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{{short description|Egyptian footballer (born 1987)}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name = Ahmed Elmohamady
| image = Ahmed Elmohamady 2024.jpg
| image_size = 180
| caption = Elmohamady in 2024
| full_name = Ahmed Eissa Elmohamady Abdel Fattah<ref name="SW">{{cite web |title=Ahmed El Mohamady |url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/ahmed-el-mohamadi/21390/ |work=Soccerway |publisher=DAZN Group |access-date=5 June 2016}}</ref>
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1987|9|9}}<ref name="SW"/>
| birth_place = [[El Mahalla El Kubra]], Egypt<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.foxsports.com/soccer/ahmed-elmohamady-player-stats|title=Ahmed Elmohamady Soccer Stats – Season & Career Statistics|work=Fox Sports}}</ref>
| height = 1.83 m<ref>{{cite web |url=https://tournament.fifadata.com/documents/FWC/2018/pdf/FWC_2018_SQUADLISTS.PDF |title=2018 FIFA World Cup Russia: List of players: Egypt |publisher=FIFA |page=9 |date=17 June 2018 |access-date=17 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180619164139/https://tournament.fifadata.com/documents/FWC/2018/pdf/FWC_2018_SQUADLISTS.PDF |archive-date=19 June 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| position = [[Defender (association football)#Full-back|Right-back]]<ref name="kingfut">{{cite web|url=https://www.kingfut.com/2012/07/05/player-profile-ahmed-elmohamady/ |title=Player Profile: Ahmed Elmohamady |website=KingFut |first=Habib |last=El Magrissy |date=6 July 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/news/elmohamady-enjoying-life-hull-2257613 |title=Elmohamady: Commitment is key |publisher=FIFA |date=7 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190809182525/https://www.fifa.com/news/elmohamady-enjoying-life-hull-2257613 |archive-date=9 August 2019 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.90min.com/posts/5280464-aston-villa-activate-1m-fee-for-winger-ahmed-elmohamady-as-exodus-at-hull-continues |title=Aston Villa Activate £1m Fee for Winger Ahmed Elmohamady as Exodus at Hull Continues |date=18 July 2017 |website=90min.com |access-date=9 August 2019 |archive-date=9 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190809184028/https://www.90min.com/posts/5280464-aston-villa-activate-1m-fee-for-winger-ahmed-elmohamady-as-exodus-at-hull-continues |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/aston-villa-transfers-elmohamady-closing-13292789 |title=Aston Villa transfers: Elmohamady closing in on a move |newspaper=Birmingham Mail |first=Gregg |last=Evans |date=6 July 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://princerupertstower.com/2015/06/17/everton-would-need-to-pay-10-million-for-elmohamady/ |title=Everton Would Need to Pay £10 million for Elmohamady |website=Prince Rupert's Tower |date=17 June 2015 |access-date=9 August 2019 |archive-date=9 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190809182535/https://princerupertstower.com/2015/06/17/everton-would-need-to-pay-10-million-for-elmohamady/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| currentclub =
| youthyears1 = 2003–2004
| youthclubs1 = [[Ghazl El Mahalla SC|Ghazl El Mahalla]]
| years1 = 2004–2006
| clubs1 = [[Ghazl El Mahalla SC|Ghazl El Mahalla]]
| caps1 = 17
| goals1 = 4
| years2 = 2006–2011
| clubs2 = [[ENPPI Club|ENPPI]]
| caps2 = 72
| goals2 = 12
| years3 = 2010–2011
| clubs3 = → [[Sunderland A.F.C.|Sunderland]] (loan)
| caps3 = 36
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2011–2013
| clubs4 = [[Sunderland A.F.C.|Sunderland]]
| caps4 = 20
| goals4 = 1
| years5 = 2012–2013
| clubs5 = → [[Hull City A.F.C.|Hull City]] (loan)
| caps5 = 41
| goals5 = 3
| years6 = 2013–2017
| clubs6 = [[Hull City A.F.C.|Hull City]]
| caps6 = 150
| goals6 = 7
| years7 = 2017–2021
| clubs7 = [[Aston Villa F.C.|Aston Villa]]
| caps7 = 113
| goals7 = 3
| totalcaps = 449
| totalgoals = 30
| nationalyears1 = 2007–2019
| nationalteam1 = [[Egypt national football team|Egypt]]
| nationalcaps1 = 92
| nationalgoals1 = 6
| medaltemplates = {{Medal|Country|{{EGY}}}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[African Cup of Nations]]}}
{{Medal|W|[[2008 Africa Cup of Nations|2008 Ghana]]|}}
{{Medal|W|[[2010 Africa Cup of Nations|2010 Angola]]|}}
{{Medal|RU|[[2017 Africa Cup of Nations|2017 Gabon]]|}}
}}

