Tarek Yehia
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Tarek Yehia is an Egyptian
Egyptians
Egyptians are nation an ethnic group made up of Mediterranean North Africans, the indigenous people of Egypt.Egyptian identity is closely tied to geography. The population of Egypt is concentrated in the lower Nile Valley, the small strip of cultivable land stretching from the First Cataract to...

 football player and Zamalek's International left winger.

Early career

He was born in Kafr el-Sheikh
Kafr el-Sheikh
Kafr el-Sheikh is the capital of Kafr el-Sheikh Governorate, Egypt, about 134 km north of Cairo, in the Nile Delta. As of November 2006, the town had a population of 147,380 inhabitants.-Factories:...

. He started his career as a footballer when he was 19. Luck played a big role as Zamalek went to Kafr el-Sheikh to play a friendly match with Zamalek-kelen. Fortunately, he played this match and scored 2 goals in Zamalek. The coach at this time was Mr. Micheal Everts, who was very amused by the young player's performance. Eventually, the transition was made by Zamalek under supervision of captain Ahmad Mustafa and the 19-year-old player signed for Zamalek.

He didn't have any idea, that he was going to be one of the greatest players in the club's history. At first, he started by playing for the U-21 team at Zamalek and made a stunning performance, which eventually led him to the first team. The match which introduced the left wing as a fan idol was against Esco, as Zamalek won by half a dozen goals; his share from it was a hat-trick. He then reserved a place in Zamalek's starting 11 instead of a reserve, which was the first step on the way of glory with his club.

Zamalek

In his career he brought to Zamalek 6 titles: 2 Egyptian Premier League
Egyptian Premier League
The Egyptian Premier League is an Egyptian professional league for football clubs and represents the top flight of Egyptian football. The championship consists of nineteen competing teams in a home and away league system. It is currently known as the Etisalat Egyptian Premier League, after the...

, 1 Egypt Cup, 2 African Champions League, and 1 Afro-Asian Cup. Specialized in African Club cups, he scored 10 Goals for Zamalek in African matches only. Also, he scored one of the greatest goals in Egyptian football history against Al Ahly as he passed two Central backs as well as the goalkeeper and tore the nets of the red devils with one of the best goals ever recorded in Egyptian football. He set the record as the 2nd best scorer in Zamalek history with 99 goals after Gamal Abdelhamid
Gamal Abdelhamid
Gamal Abdelhamid is an Egyptian sportsperson and former footballer. He was a striker for the clubs el-Ahly and Zamalek.-Career:Abdelhamid played for the Egypt national football team at the 1990 FIFA World Cup finals...

. Yehia scored 78 goal in the Egyptian league (3 of them in Al Ahli club) and 11 goals in Egyptian Cup and 10 goals in African contests.

National team

His History with the Egyptian football team is also great, as he contributed with his efforts in winning the bronze medal in the Mediterranean sea Championship 1983 and also the 1986 African Cup of Nations
1986 African Cup of Nations
The 1986 African Cup of Nations was the 15th edition of the African Cup of Nations, the soccer championship of Africa . It was hosted by Egypt. Just like in 1984, the field of eight teams was split into two groups of four...

. He played in the 1988
1988 African Cup of Nations
The 1988 African Cup of Nations was the 16th edition of the African Cup of Nations, the soccer championship of Africa . It was hosted by Morocco, who replaced original host Zambia. Just like in 1986, the field of eight teams was split into two groups of four. The tournament final was held in...

 and 1990 African Cup of Nations
1990 African Cup of Nations
-Semi-finals:-----Third Place Play-off:-Final:-Top scorers:4 goals Djamel Menad3 goals Djamel Amani Rashidi Yekini2 goals Rabah Madjer Chérif Oudjani Emmanuel Maboang Abdoulaye Traoré Webster Chikabala...

. He played for Egypt in the 1986 FIFA World Cup
1986 FIFA World Cup
The 1986 FIFA World Cup, the 13th FIFA World Cup, was held in Mexico from 31 May to 29 June. The tournament was the second to feature a 24-team format. Colombia had been originally chosen to host the competition by FIFA but, largely due to economic reasons, was not able to do so and officially...

 qualifying rounds. Also, he was listed in the team which represented Egypt in World cup 1990 and after that he retired the game and began his coaching career.

Early career

The young coach started as an assistant coach for Dina Farms as the team scored his best ever ranking in Egyptian Premier League
Egyptian Premier League
The Egyptian Premier League is an Egyptian professional league for football clubs and represents the top flight of Egyptian football. The championship consists of nineteen competing teams in a home and away league system. It is currently known as the Etisalat Egyptian Premier League, after the...

 (5th position) and also as an assistant in Al-kanah club in which he won with the union cup which replaced in this year the Egyptian cup title. In addition, he trained Zamalek with the Brazilian Carlos Roberto Cabral and won 1 African champions league title and 1 Egyptian super cup before resigning from the team as he wanted to start his sole coaching career.

