Mahmoud Abdel Razek Shikabala, club captain, celebrates Zamalek Today is his 38th birthday, and Al-Fahd Al-Asmar has a long history of shining in the white shirt, becoming an icon for Zamalek fans and an untouchable legend.
Mahmoud Abdel Razek “Shikabala” was born on March 5, 1986 in the village of “Al-Hasaya” in Aswan Governorate. He rose through the youth teams in Zamalek and joined the first team when he was only 15 years and 8 months old. Shikabala won four league championships with Zamalek: 2003, 2004, 2021, 2022, and 6 cup championships. Egypt 2008, 2013, 2016, 2019 and 2021, and the African Super Cup 2003 and 2020, and won the local Super Cup 2020, and with the Egyptian national team, he won the Military World Cup 2007, the African Cup of Nations 2010, and the Nile Valley Basin Tournament 2011..
On December 26, 2019, Rizk Shikabala With his first child, “Adam,” from his wife, “Sarah,” an Egyptian-Canadian girl, after he announced his engagement to her in one of the hotels overlooking the Nile Aswan, in December of 2017, and then they announced their marriage on August 19, 2018, in one of the mosques of the Fifth Settlement in the presence of family and friends. And the stars of Zamalek Club.
Shikabala narrated about his wife on the “Her Excellency” program with the media, Esad Younis, how he met her by chance during her visit to Egypt, where she used to come to Egypt once every 3 or 4 years, saying: “She is my friend’s fiancée, and I saw her by chance.” He continued: “The first time I saw her while I was in… These things are astonishing. Love happened through a connection.” Several months after this meeting, Shikabala actually married her..
In general, he participated Shikabala with Zamalek In 368 matches, with a total of 22,795 playing minutes, he scored 68 goals and assisted 86 other goals, receiving 25 yellow cards and 2 red cards. Shikabala faced crises, as a result of which he left Zamalek to Al-Wasl of the Emirates on loan. Then he was sold to Sporting Lisbon of Portugal and was loaned to Ismaily, Al-Raed of Saudi Arabia, and Apollon of Greece, and settled. This has been the case since 2020 in Zamalek.
Shikabala won 11 titles with Zamalek: “4 league + 5 Egyptian Cup + African Super Cup + Egyptian Super Cup.”
Zamalek officials succeeded in renewing the contract of Mahmoud Abdel Razek Shikabala, captain of Zamalek, in an important step towards stabilizing the White Castle and preserving the team’s most prominent stars and captain, so that the player can continue his creativity with the White Knight.
And he wrote Shikabala On his Facebook page, he said: Fans of the great Zamalek Club, esteemed club management: In continuation of a more than thirty-year-old journey that I began since my childhood in this great entity, I am honored to renew my first and last home, Zamalek Club, the largest sports castle in Egypt and the Arab world, which has no connection with me. Any written contracts; But the contract and covenant between us is an eternal contract between a son who was raised and belonged to this great edifice and an entity that I have loved since childhood..
He continued: I extend my thanks to the Zamalek fans who have supported me from the beginning of my career until now, and my thanks go to Board of Directors of Zamalek Club I have to renew confidence, and I wish them success in returning our beloved club to the podium, as we promised it throughout our ancient history.. Long live Zamalek and its fans.