Adam El-Abd
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El-Abd pictured in 2016 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Adam Mohamad El-Abd[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 11 September 1984[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Brighton, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[1] | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Shrewsbury Town | ||
| Number | 24 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1994–2003 | Brighton & Hove Albion | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2003–2014 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 300 | (5) |
| 2003 | → Bognor Regis Town (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 2014–2016 | Bristol City | 16 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | → Bury (loan) | 24 | (1) |
| 2015–2016 | → Swindon Town (loan) | 13 | (0) |
| 2016 | → Gillingham (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| 2016– | Shrewsbury Town | 17 | (2) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2012–2013 | Egypt | 7 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:47, 27 November 2016 (UTC). | |||
Adam Mohamad El-Abd (Arabic: آدم العبد; born 11 September 1984) is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for English club Shrewsbury Town. He has also played for the Egypt national team.
Early and personal life
Born in Brighton, East Sussex,[1] to an Egyptian father and a British mother, El-Abd holds dual-nationality. His older brother Joe plays professional rugby union and is currently playing for Oyonnax in France. His younger brother Sami was an apprentice at Brighton, before moving to non-League football with Crawley Town, Hayes & Yeading United, Whitehawk and Bognor Regis Town.
Club career
Brighton & Hove Albion
El-Abd joined Brighton's youth department when he was ten and was granted a scholarship there at 16. He signed his first professional contract of two-and-a-half years with Brighton & Hove Albion at the age of 19. He made his full league début for the club in the 2-1 win at Notts County in November 2003. He has since been a regular in the first team squad and can play either in defence at right-back or centre-half, or in a more defensive midfield type role.
During the game at Huddersfield Town on 18 March 2008, El-Abd was stretchered off with medial collateral ligament damage and ruled out for the remainder of the season.[2]
In June 2008, El-Abd signed a new two-year deal with Brighton.[3] He won the Brighton & Hove Albion Player of the Season award for their League One winning 2010-11 campaign.
El-Abd hit the milestone of 250 league appearances for Brighton and Hove Albion on 7 March 2012, named Man of the Match for that game, a 2-2 draw with Cardiff City. El-Abd made his 300th and final league appearance for Brighton coming on as a 90th-minute substitute against Birmingham City on 11 January 2014.
Bristol City
On 16 January 2014, El-Abd transferred to League One club Bristol City for an undisclosed fee.[4] Rarely used at Bristol, he spent time out on loan at Bury,[5] Swindon Town,[6] and Gillingham.[7]
Shrewsbury Town
After his contract at Bristol City expired, he moved to League One club Shrewsbury Town on a free transfer in July 2016, signing a two-year contract,[8] where he immediately became captain in place of the departed Nathaniel Knight-Percival.[9] He scored his first goal for the club in a 2−1 home victory against Chesterfield on 20 August,[10] but was sent off in a 2−1 defeat at former club Bury three weeks later.[11] After the departure of Shrewsbury manager Micky Mellon, El Abd scored a "30 yard half-volley" in a 1−1 draw away at Southend United on 29 October, to hand new boss Paul Hurst a point in his first match in charge.[12]
International career
El-Abd stated in a 2005 interview with EgyptianPlayers.com that he intended to play for the Egyptian national side if he got the call.[13]
On 15 May 2012, and for the first time, Egypt national team coach Bob Bradley included El-Abd in the squad for friendly games against Cameroon, Togo, and Senegal, and also against Mozambique in a FIFA World Cup Qualifier.[14]
Career statistics
- As of match played 3 December 2016.
| Club | Season | League | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Brighton & Hove Albion | 2003–04[15] | Division Two | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 2004–05[16] | Championship | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | − | 16 | 0 | ||
| 2005–06[17] | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | − | 31 | 0 | |||
| 2006–07[18] | League One | 42 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4[a] | 0 | 49 | 2 | |
| 2007–08[19] | 35 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3[a] | 0 | 43 | 2 | ||
| 2008–09[20] | 31 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5[a] | 0 | 40 | 0 | ||
| 2009–10[21] | 35 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 1 | ||
| 2010–11[20] | 37 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 41 | 1 | ||
| 2011–12[21] | Championship | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | − | 25 | 0 | ||
| 2012–13[22] | 32 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | − | 34 | 1 | |||
| 2013–14[23] | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | − | 11 | 0 | |||
| Total | 300 | 5 | 19 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 342 | 7 | ||
| Bristol City | 2013–14[23] | League One | 14 | 0 | − | − | − | 14 | 0 | |||
| 2014–15[24] | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 2015–16[25] | Championship | 0 | 0 | − | 0 | 0 | − | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Bury (loan) | 2014–15[24] | League Two | 24 | 1 | − | − | − | 24 | 1 | |||
| Swindon Town (loan) | 2015–16[25] | League One | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | − | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Gillingham (loan) | 2015–16[25] | 8 | 0 | − | − | − | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Shrewsbury Town | 2016–17[26] | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 22 | 2 | |
| Career total | 378 | 8 | 23 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 430 | 10 | ||
Footnotes
- a. ^ appearances in the Football League Trophy.
Bognor Regis Town statistics unavailable
Honours
Bristol City
References
- 1 2 3 4 Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2010). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2010–11. Mainstream Publishing. p. 136. ISBN 978-1-84596-601-0.
- ↑ Ligament damage following Huddersfield match, March 2008: from an article at the 4TheGame.com website. Retrieved on 4 March 2008
- ↑ El-Abd Signs New Deal Archived 4 November 2008 at the Wayback Machine. Brighton & Hove Albion F.C., 5 June 2008. Retrieved 5 June 2008
- ↑ "El-Abd leaves Albion". The Argus. 16 January 2014. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
- ↑ "Bury: Adam El-Abd and Robert Milsom join on loan". BBC Sport. 26 November 2014. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
- ↑ "Swindon Town: Adam El-Abd joins on loan from Bristol City". BBC Sport. 9 October 2015. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
- ↑ "Adam El-Abd: Gillingham sign Bristol City defender on loan". BBC Sport. 26 February 2016. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
- ↑ "http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36803723". BBC Sport. 15 July 2016. Retrieved 15 July 2016. External link in
|title=(help) - ↑ "New Captain revealed". Shrewsweb. 8 August 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
- ↑ "Shrewsbury Town 2-1 Chesterfield". BBC Sport. 20 August 2016. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
- ↑ "Sending off came at the right time, says boss David Flitcroft, as spirited Bury battle back to win". Bury Times. 12 September 2016. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
- ↑ "Southend United 1 Shrewsbury Town 1 - Report and pictures". Shropshire Star. 29 October 2016. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
- ↑ "El-Abd Walks Like an Egyptian!" Archived 13 February 2008 at the Wayback Machine.: an interview at the EgyptianPlayers.com website. Retrieved on 4 March 2008.
- ↑ "Brighton's Adam El-Abd included in Egypt's squad". Retrieved on 15 May 2012.
- ↑ Adam El-Abd career statistics at Soccerbase
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External links
- Adam El-Abd player profile at seagulls.co.uk
- Adam El-Abd career statistics at Soccerbase
