, 2021 Africa Cup of Nations Team of the Tournament and the CAF Team of the Year on several occasions.
Salah is regarded as a symbol of national pride in Egypt for his achievements and was named in Time magazine's list of the 100 Most Influential People in 2019. Salah has also been credited for raising the profile of Liverpool among Egyptians.