'''Ahmed Eissa Elmohamady Abdel Fattah''' ({{langx|ar|أحمد المحمدي}}; born 9 September 1987) is an Egyptian former professional [[association football|footballer]] who played as a [[Defender (association football)#Full-back|right-back]]. He currently works for [[Aston Villa F.C.|Aston Villa]] in the club's commercial department.

Elmohamady moved to [[Premier League]] club [[Sunderland A.F.C.|Sunderland]] in 2010, initially on loan from Egyptian side [[ENPPI Club|ENPPI]]. He went on to make over 240 league appearances for Sunderland and [[Hull City A.F.C.|Hull City]] before joining Aston Villa during the Summer 2017 transfer window. He has won promotion to the Premier League from the Championship three times; twice with Hull City and once with Aston Villa.

He was selected by the [[Egypt national football team|Egyptian national team]]'s manager, [[Hassan Shehata]], for his first international appearance in 2007 and has gone on to win 92 caps. He was part of the Egyptian squads that won the [[2008 Africa Cup of Nations|2008]] and [[2010 Africa Cup of Nations|2010]] [[Africa Cup of Nations]]. He also [[Captain (association football)|captained]] the national team until 2019.

==Club career==
===ENPPI===
Born in [[Basyoun]], [[Gharbia Governorate|El Gharbia]], Egypt, Elmohamady started his youth career at [[Ghazl El-Mahalla]] in 2003. He started to play for the first team in 2004 at the age of 17. Two years later, he joined [[ENPPI Club|ENPPI]].

Although he started his career as a [[Striker (association football)|striker]] with Ghazl El Mahalla, he played as a right-sided defender after joining ENPPI.<ref>Maher, Hatem. [http://filgoal.com/English/News.aspx?NewsID=49451 "Elmohamady to undergo Blackburn medical"]. ''[[FilGoal]]'', 24 November 2008. Retrieved 13 July 2010.</ref>

For a long time, Elmohamady attracted the attention of several European clubs. However, ENPPI was reluctant to allow him to move to any of them. In summer 2007, ENPPI turned down an offer from [[Hertha BSC]], because the German side failed to meet the Egyptian club's financial demands. The player refused another bid from [[FC Rapid București|Rapid București]] of [[Romania]] in 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.filgoal.com/English/News.asp?NewsID=48139 |title=Egypt's El mohamady on Blackburn radar |access-date=21 October 2008 |website=FilGoal}} {{dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>

On 25 November 2008, Elmohamady completed a five-day trial with [[Premier League]] side [[Blackburn Rovers F.C.|Blackburn Rovers]] following Rovers' manager [[Paul Ince]]'s request.<ref>Tarek, Sherif. [http://filgoal.com/English/News.aspx?NewsID=49328 " Mohamady participates in Blackburn training"]. ''Filgoal'', 21 November 2008. Retrieved 13 July 2010.</ref> Rovers' new manager, [[Sam Allardyce]], sent a senior official to Egypt to initiate talks with the Egyptian club in January 2009.<ref>{{cite web | url =https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/sport-front-page/2009/01/24/Blackburn-ready-to-offer-1-5m-for-ahmed-al-mohammadi-115875-21066436/| title = Blackburn ready to offer £1.5m for Ahmed Elmohamady | access-date =24 January 2009 | publisher =dailymirror.com }}</ref> However, the deal fell through as Allardyce believed it would be difficult for Elmohamady to make immediate impact.<ref>Maher, Hatem. [http://filgoal.com/English/News.aspx?NewsID=51964 "Blackburn drop Elmohamady interest – report"]. ''Filgoal'', 29 January 2009. Retrieved 13 July 2010.</ref>

===Sunderland===
[[File:Ahmed Elmohamady 2.png|thumb|left|190px|Elmohamady playing for [[Sunderland A.F.C.|Sunderland]] in 2011.]]

