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{{short description|Egyptian footballer (born 1976)|bot=PearBOT 5}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name = Mohamed Barakat
| image = Barakat2020.jpg
| upright = 
| caption = Barakat in [[Al Ahly TV]] in 2020
| full_name = Mohamed Barakat Ahmed Bastamy<ref name="FCWC 2012">{{cite web |title=FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2012 presented by Toyota: List of Players |url=http://www.fifadata.com/document/FCWC/2012/pdf/FCWC_2012_SquadLists.pdf |publisher=FIFA |page=1 |date=29 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121207065034/http://www.fifadata.com/document/FCWC/2012/pdf/FCWC_2012_SquadLists.pdf |archive-date=7 December 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1976|9|7|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Cairo]], Egypt
| height = 1.72 m
| position = [[Midfielder]]
| youthyears1 = 
| youthclubs1 = [[El Sekka El Hadid SC|El Sekka El Hadid]]
| years1 = 1995–1998
| clubs1 = [[El Sekka El Hadid SC|El Sekka El Hadid]]
| caps1 = 21
| goals1 = 6
| years2 = 1998–2002
| clubs2 = [[Ismaily SC|Ismaily]]
| caps2 = 79
| goals2 = 14
| years3 = 2002–2003
| clubs3 = [[Al Ahli Saudi FC|Al-Ahli]]
| caps3 = 21
| goals3 = 10
| years4 = 2003–2004
| clubs4 = [[Al-Arabi SC (Qatar)|Al-Arabi]]
| caps4 = 9
| goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2004–2013
| clubs5 = [[Al Ahly SC|Al Ahly]]
| caps5 = 149
| goals5 = 41
| totalcaps = 279
| totalgoals = 71
| nationalyears1 = 2000–2010
| nationalteam1 = [[Egypt national football team|Egypt]]
| nationalcaps1 = 70
| nationalgoals1 = 9
| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's [[association football|football]]}}
{{MedalCountry|{{fb|EGY}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Africa Cup of Nations]]}}
{{Medal|W|[[2006 Africa Cup of Nations|2006 Egypt]]|}}
}}

'''Mohamed Barakat Ahmed Bastamy''' (born 7 September 1976) is an Egyptian former professional footballer. A right-footed [[playmaker]], he usually played as an [[right winger]] or [[attacking midfielder]] for Egyptian club [[Al Ahly SC|Al Ahly]] and the [[Egypt national football team|Egypt national team]].

Barakat was considered by many as one of the most talented players in Africa. His hallmarks are surging runs from midfield which often disrupt opposing defences, as well as his [[box-to-box midfielder|box-to-box]] work ethic, which makes him an important figure both in [[defensive midfielder|defence]] and attack. Thanks to his noticeable achievements and talent, his fans gave him the nickname '''The Mercurial''' ({{langx|ar|بركات الزئبقي}}), He reached his peak in 2005 and 2006, helping his club [[Al Ahly SC|Al Ahly]] to win the [[CAF Champions League 2005]] and [[CAF Champions League 2006]] and Egypt win their fifth [[African Cup of Nations]] [[Egypt 2006]]. However, in 2006 his career was marred by a long spell of injuries.

==Club career==

===Early career===
Barakat began his career at unheralded Sekka but really found his feet when he joined [[Al-Ismaily]] – just about the only club in Egypt with the ability to stand up to the 'big boys' of [[Al Ahly SC|Al Ahly]] and [[Al-Zamalek|Zamalek]].

===Gulf Countries===
The 2002 Egyptian Footballer of the Year has joined [[Al-Ahli (Jeddah)|Ahly Jeddah]] in Saudi Arabia. He helped the later win 2003 [[Arab Champions League#Prince Faysal bin Fahad Tournament for Arab Clubs|Arab Club Championship]]. Barakat scored twice in that tournament; including the Final winner goal. and then going to [[Al-Arabi SC (Qatar)|Alarabi]] in Qatar.

===Al Ahly===
Barakat returned to Egypt in 2004 to join [[Al Ahly SC|Al Ahly]]. Some have commented that the combination with [[Mohamed Aboutrika]] and [[Emad Moteab]] formed the most formidable triangle in African Soccer, and they were given the moniker of "The Bermuda Triangle".

Mohamed Barakat won the [[BBC African Footballer of the Year|BBC African Footballer]] of 2005 award ahead of Cameroon's [[Samuel Eto'o]] and [[Obafemi Martins]] of Nigeria.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/4588558.stm "Egyptian Barakat wins BBC award "], BBC, 6 January 2006. Retrieved on 4 May 2010.</ref> More than 15,000 voted for him. He was also named the best player in Africa's continental club competition by the African Football Association for the same year, as he scored 7 goals in the [[CAF Champions League 2005]].
Barakat started the season of 2013 with some bad performances, but after sometime he got back to his perfect form and scored in the CAF Super Cup 2013 the winning goal, which led Al Ahly to win the cup. After he played a match against Benzarty match in CAF Champions League 2013 and scored a goal from a penalty, he also made an assist to Emad Meteb. Two weeks later there were rumors of his retirement and Barakat admitted he was thinking of retiring because he is 37 years old. After with two days Barakat scored two goals against Enpii in the Egyptian league from a penalty and a shot. People all thought and said Barakat still has one or two seasons ahead after that amazing performance and goals and that he looked like he was eighteen while playing even though he is 37, but unfortunately three weeks after, Barakat announced that he was going to retire at the end of this season, putting an end to the career.

