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{{Short description|Egyptian footballer (1943–2015)}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Hassan El-Shazly
| image = Hassan El-Shazly 2.jpg
| caption = El-Shazly with [[Tersana SC|Tersana]] in 1965
| full_name = Hassan Ahmed El-Shazly
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1943|05|20|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Kingdom of Egypt]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2015|4|20|1943|11|13|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Giza]], Egypt
| height = {{height|ft=5|in=8}}
| position = [[Midfielder]] / [[Forward (association football)|Forward]]
| youthyears1 = 
| youthclubs1 = 
| years1 = 1959–1978
| clubs1 = [[Tersana]]
| caps1 = 
| goals1 = 173
| nationalyears1 = 1961–1975
| nationalteam1 = [[Egypt national football team|Egypt]]<ref name="RSSSF">[https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/shazly-intlg.html Hassan Ahmed El-Shazly - Goals in International Matches]</ref>
| nationalcaps1 = 62
| nationalgoals1 = 49
| manageryears1 = 2000–2001
| managerclubs1 = [[Tersana SC|Tersana]]
| manageryears2 = 2002–2003
| managerclubs2 = [[Al-Ittihad SC Aleppo|Al-Ittihad (Aleppo)]]
| manageryears3 = 2003
| managerclubs3 = [[Tersana SC|Tersana]]
| manageryears4 = 2009–2010
| managerclubs4 = [[Tersana SC|Tersana]]
| medaltemplates = {{medalSport|[[Association football|Men's football]]}}
{{MedalCountry|{{fb|EGY}}}} <small>(as player)</small>
{{MedalCompetition|[[Africa Cup of Nations]]}}
{{Medal|3rd|[[1963 African Cup of Nations|1963]]|}}
{{Medal|3rd|[[1970 African Cup of Nations|1970]]|}}
{{Medal|3rd|[[1974 African Cup of Nations|1974]]|}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Arab Games]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[Football at the 1965 Arab Games|1965]]|}}
| upright = 0.9
}}

'''Hassan Ahmed El-Shazly''' ({{langx|ar|حسن أحمد الشاذلي}}; 13 November 1943 – 20 April 2015)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/6/51/128212/Sports/Egyptian-Football/Egyptian-league-alltime-scorer-Hassan-ElShazly-die.aspx|title=Egyptian league all-time scorer Hassan El-Shazly dies at 71|publisher=Ahram Online|date=20 April 2015}}</ref> was an [[Egyptians|Egyptian]] [[association football|footballer]]. He is considered as a historic player of [[Tersana SC|Tersana]]. He was described as a "devastating shooter" and "lethal with both feet". He also played for [[Egypt national football team]] and is the [[Africa Cup of Nations]] all-time top Egyptian scorer, and the all-time top scorer of the [[Egyptian Premier League]]. El-Shazly is widely regarded as one of the best forwards in the history of [[Football in Africa|African football]].<ref name=ahram1>Abdel-Ghani, Alaa [http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2004/671/sp4.htm "History of greatness"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605104810/http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2004/671/sp4.htm |date=2011-06-05 }}, Al-Ahram Weekly, 7 April 2004. Retrieved on 12 April 2010.</ref>

==Career==
El-Shazly played for the Egyptian team [[Tersana]]. He led Tersana to its only Egyptian League title in the 1963 season. He was the [[Egyptian Premier League]] top goalscorer for four times.<ref name=Egy_Player>Said, Tarek [https://www.angelfire.com/ak/EgyptianSports/xPlayerEgypt1.html "Famous Egyptian Players "], egyptianfootball.net. Retrieved on 14 April 2010.</ref> As of 2010, this is an Egyptian record that still holds. He scored 34 goals as the top league scorer of the [[1974–75 Egyptian Premier League]] season, a one-season record that still stands. This was done at a relative old age; he was 32 years old. El-Shazly is the Egyptian Premier League's [[Egyptian Premier League#All time top goalscorers|all-time goal scorer]] with 173 goals.<ref name=ahram1 /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Egypt - All-Time Topscorers |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/egytops-allt.html |access-date=2024-05-06 |website=www.rsssf.org}}</ref>

[[File:Hassan El-Shazly.jpg|thumb|180px|El-Shazly with Tersana in 1967]]