Elmohamady impressed [[Sunderland A.F.C.|Sunderland]] manager [[Steve Bruce]] while on trial with the Premier League side in August 2009.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,12040_5907725,00.html |title=Bruce signs Egyptian ace |access-date=31 January 2010 |website=Sky Sports |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100203162517/http://www.skysports.com/story/0%2C19528%2C12040_5907725%2C00.html |archive-date=3 February 2010 |url-status=live }}</ref> However, on 31 January 2010, Sunderland failed to sign him.<ref>{{cite web | url =http://eurosport.yahoo.com/01022010/58/african-cup-nations-sunderland-bid-egypt-star-rejected.html | title =African Cup of Nations – Sunderland bid for Egypt star rejected | publisher =Yahoo! | url-status =dead | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20120723191239/http://eurosport.yahoo.com/01022010/58/african-cup-nations-sunderland-bid-egypt-star-rejected.html | archive-date =23 July 2012 | df =dmy-all }}</ref>
Belgian side [[Club Brugge K.V.|Club Brugge]] were also interested in the player and had, according to ENPPI, already made an offer.
ENPPI accepted loan bids from both West Bromwich Albion and Sunderland for Elmohamady but while West Brom's offer was larger, Elmohamady chose to go to Sunderland, after being on trial.

[[File:Ahmed Elmohamady.jpg|thumb|right|180px|Elmohamady playing for [[Sunderland A.F.C.|Sunderland]] in 2011.]]

On 1 July 2010, Elmohamady joined Sunderland after passing medicals for a season-long loan move from ENPPI for a £500,000 fee, with an option of a permanent deal for £2&nbsp;million next summer.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.filgoal.com/English/News.aspx?NewsID=69671 |title=Elmohamady set for Sunderland |access-date=1 July 2010 |website=FilGoal |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100712012516/http://www.filgoal.com/English/News.aspx?NewsID=69671 |archive-date=12 July 2010 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Elmohamady made his debut for Sunderland in their 2–2 draw with [[Birmingham City F.C.|Birmingham City]] on 14 August 2010. He won Man of the Match for his performances against [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]] and [[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]]. Due to his impressive start at Sunderland, manager [[Steve Bruce]] expressed an interest in signing Elmohamady permanently in the January transfer window.<ref>{{cite web |last=People |first=Sunday |date=16 October 2010 |title=Steve Bruce wants Sunderland loanee Ahmed Elmohamady to sign permanently |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/steve-bruce-wants-sunderland-loanee-1693368 |access-date=5 January 2025 |website=The Mirror}}</ref>

On 11 March 2011, Sunderland announced that they had taken up the option of a £2&nbsp;million transfer which was included in the loan agreement, making Elmohamady's contract a permanent one on Wearside. On 9 June 2011, the permanent contract was officially confirmed by Sunderland, with Elmohamady signing a deal which will keep him at the Stadium of Light until 2014. Manager Steve Bruce added, "Ahmed has done well in his first season with the club and has shown plenty of potential. We look forward to helping him grow as a player and I think there is much more to come from him."

Elmohamady started Sunderland's first league match of the 2011–12 season away to Liverpool, and provided the assist for [[Sebastian Larsson]]'s debut goal as the Black Cats drew 1–1.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/competitions/premier-league/8695430/Liverpool-1-Sunderland-1-match-report.html | location=London | work=The Daily Telegraph | first=Rory | last=Smith | title=Liverpool 1 Sunderland 1: match report | date=13 August 2011}}</ref> He scored his first goal from a header for Sunderland in a 2–2 draw against West Bromwich Albion on 1 October 2011.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/15045630.stm|title=Sunderland 2 – 2 West Brom|website=BBC Sport|date=1 October 2011|access-date=2 October 2011}}</ref> Elmohamady fell out of favour following the departure of Bruce in December 2011 and made no starts under his replacement, [[Martin O'Neill]]. At the end of the 2011–12 season, Elmohamady had made 21 appearances in all competitions.

