Alaa Abdel-Ghany is an Egypt

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ian football

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 defensive midfielder

Midfielder

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. He currently plays for El Zamalek. He moved to Zamalek from the Arab Contractors along with Ahmed Hossam. Alaa has made a marked improvement after transferring to Zamalek and has been selected for the Egypt national football team.

Retirement

Abdel-Ghany retired season during the 2008–2009, after having incurred several injuries over a short period of time.

He could have continued playing after a while, but Zamalek released him and he then refused to play with another team.