He also represented the [[Egypt national football team]], and was the top scorer with six goals at the [[1963 African Cup of Nations]]. He played with his country in the [[Football at the 1965 Arab Games|1965 Arab Games]], and Egypt won the [[gold medal]], he was the tournament top scorer with 9 goals. El-Shazly also played in the [[1970 African Cup of Nations]] and scored 5 goals and his country finished third in the tournament. He played in the [[1974 African Cup of Nations]] and scored his 12th goal in the [[Africa Cup of Nations]] record, becoming Egypt's all time top scorer in the tournament. He played 62 international caps and scored 49 goals for his country.<ref>{{cite web|author=Pierrend, José Luis|title=African Nations Cup - Topscorers|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/afrtops.html|date=2006-02-12|website=[[RSSSF]]|access-date=2009-08-06}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Hassan Ahmed El-Shazly - Goals in International Matches |url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/shazly-intlg.html |access-date=2024-05-06 |website=www.rsssf.org}}</ref>

== Career statistics ==
=== Club ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="3"|League
!colspan="2"|Cup
!colspan="2"| Other 
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|- align=center
|rowspan="15" align=center valign=center|[[Tersana SC|Tersana]]
|[[1959–60 Egyptian Premier League|1959–60]]
|rowspan="14"|[[Egyptian Premier League|EPL]]
|||1||||||colspan="2"|—||||
|-
|[[1960–61 Egyptian Premier League|1960–61]]
|||1||||1||colspan="2"|—||||2
|-
|[[1961–62 Egyptian Premier League|1961–62]]
|||3||||1||colspan="2"|—||||4
|-
|[[1962–63 Egyptian Premier League|1962–63]]
|||29||||2||colspan="2"|—||||31
|-
|[[1963–64 Egyptian Premier League|1963–64]]
|||24||||0||colspan="2"|—||||24
|-
|[[1964–65 Egyptian Premier League|1964–65]]
|||23||||10||colspan="2"|—||||33
|-
|[[1965–66 Egyptian Premier League|1965–66]]
|||18||||7||colspan="2"|—||||25
|-
|[[1966–67 Egyptian Premier League|1966–67]]
|||9||||3||colspan="2"|—||||12
|-
|1971–72 Egyptian Premier League|1971–72
|||1||||||colspan="2"|—||||
|-
|[[1972–73 Egyptian Premier League|1972–73]]
|||5||||||colspan="2"|—||||
|-
|1973–74 Egyptian Premier League|1973–74
|||6||||||colspan="2"|—||||
|-
|[[1974–75 Egyptian Premier League|1974–75]]
|||34||||3||||7{{efn|Goals in [[October League Cup]]}}||||44
|-
|[[1975–76 Egyptian Premier League|1975–76]]
|||14||||4||colspan="2"|—||||18
|-
|[[1976–77 Egyptian Premier League|1976–77]]
|||5||||||colspan="2"|—||||
|- align=center
!colspan="2"| total
!!!173!!!!32!!!!7!!!!212
|- align=center
!colspan="3"| Career total
!!!173!!!!32!!!!7!!!!212
|}
{{notelist}}

=== International === 
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year<ref name="RSSSF"></ref>
|-
!National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="13"|[[Egypt national football team|Egypt]]
|1961||4||5
|-
|1963||11||9
|-
|1964||7||4
|-
|1965||7||9
|-
|1966||2||1
|-
|1967||4||0
|-
|1968||4||3
|-
|1969||5||4
|-
|1970||4||5
|-
|1971||6||4
|-
|1972||5||4
|-
|1974||3||1
|-
|1975||2||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!64!!49
|}