===Hull City===
[[File:Ahmed Elmohamady 3.png|thumb|150px|Elmohamady playing for [[Hull City A.F.C.|Hull City]] in 2012]]

On 30 August 2012, Elmohamady moved to [[Hull City A.F.C.|Hull City]] of the [[Football League Championship|Championship]] on a season-long loan deal, favouring a move which would see him reunited with former Sunderland boss Steve Bruce.<ref>{{cite news| url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/19428641| title = Hull City sign Sunderland's Ahmed Elmohamady on loan| date = 30 August 2012|website=BBC Sport| access-date = 1 September 2012}}</ref> On 1 September, he made his debut for the club at the [[KC Stadium]] against [[Bolton Wanderers F.C.|Bolton Wanderers]].<ref name="Hull 3 – 1 Bolton">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/19378191 |title=Hull 3–1 Bolton |date=1 September 2012 |website=BBC Sport |access-date=1 September 2012}}</ref> On 18 September 2012 he scored his first goal for the club, scoring the first of his side's goals in a 3–2 victory against [[Leeds United F.C.|Leeds United]] at [[Elland Road]].<ref name="Leeds United 2 – 3 Hull">{{cite news| url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/19554011 |title=Leeds United 2–3 Hull |date=18 September 2012 |website=BBC Sport |access-date=18 September 2012}}</ref> He also provided two assists during the derby at [[Elland Road]]. On 16 January 2013, Sunderland decided to use the recall-clause.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/21049043 |title=Sunderland recall for Hull City loanee Ahmed Elmohamady |date=16 January 2013 |website=BBC Sport |access-date=16 January 2013}}</ref> On 31 January 2013 he returned to Hull on loan for the remainder of the 2012–13 season.<ref name="Hull City re-sign Sunderland's Ahmed Elmohamady on loan">{{cite news|title=Hull City re-sign Sunderland's Ahmed Elmohamady on loan |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/21281092 |date=31 January 2013 |website=BBC Sport |access-date=31 January 2013}}</ref> At the annual awards ceremony on 20 April 2013, at the [[KC Stadium]], Elmohamady was voted as the Player of the Year.<ref name="Awards">{{cite news|url=http://www.hullcitytigers.com//news/article/poty-awards-winners-784402.aspx |title=Who were the winners at our official awards evening? |date=20 April 2013 |work=The Tigers Official Website |publisher=Hull City A.F.C. |access-date=21 April 2013 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306211605/http://www.hullcitytigers.com//news/article/poty-awards-winners-784402.aspx |archive-date=6 March 2016 }}</ref>

After being on loan from [[Sunderland A.F.C.|Sunderland]] for the 2012–13 season on 28 June 2013, Elmohamady signed a three-year contract to become a permanent member of the Hull City squad.<ref name="Ahmed Elmohamady: Hull City sign Sunderland midfielder">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/23099525 |title=Ahmed Elmohamady: Hull City sign Sunderland midfielder |date=28 June 2013 |website=BBC Sport |access-date=28 June 2013}}</ref> He made his debut on the first day of the 2013–14 season in a 2–0 loss away at [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/23653975 |title=Chelsea 2–0 Hull |date=18 August 2013 |website=BBC Sport |access-date=18 August 2013}}</ref> On 21 September 2013, Elmohamady scored his first goal in the 2013–14 Premier League season against [[Newcastle United F.C.|Newcastle United]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www1.skysports.com/football/live/match/287332/report |title=Newcastle Vs Hull City Match Report |website=Sky News |date=21 September 2013 |access-date=21 September 2013}}</ref> On 17 May 2014, he played in the [[2014 FA Cup Final|FA Cup Final]], which Hull lost 3–2 against [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]].<ref name="2014FAC">{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/27354148 |title=Arsenal 3–2 Hull City |first=Phil |last=McNulty |website=BBC Sport |date=17 May 2014 |access-date=5 June 2016}}</ref>

On 10 January 2015, in a match away to [[West Bromwich Albion F.C.|West Bromwich Albion]], Elmohamady touched the ball just before his goalkeeper [[Allan McGregor]] picked it up. His touch counted as a backpass, resulting in a free kick for the home team inside the penalty area, from which [[Saido Berahino]] scored the only goal of the match.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Emons|first1=Michael |title=West Brom 1–0 Hull |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/30663767 |access-date=11 January 2015 |website=BBC Sport |date=10 January 2015}}</ref>