Tanta

He became the coach of Tanta
Tanta FC
Tanta Football Club is an Egyptian football club based in Tanta, Egypt. The club was established 1920, Tanta is one of the oldest Egyptian football clubs. Tanta played before in the Egyptian Premier League. Tanta currently play in Egyptian Second Division .-Current squad:...

 in the Egyptian Second Division
Egyptian Second Division
The Egyptian Second Division is an Egyptian professional league for football clubs and represents the second division of Egyptian football, which was established in 1977...

, which he was about to promote it to the Premier League
Egyptian Premier League
The Egyptian Premier League is an Egyptian professional league for football clubs and represents the top flight of Egyptian football. The championship consists of nineteen competing teams in a home and away league system. It is currently known as the Etisalat Egyptian Premier League, after the...

 but he failed. The team played a decisive game with Koroum
Koroum
El Koroum is an Egyptian football club based in Alexandria. They were a member of the Egyptian Second Division. Their home stadium is Alexandria Stadium.-Current squad:...

 and lost 1-0.

Itesalat

He then accepted an offer from Itesalat
Itesalat
Telecom Egypt is an Egyptian football club. They are currently playing in the Egyptian Second Division after being relegated the past season from the Egyptian Premier League...

 (aka Telecom Egypt), which was a challenge for him as the goal of the newly founded team (1974) and the chairman was to promote the team to the Egyptian Premier League. He achieved the goal by promoting them in addition to lots of records which included best defence, attack and best scorer in Second Division
Egyptian Second Division
The Egyptian Second Division is an Egyptian professional league for football clubs and represents the second division of Egyptian football, which was established in 1977...

.

Then, Yehia became the Assistant Coach for Zamalek once more. He accepted the challenge after the resign of Mohammed Helmy, and he started the his job under the lead of the German coach Reiner Hollmann
Reiner Hollmann
Reiner Hollmann is a German former football player and now manager.-Footballer:Before coming to Duisburg, Hollmann was in the youth section of Eintracht Duisburg...

.

El-Entag El-Harby

In preparation for its premier league campaign, El-Entag El-Harby
El-Entag El-Harby
El-Entag El-Harby is a Cairo-based football club in the Egyptian Premier League, representing the Ministry of War Production. Its promotion to the Premier League for the 2009-2010 season marked its first appearance at that level.-History:...

 (aka Military Production) appointed Tarek Yehia as the new manager. The team had recently won promotion to the Egyptian Premier League
Egyptian Premier League
The Egyptian Premier League is an Egyptian professional league for football clubs and represents the top flight of Egyptian football. The championship consists of nineteen competing teams in a home and away league system. It is currently known as the Etisalat Egyptian Premier League, after the...

 in the 2008-09 Egyptian Second Division
2008-09 Egyptian Second Division
Egyptian Second Division 2008-09 is the 2008-09 season of the Egyptian Second Division competition. A total of 48 teams are divided into 3 groups based on geographical distribution...

 for its first time with the previous coaching staff. Yehia quickly looked for the option of signing experienced Egyptian players that could lead the team to prevent relegation. He signed players such as Mohamed Aboul Ela
Mohamed Aboul Ela
Mohamed Abo Elala is an Egyptian player, who plays for El-Entag El-Harby. Abo Elala was a former Zamalek captain. The left-footed can play either as a Centr-Midfielder or Left Wingback.-Zamalek:...

 (Zamalek former captain), Mostafa Kamal
Mostafa Kamal (footballer born 1973)
Mostafa Kamal is an Egyptian football goalkeeper who currently plays for Egyptian Premier League side Misr Lel Makasa.Until 2010, he played for El-Entag El-Harby...

 (Veteran Goal Keeper), Hassan Mousa, and others.

Tarek Yehia enjoyed great success with his team. He managed to lead the team to 4th place by the end of the first round of 2009–10 Egyptian Premier League
2009–10 Egyptian Premier League
The 2009–10 Egyptian Premier League is the fifty-third season of the Egyptian Premier League since its establishment in 1948. A total of 16 teams are contesting the league, with Al-Ahly the defending champions for the fifth year in a row and for the thirty-fourth time in total...

. However, El-Entag El-Harby's form slightly fell to finish 7th by the end of the season.

Despite the great success with El-Entag El-Harby, Yehia's era at the club lasted for only that season. He preferred to move to newly promoted Misr El-Maqasha. Osama Orabi
Osama Orabi
Osama Orabi is a retired Egyptian footballer. During his playing career, he played as a Midfielder for Egypt's African Super Cup Championship club Al-Ahly as well as Egypt, including participating in the 1990 FIFA World Cup...

replaced him at El-Entag El-Harby.

As a player

National Team

1 African Cup of Nations Title 1986

Bronze medal in Mediterranean Games 1983

Zamalek

2 Egyptian League Titles for Zamalek

1 Egyptian Cup Title for Zamalek

2 African Champions League Titles for Zamalek

1 Afro-Asian Cup Title for Zamalek

As a manager

Zamalek

1 African Champions' League title

1 Egyptian Super Cup Title for Zamalek
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