:''Scores and results list Egypt's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each El-Shazly goal.''
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Hassan El-Shazly
|-
!scope="col"|No.
!scope="col"|Date
!scope="col"|Venue
!scope="col"|Opponent
!scope="col"|Score
!scope="col"|Result
!scope="col"|Competition
!scope="col" class="unsortable"|{{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
|style="text-align:center"|1
|{{dts|31 August 1961}}
|[[Stade Mohammed V]], [[Casablanca]], Morocco
|{{fb|Libya}}
|style="text-align:center"|1-0
|style="text-align:center"|2-1
|[[Football at the 1961 Arab Games|1961 Arab Games]]
|<ref name="RSSSF"></ref>
|-
|style="text-align:center"|2
|rowspan="3"|{{dts|3 September 1961}}
|rowspan="3"|Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca, Morocco	
|rowspan="3"|{{fb|Saudi Arabia|1938}}
|style="text-align:center"|2-0
|rowspan="3" style="text-align:center"|13-0
|rowspan="3"|1961 Arab Games	
|rowspan="3"|<ref>{{cite web|title=Egypt v Saudi Arabia, 03 September 1961|url=https://www.11v11.com/matches/egypt-v-saudi-arabia-03-september-1961-227975/|website=11v11|access-date=1 July 2024}}</ref>
|-
|style="text-align:center"|3
|style="text-align:center"|5-0
|-
|style="text-align:center"|4
|style="text-align:center"|10-0
|-
|style="text-align:center"|5
|{{dts|5 September 1961}}
|Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca, Morocco	
|{{fb|Kuwait|1940}}
|style="text-align:center"|—
|style="text-align:center"|8-0
|1961 Arab Games
|<ref name="RSSSF"></ref>
|-
|style="text-align:center"|6
|{{dts|18 September 1963}}
|[[Salerno]], Italy
|{{fbam|ESP|1945|full=y}}
|style="text-align:center"|—
|style="text-align:center"|1-1
|[[Football at the 1963 Mediterranean Games|1963 Mediterranean Games]]
|<ref name="RSSSF"></ref>
|-
|style="text-align:center"|7
|rowspan="2"|{{dts|20 September 1963}}
|rowspan="2"|[[Stadio Alberto Pinto]], [[Caserta]], Italy
|rowspan="2"|{{fbam|MLT|1943|full=y}}
|style="text-align:center"|5-0
|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|6-0
|rowspan="2"|1963 Mediterranean Games	
|rowspan="2"|<ref name="RSSSF"></ref>
|-
|style="text-align:center"|8
|style="text-align:center"|6-0
|-
|style="text-align:center"|9
|rowspan="3"|{{dts|24 November 1963}}
|rowspan="3"|[[Baba Yara Stadium|Kumasi Sports Stadium]], [[Kumasi]], Ghana
|rowspan="3"|{{fb|Nigeria}}
|style="text-align:center"|3-0
|rowspan="3" style="text-align:center"|6-3
|rowspan="3"|[[1963 African Cup of Nations]]
|rowspan="3"|<ref name="AFCON1963">{{cite web|title=African Nations Cup 1963
|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/63a.html|website=RSSSF|access-date=1 July 2024}}</ref>
|-
|style="text-align:center"|10
|style="text-align:center"|4-0
|-
|style="text-align:center"|11
|style="text-align:center"|5-1
|-
|style="text-align:center"|12
|{{dts|26 November 1963}}
|Kumasi Sports Stadium, Kumasi, Ghana	
|{{fb|SUD|1956}}
|style="text-align:center"|1-0
|style="text-align:center"|2-2
|1963 African Cup of Nations	
|<ref name="AFCON1963"></ref>
|-
|style="text-align:center"|13
|rowspan="2"|{{dts|30 November 1963}}
|rowspan="2"|[[Accra Sports Stadium]], [[Accra]], Ghana
|rowspan="2"|{{fb|Ethiopia|1897}}
|style="text-align:center"|1-0
|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|3-0
|rowspan="2"|1963 African Cup of Nations
|rowspan="2"|<ref name="AFCON1963"></ref>
|-
|style="text-align:center"|14
|style="text-align:center"|2-0
|-
|style="text-align:center"|15
|{{dts|15 January 1964}}
|[[Cairo International Stadium|Nasser Stadium]], [[Cairo]] Egypt
|{{fb|Uganda}}
|style="text-align:center"|—	
|style="text-align:center"|3-1
|[[Football at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's African Qualifiers|1964 Summer Olympics qualification]]
|<ref name="RSSSF"></ref>
|-
|style="text-align:center"|16
|{{dts|22 March 1964}}
|[[Alexandria]], Egypt
|{{fb|Algeria}}
|style="text-align:center"|—
|style="text-align:center"|2-2
|[[Friendly (association football)|Friendly]]
|<ref name="RSSSF"></ref>
|-
|style="text-align:center"|17
|{{dts|27 March 1964}}
|Nasser Stadium, Cairo Egypt	
|{{fb|SUD|1956}}
|style="text-align:center"|4-1
|style="text-align:center"|4-1
|1964 Summer Olympics qualification	
|<ref name="RSSSF"></ref>
|-
|style="text-align:center"|18
|{{dts|17 April 1964}}
|[[Khartoum]], Sudan
|{{fb|SUD|1956}}
|style="text-align:center"|2-0
|style="text-align:center"|3-3
|1964 Summer Olympics qualification	
|<ref name="RSSSF"></ref>
|-
|style="text-align:center"|19
|rowspan="5"|{{dts|3 September 1965}}
|rowspan="5"|Cairo, Egypt
|rowspan="5"|{{flagicon|Aden|1963}} [[South Yemen national football team|Aden]]
|style="text-align:center"|—	
|rowspan="5" style="text-align:center"|14-0
|rowspan="5"|[[Football at the 1965 Arab Games|1965 Arab Games]]
|rowspan="5"|<ref name="RSSSF"></ref>
|-
|style="text-align:center"|20
|style="text-align:center"|—	
|-
|style="text-align:center"|21
|style="text-align:center"|—	
|-
|style="text-align:center"|22
|style="text-align:center"|—	
|-
|style="text-align:center"|23
|style="text-align:center"|—	
|-
|style="text-align:center"|24
|{{dts|4 September 1965}}
|Cairo, Egypt 
|{{fb|Lebanon}}
|style="text-align:center"|2-0
|style="text-align:center"|3-0
|1965 Arab Games