On 23 June 2016, Elmohamady signed a 3-year extension to his contract at Hull City.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hullcitytigers.com/news/article/elmohamady-signs-new-contract-3151181.aspx |title=Elmohamady Signs New Contract |date=23 June 2016 |publisher= Hull City A.F.C. |access-date=23 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160701134445/http://www.hullcitytigers.com/news/article/elmohamady-signs-new-contract-3151181.aspx |archive-date=1 July 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Aston Villa===
On 19 July 2017, Elmohamady signed for [[Aston Villa F.C.|Aston Villa]] for an undisclosed fee which would see him reunited with former Hull City boss Steve Bruce again.<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.hullcitytigers.com/news/articles/2017/201718-ahmed-elmohamady-joins-aston-villa/ | title = Ahmed Elmohamady Joins Aston Villa | date = 19 July 2017 | publisher = Hull City A.F.C. | access-date = 19 July 2017 | archive-date = 4 September 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170904011050/https://www.hullcitytigers.com/news/articles/2017/201718-ahmed-elmohamady-joins-aston-villa/ | url-status = dead }}</ref> Elmohamady made his debut for Villa on the opening day of the [[2017–18 Aston Villa F.C. season|2017–18]] season, a 1–1 home draw against former club Hull City.<ref>{{cite news|last=Ellis|first=Ralph|date=5 August 2017|title=Aston Villa 1–1 Hull City: Bowen strikes leveller as familiar failings return for Villa on Terry debut|work=The Mirror|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/match-reports/aston-villa-1-1-hull-10937704|access-date=12 July 2021}}</ref> He scored his first goal for Aston Villa in the first game of the following season, on 6 August 2018, also against Hull City.<ref>{{cite news|date=6 August 2018|title=Villa win Championship opener at Hull|website=BBC Sport|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/45001925|access-date=12 July 2021}}</ref>

[[2018-19 avfc|On 29 May 2019]], Elmohamady played an instrumental part in Aston Villa's 2–1 victory over [[Derby County F.C.|Derby County]] in the [[2019 EFL Championship play-off final]] – providing the assist for [[Anwar El Ghazi]]'s opening goal.<ref>{{cite web|last=Gholam|first=Simeon|date=29 May 2019|title=Aston Villa 2–1 Derby: Villa promoted to Premier League after play-off final win|url=https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11688/11727006/aston-villa-2-1-derby-villa-promoted-to-premier-league-after-play-off-final-win|access-date=12 July 2021|website=Sky Sports}}</ref>

Elmohamady scored his first Premier League goal since the [[2014–15 Hull City A.F.C. season|2014–15 season]] on 24 June 2020, a late equaliser away at [[Newcastle United F.C.|Newcastle United]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Dawkes|first=Phil|date=24 June 2020|title=Newcastle v Aston Villa: Elmohamady rescues point for Villa|website=BBC Sport|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/51884265|access-date=12 July 2021}}</ref>

On 28 May 2021, Aston Villa announced that Elmohamady would leave the club upon the expiration of his contract following the end of the [[2020–21 Aston Villa F.C. season|2020–21 season]].<ref>{{cite web|last=|first=|date=28 May 2021|title=Elmohamady, Taylor and Heaton depart|url=https://www.avfc.co.uk/news/2021/may/Elmohamady-Taylor-and-Heaton-depart/|access-date=28 May 2021|website=Aston Villa Football Club}}</ref>

In July 2022, Elmohamady returned to Aston Villa in a non-playing role as an ambassador during a pre-season tour in Australia.<ref>{{cite web |last=Preece |first=Ashley |date=11 July 2022 |title=Aston Villa in Australia, Guilbert, Augustinsson, loans – live Q&A |url=https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/aston-villa-live-transfers-qa-24452293 |access-date=11 July 2022 |website=BirminghamLive }}</ref>

==International career==
Elmohamady played several times for [[Egypt national football team|Egypt U21s]] and was a participant in the [[2007 African Youth Championship]] which was held in [[Republic of the Congo]]. He was the rising star of the Egyptian team and one of the stars of the tournament despite playing out of position as a forward.

He made his senior international debut in August 2007 at the age of 19 in a friendly against [[Ivory Coast national football team|Ivory Coast]] in Paris. He was included in [[Egypt national football team|Egypt]]'s final [[2008 Africa Cup of Nations]] squad. The tournament was held in Ghana and Egypt went on to win the competition with Elmohamady featuring as a substitute. Since then, he has cemented his place in the starting lineup as a right-back or winger. He started all of Egypt's six matches in the second round of the [[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)|2010 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers]].