|<ref name="PAG1965">{{cite web|title=4th Pan Arab Games, 1965 (Cairo, Egypt)|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/arabgam65.html=RSSSF|access-date=2 July 2024}}</ref>
|-
|style="text-align:center"|25
|rowspan="3"|{{dts|9 September 1965}}
|rowspan="3"|Cairo, Egypt	
|rowspan="3"|{{fb|Libya}}
|style="text-align:center"|—
|rowspan="3" style="text-align:center"|8-1
|rowspan="3"|1965 Arab Games	
|rowspan="3"|<ref name="RSSSF"></ref>
|-
|style="text-align:center"|26
|style="text-align:center"|—
|-
|style="text-align:center"|27
|style="text-align:center"|—
|-
|style="text-align:center"|28
|{{dts|25 February 1966}}
|Cairo, Egypt	
|{{fb|BUL|1948}}
|style="text-align:center"|—
|style="text-align:center"|2-2
|Friendly
|<ref name="RSSSF"></ref>
|-
|style="text-align:center"|29
|rowspan="3"|{{dts|12 November 1968}}
|rowspan="3"|Cairo, Egypt
|rowspan="3"|{{fb|Soviet Union}}
|style="text-align:center"|—	
|rowspan="3" style="text-align:center"|4-1
|rowspan="3"|Friendly
|rowspan="3"|<ref name="RSSSF"></ref>
|-
|style="text-align:center"|30
|style="text-align:center"|—	
|-
|style="text-align:center"|31
|style="text-align:center"|—	
|-
|style="text-align:center"|32
|rowspan="2"|{{dts|27 June 1969}}
|rowspan="2"|Cairo, Egypt	
|rowspan="2"|{{fb|Jordan}}
|style="text-align:center"|—
|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|6-1
|rowspan="2"|Friendly
|rowspan="2"|<ref name="RSSSF"></ref>
|-
|style="text-align:center"|33
|style="text-align:center"|—
|-
|style="text-align:center"|34
|{{dts|19 September 1969}}
|[[Cairo International Stadium]], Cairo, Egypt
|{{fb|Algeria}}
|style="text-align:center"|1-0
|style="text-align:center"|1-0
|[[1970 African Cup of Nations qualification]]
|<ref name="AFCON1970">{{cite web|title=Egypt Versus Algeria|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/70a.html|website=RSSSF|access-date=2 July 2024}}</ref>
|-
|style="text-align:center"|35
|{{dts|28 September 1969}}
|[[20 August 1955 Stadium (Algiers)|20 August 1955 Stadium]], [[Algiers]], Algeria
|{{fb|Algeria}}
|style="text-align:center"|1-1
|style="text-align:center"|1-1
|1970 African Cup of Nations qualification	
|<ref name="AFCON1970"></ref>
|-
|style="text-align:center"|36
|{{dts|6 February 1970}}
|[[Wad Madani Stadium]], [[Wad Madani]], Sudan
|{{fb|GUI}}
|style="text-align:center"|4-1
|style="text-align:center"|4-1
|[[1970 African Cup of Nations]]
|<ref name="AFCON1970"></ref>
|-
|style="text-align:center"|37
|{{dts|14 February 1970}}
|[[Khartoum Stadium|Municipal Stadium]], Khartoum, Sudan
|{{fb|SUD|1956}}
|style="text-align:center"|1-1
|style="text-align:center"|1-2
|1970 African Cup of Nations
|<ref name="AFCON1970"></ref>
|-
|style="text-align:center"|38
|rowspan="3"|{{dts|16 February 1970}}
|rowspan="3"|Municipal Stadium, Khartoum, Sudan	
|rowspan="3"|{{fb|Ivory Coast}}
|style="text-align:center"|1-0
|rowspan="3" style="text-align:center"|3-1
|rowspan="3"|1970 African Cup of Nations
|rowspan="3"|<ref name="AFCON1970"></ref>
|-
|style="text-align:center"|39
|style="text-align:center"|2-0
|-
|style="text-align:center"|40
|style="text-align:center"|3-0
|-
|style="text-align:center"|41
|rowspan="2"|{{dts|21 March 1971}}
|rowspan="2"|Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt	
|rowspan="2"|{{fb|Morocco}}
|style="text-align:center"|—
|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|3-2
|rowspan="2"|[[1972 African Cup of Nations qualification]]
|rowspan="2"|<ref name="RSSSF"></ref>
|-
|style="text-align:center"|42
|style="text-align:center"|—
|-
|style="text-align:center"|43
|{{dts|11 July 1971}}
|[[Tripoli, Libya|Tripoli]], Libya
|{{fb|Syria|1963}}
|style="text-align:center"|1-0
|style="text-align:center"|1-0
|1971 Al-Jalaa Tournament
|<ref name="RSSSF"></ref>
|-
|style="text-align:center"|44
|{{dts|16 July 1971}}
|Tripoli, Libya	
|{{fb|Libya}}
|style="text-align:center"|—
|style="text-align:center"|2-3
|1971 Al-Jalaa Tournament
|<ref name="RSSSF"></ref>
|-
|style="text-align:center"|45
|rowspan="2"|{{dts|12 January 1972}}
|rowspan="2"|[[Al-Shaab Stadium]], [[Baghdad]], Iraq
|rowspan="2"|{{fb|Syria|1972}}
|style="text-align:center"|—
|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|4-2
|rowspan="2"|[[1972 Palestine Cup of Nations]]
|rowspan="2"|<ref name="RSSSF"></ref>
|-
|style="text-align:center"|46
|style="text-align:center"|—
|-
|style="text-align:center"|47
|{{dts|14 January 1972}}
|Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad, Iraq	
|{{fb|Iraq|1963}}
|style="text-align:center"|1-0
|style="text-align:center"|3-1
|1972 Palestine Cup of Nations	
|<ref name="PC1972">{{cite web|title=Palestine Cup 1972|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesp/palestine71.html|website=RSSSF|access-date=2 July 2024}}</ref>
|-
|style="text-align:center"|48
|{{dts|24 November 1972}}
|Cairo, Egypt
|{{fb|SOM}}
|style="text-align:center"|—
|style="text-align:center"|4-1
|[[Football at the 1973 All-Africa Games – Men's qualification|1973 All-Africa Games qualification]]
|<ref name="RSSSF"></ref>
|-
|style="text-align:center"|49
|{{dts|6 March 1974}}
|Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt	
|{{fb|Ivory Coast}}
|style="text-align:center"|1-0
|style="text-align:center"|2-0
|[[1974 African Cup of Nations]]
|<ref>{{cite web|title=African Nations Cup 1974|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/74a.html|website=RSSSF|access-date=2 July 2024}}</ref>
|}