In the [[2009 Confederations Cup]], he was sent off in Egypt's opening match against Brazil for deliberately handling [[Lúcio]]'s goal-bound effort in the last minute. Brazil would go on to score the penalty and win 4–3.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/internationals/8097813.stm|title=Brazil 4–3 Egypt |date=16 June 2009|website=BBC Sport|access-date=30 June 2009|first=Mark|last=Ashenden| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090618192657/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/internationals/8097813.stm| archive-date= 18 June 2009 | url-status= live}}</ref>

== Post-playing career ==
Following his retirement from playing, Elmohamady returned to former club Aston Villa as a club ambassador. In September 2023, he was given a full-time role in the club's commercial department.<ref>{{cite web |last= |first= |date=19 September 2023 |title=Aston Villa announce appointments to Senior Leadership Team |url=https://www.avfc.co.uk/news/2023/september/19/villa-announce-appointments-to-senior-leadership-team/ |access-date=19 September 2023 |website=Aston Villa Football Club}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Elmohamady is married to Egyptian fashion designer Hiba Elawadi. He has a son and a daughter. They reside in Farnham.<ref>{{citation|url=https://fmisr.com/showthread.php?t=545974|title=صوره ابن أحمد المحمدي وزوجته تشعل الفيسبوك بحمالهم}}</ref> In England, [[Sunderland A.F.C.|Sunderland]] fans nicknamed him "Elmo".<ref name="kingfut"/> Elmohamady is a Muslim.<ref name="independent">{{cite news |last=Din|first=Tusdiq|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/fasting-and-football-how-do-topflight-muslims-cope-2342187.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110824105325/http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/fasting-and-football-how-do-topflight-muslims-cope-2342187.html |archive-date=24 August 2011 |url-access=limited |url-status=live|title=Fasting and football. How do top-flight Muslims cope?|work=[[The Independent]]|date=23 August 2011|access-date=10 July 2013}}</ref>

==Career statistics==

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="3"|League
!colspan="2"|National Cup
!colspan="2"|League Cup
!colspan="2"|[[UEFA#Club|Europe]]
!colspan="2"|Other
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Division||Apps||Goals||Apps||Goals||Apps||Goals||Apps||Goals||Apps||Goals||Apps||Goals
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[Ghazl El Mahalla SC|Ghazl El Mahalla]]
|[[2004–05 Egyptian Premier League|2004–05]]<ref name="NFT">{{cite web|title=Ahmed El-Mohamady|url=http://www.national-football-teams.com/player/15271/Ahmed_El_Mohamady.html|website=National football teams|access-date=2 June 2014}}</ref>
|[[Egyptian Premier League]]
|14||4||??||??||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||14||4
|-
|[[2005–06 Egyptian Premier League|2005–06]]<ref name="NFT"/>
|Egyptian Premier League
|3||0||??||??||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||3||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!17||4||??||??||0||0||0||0||0||0||17||4
|-
|rowspan="5"|[[ENPPI Club|ENPPI]]
|[[2006–07 Egyptian Premier League|2006–07]]<ref name="NFT"/>
|Egyptian Premier League
|12||2||??||??||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||12||2
|-
|[[2007–08 Egyptian Premier League|2007–08]]<ref name="NFT"/>
|Egyptian Premier League
|6||1||??||??||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||6||1
|-
|[[2008–09 Egyptian Premier League|2008–09]]<ref name="NFT"/>
|Egyptian Premier League
|28||6||??||??||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||28||6
|-
|[[2009–10 Egyptian Premier League|2009–10]]<ref name="NFT"/>
|Egyptian Premier League
|26||3||??||??||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||26||3
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!72||12||??||??||0||0||0||0||0||0|||72||12
|-
|rowspan="4"|[[Sunderland A.F.C.|Sunderland]]
|[[2010–11 Sunderland A.F.C. season|2010–11]]<ref>{{Soccerbase season|48570|2010|name=Ahmed Elmohamady|access-date=2 June 2014}}</ref>
|[[Premier League]]
|36||0||1||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||38||0
|-
|[[2011–12 Sunderland A.F.C. season|2011–12]]<ref>{{Soccerbase season|48570|2011|name=Ahmed Elmohamady|access-date=2 June 2014}}</ref>
|Premier League
|18||1||2||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||21||1
|-
|[[2012–13 Sunderland A.F.C. season|2012–13]]<ref name="2012/2013">{{Soccerbase season|48570|2012|name=Ahmed Elmohamady|access-date=2 June 2014}}</ref>
|Premier League
|2||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||2||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!56||1||3||0||2||0||0||0||0||0||61||1
|-
|rowspan="6"|[[Hull City A.F.C.|Hull City]]
|[[2012–13 Hull City A.F.C. season|2012–13]]<ref name="2012/2013"/>
|[[EFL Championship|Championship]]
|41||3||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||41||3
|-
|[[2013–14 Hull City A.F.C. season|2013–14]]<ref>{{Soccerbase season|48570|2013|name=Ahmed Elmohamady|access-date=2 June 2014}}</ref>
|Premier League
|38||2||6||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||45||2
|-
|[[2014–15 Hull City A.F.C. season|2014–15]]<ref>{{Soccerbase season|48570|2014|name=Ahmed Elmohamady|access-date=24 May 2015}}</ref>
|Premier League
|38||2||1||0||0||0||4<ref group=lower-alpha name="UEL">Appearances in the [[UEFA Europa League|Europa League]]</ref>||1||colspan="2"|—||43||3
|-
|[[2015–16 Hull City A.F.C. season|2015–16]]<ref>{{Soccerbase season|48570|2015|name=Ahmed Elmohamady|access-date=28 May 2016}}</ref>
|Championship
|41||3||3||0||4||0||colspan="2"|—||3<ref group=lower-alpha name="ChPO">Appearances in [[EFL Championship play-offs|Championship play-offs]]</ref>||0||51||3
|-
|[[2016–17 Hull City A.F.C. season|2016–17]]<ref>{{soccerbase season|48570|2016|access-date=21 May 2017}}</ref>
|Premier League
|33||0||0||0||4||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||37||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!191||10||10||0||9||0||4||1||3||0||217||11
|-
|rowspan="4"|[[Aston Villa F.C.|Aston Villa]]
|[[2017–18 Aston Villa F.C. season|2017–18]]<ref>{{soccerbase season|48570|2017|access-date=26 May 2018}}</ref>
|Championship
|43||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—|||2<ref group=lower-alpha name="ChPO"/>||0||45||0
|-
|[[2018–19 Aston Villa F.C. season|2018–19]]<ref>{{soccerbase season|48570|2018|access-date=14 May 2019}}</ref>
|Championship
|38||2||0||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—|||3<ref group=lower-alpha name="ChPO"/>||0||42||2
|-
|[[2019–20 Aston Villa F.C. season|2019–20]]<ref>{{soccerbase season|48570|2019|access-date=6 March 2021}}</ref>
|Premier League
|18||1||1||0||6||1|| colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||25||2
|-
|[[2020–21 Aston Villa F.C. season|2020–21]]<ref>{{soccerbase season|48570|2020|access-date=16 May 2021}}</ref>
|Premier League
|14||0||0||0||3||0|| colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||17||0
|-
!colspan="3"|Total
!113||3||1||0||10||1||0||0||5||0||129||4
|-
!colspan="3"|Career total
!449||30||14||0||21||1||4||1||8||0||496||32
|}

{{reflist|group=lower-alpha}}

===International===

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year<ref>{{NFT player|id=15271|accessdate=}}</ref>
|-
!National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="13"|[[Egypt national football team|Egypt]]
|2007||5||0
|-
|2008||14||0
|-
|2009||12||0
|-
|2010||12||1
|-
|2011||3||0
|-
|2012||13||1
|-
|2013||6||0
|-
|2014||5||0
|-
|2015||1||0
|-
|2016||1||0
|-
|2017||8||0
|-
|2018||7||1
|-
|2019||5||3
|-
!colspan="2"|Total||92||6
|}

===International goals===
:''Egypt score listed first, score column indicates score after each Elmohamady goal.''<ref name="NFT"/>