== Honours ==
;Tersana<ref name=Egy_Player />
* [[Egyptian Premier League]]: [[1962–63 Egyptian Premier League|1962–63]]
* [[Egypt Cup]]: 1964–65, 1966–67

; Egypt<ref name=Egy_Player />
* [[Arab Games]] [[gold medal]]: [[Football at the 1965 Arab Games|1965]]
* [[Palestine Cup of Nations]]: [[1972 Palestine Cup of Nations|1972]]

;Individual<ref name=Egy_Player />
* [[Egyptian Premier League]] [[Egyptian Premier League#All seasons top goalscorers|top scorer]]: [[1962–63 Egyptian Premier League|1962–63]], [[1964–65 Egyptian Premier League|1964–65]], [[1965–66 Egyptian Premier League|1965–66]], [[1974–75 Egyptian Premier League|1974–75]]
* [[Africa Cup of Nations]] Top scorer: [[1963 African Cup of Nations|1963]]
* [[Africa Cup of Nations]] All-time Top Egyptian scorer: 12 goals
* [[Egyptian Premier League#All time top goalscorers|Egyptian Premier League all-time goalscorer]]: 173 goals<ref>{{cite web|author=Said, Tarek|title=Egypt - All-Time Topscorers|website=[[RSSSF]]|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/egytops-allt.html|access-date=2009-08-06}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Egyptian Premier League top scorers |state=collapsed}}
{{Africa Cup of Nations top scorers}}
{{Africa Cup of Nations Player of the Tournament}}

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