{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+ International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition
|-
!scope=col|No.
!scope=col data-sort-type=date|Date
!scope=col|Venue
!scope=col|Cap
!scope=col|Opponent
!scope=col|Score
!scope=col|Result
!scope=col|Competition
|-
!scope=row style=text-align:center|1
| 20 January 2010 || [[Ombaka National Stadium]], [[Benguela]], Angola || align=center | 35 || {{fb|BEN}} || align=center | 1–0 || align=center | 2–0 || [[2010 Africa Cup of Nations Group C|2010 Africa Cup of Nations]]
|-
!scope=row style=text-align:center|2
| 20 May 2012 || [[Al-Merrikh Stadium]], [[Omdurman]], Sudan || align=center | 52 || {{fb|CMR}} || align=center | 1–0 || align=center | 2–1 || [[Exhibition game|Friendly]]
|-
!scope=row style=text-align:center|3
| 12 October 2018 || [[Al Salam Stadium (Egypt)|Al Salam Stadium]], [[Cairo]], Egypt || align=center | 85 || {{fb|SWZ|name=eSwatini}} || align=center | 1–0 || align=center | 4–1 || [[2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Group J|2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification]]
|-
!scope=row style=text-align:center|4
| 13 June 2019 || [[Borg El Arab Stadium]], [[Alexandria]], Egypt || align=center | 88 || {{fb|TAN}} || align=center | 1–0 || align=center | 1–0 || Friendly 
|-
!scope=row style=text-align:center|5
| 26 June 2019 || [[Cairo International Stadium]], Cairo, Egypt || align=center | 90 || {{fb|COD}} || align=center | 1–0 || align=center | 2–0 || [[2019 Africa Cup of Nations Group A#Egypt vs DR Congo|2019 Africa Cup of Nations]] 
|-
!scope=row style=text-align:center|6
| 30 June 2019 || [[Cairo International Stadium]], Cairo, Egypt || align=center | 91 || {{fb|UGA}} || align=center | 2–0 || align=center | 2–0 || [[2019 Africa Cup of Nations Group A#Egypt vs Uganda|2019 Africa Cup of Nations]] 
|}

==Honours==
'''Hull City'''
* [[Football League Championship]] runner-up: [[2012–13 Football League Championship|2012–13]]<ref>{{cite book |editor-first=John |editor-last=Anderson |title=Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2013–2014 |year=2013 |publisher=Headline Publishing Group |location=London |isbn=978-0-7553-6413-8 |pages=194–195}}</ref>
* [[FA Cup]] runner-up: [[2013–14 FA Cup|2013–14]]<ref name="2014FAC"/>
* [[Football League Championship play-offs]]: [[2016 Football League play-offs#Championship|2016]]<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36348885 |title=Hull City 1–0 Sheffield Wednesday |first=Adam |last=Williams |website=BBC Sport |date=28 May 2016 |access-date=5 June 2016}}</ref>

'''Aston Villa'''
* [[EFL Championship play-offs]]: [[2019 English Football League play-offs#Championship|2019]]<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/48331145 |title=Aston Villa 2–1 Derby County |first=Ian |last=Woodcock |website=BBC Sport |date=27 May 2019 |access-date=27 May 2019}}</ref>
* [[EFL Cup]] runner-up: [[2019–20 EFL Cup|2019–20]]<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/51601970 |title=Aston Villa 1–2 Manchester City |first=Phil |last=McNulty |website=BBC Sport |date=1 March 2020 |access-date=1 March 2020}}</ref>

'''Egypt'''
* [[Africa Cup of Nations]]: [[2008 Africa Cup of Nations|2008]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2008/feb/11/newsstory.sport7 |title=Aboutrika helps Pharaohs hold on to their crown |newspaper=The Guardian |location=London |first=Paul |last=Doyle |date=11 February 2008 |access-date=13 January 2022}}</ref> [[2010 Africa Cup of Nations|2010]];<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2010/jan/31/egypt-africa-cup-nations-ghana |title=Egypt win Africa Cup of Nations for record third consecutive time |newspaper=The Guardian |location=London |first=Jonathan |last=Wilson |date=31 January 2010 |access-date=13 January 2022}}</ref> runner-up: [[2017 Africa Cup of Nations|2017]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/live/football/38319914 |title=Egypt 1–2 Cameroon |website=BBC Sport |first=Amy |last=Lofthouse |date=5 February 2017 |access-date=13 January 2022}}</ref>

===Individual===
* [[CAF Team of the Year]]: [[CAF Team of the Year#2010|2010]]
* [[Hull City A.F.C.#Player of the Year|Hull City Player of the Year]]: [[2012–13 Hull City A.F.C. season|2012–13]]<ref name="Awards"/>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* {{Premier League player|4183<!-- /Ahmed-Elmohamady/overview -->}}
* {{FIFA player}}
* {{UEFA player}}
* {{Soccerbase}}


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