===Retirement===
After the [[Port Said Stadium clashes]], on 1 February 2012, Barakat decided to retire from professional football, along with [[Emad Motaeb]] and [[Mohamed Aboutrika]]. However, he reversed his decision and returned to Al Ahly once again.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/9057194/Egypt-football-riots-three-Egypt-internationals-retire-after-mass-deaths-in-stadium-riot.html|title=Egypt football riots: three Egypt internationals retire after mass deaths in stadium riot|date=2 January 2012|access-date=2 January 2012|publisher=The Telegraph}}</ref>

==International career==
Barakat made his debut for the Pharaohs in June 2000 against [[South Korea national football team|South Korea]]. He played 4 matches in [[2002 African Cup of Nations]] and all Egypt's matches in [[2006 Africa Cup of Nations]].
Barakat ended his international career on 18 November 2009 after his dream to reach the [[2010 FIFA World Cup]] was crashed by [[Algeria]] that won 1–0, he told the press about that discussion on 11 August 2010.

== Career statistics ==
=== International ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year<ref>{{NFT player|2092|access-date=5 February 2025}}</ref>
|-
!National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="9"|[[Egypt national football team|Egypt]]
|2000||5||0
|-
|2001||19||4
|-
|2002||13||3
|-
|2003||3||0
|-
|2004||5||1
|-
|2005||8||0
|-
|2006||9||0
|-
|2007||1||0
|-
|2009||6||1
|-
!colspan="2"|Total!!69!!9
|}

:''Scores and results list Egypt's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Barakat goal.''<ref>{{cite web |first=Roberto |last=Mamrud |url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/barakat-intlg.html |title=Mohamed Barakat – Goals in International Matches |publisher=[[RSSSF|Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation]] |date=3 April 2014 |access-date=5 February 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417122106/https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/barakat-intlg.html |archive-date=17 April 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Mohamed Barakat
|-
!scope="col"|No.
!scope="col"|Date
!scope="col"|Venue
!scope="col"|Opponent
!scope="col"|Score
!scope="col"|Result
!scope="col"|Competition
|-
|style="text-align:center"|1
|{{dts|11 March 2001}}
|[[Cairo International Stadium]], [[Cairo]], Egypt
|{{fb|ALG}}
|style="text-align:center"|1–0
|style="text-align:center"|5–2
|[[2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)|2002 FIFA World Cup qualification]]
|-
|style="text-align:center"|2
|{{dts|24 April 2001}}
|Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt
|{{fb|CAN}}
|style="text-align:center"|3–0
|style="text-align:center"|3–0
|[[2001 LG Cup (Egypt)|2001 LG Cup]]
|-
|style="text-align:center"|3
|rowspan="2"|{{dts|13 July 2001}}
|rowspan="2"|[[Alexandria Stadium]], [[Alexandria]], Egypt
|rowspan="2"|{{fb|NAM}}
|style="text-align:center"|2–0
|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|8–2
|rowspan="2"|2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
|-
|style="text-align:center"|4
|style="text-align:center"|6–2
|-
|style="text-align:center"|5
|{{dts|8 August 2002}}
|Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria, Egypt
|{{fb|ETH}}
|style="text-align:center"|1–0
|style="text-align:center"|4–1
|[[Friendly (association football)|Friendly]]
|-
|style="text-align:center"|6
|rowspan="2"|{{dts|23 August 2002}}
|rowspan="2"|Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria, Egypt
|rowspan="2"|{{fb|SDN}}
|style="text-align:center"|2–0
|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|3–0
|rowspan="2"|Friendly
|-
|style="text-align:center"|7
|style="text-align:center"|3–0
|-
|style="text-align:center"|8
|{{dts|25 January 2004}}
|[[Taieb Mhiri Stadium|Stade Taïeb Mhiri]], [[Sfax]], Tunisia
|{{fb|ZIM}}
|style="text-align:center"|2–1
|style="text-align:center"|2–1
|[[2004 African Cup of Nations]]
|-
|style="text-align:center"|9
|{{dts|5 November 2009}}
|[[Aswan Stadium]], [[Aswan]], Egypt
|{{fb|TAN}}
|style="text-align:center"|4–0
|style="text-align:center"|5–1
|Friendly
|}

==Honours==
'''Ismaily'''
* [[Egyptian Premier League]]: 2001–02
* [[Egypt Cup]]: 2000

'''Al Ahli Saudi'''
* [[UAFA Club Championship|Arab Unified Club Championship]]: [[2002 Arab Unified Club Championship|2002]]

'''Al Ahly'''
* [[Egyptian Premier League]]: [[2004–05 Egyptian Premier League|2004–05]], [[2005–06 Egyptian Premier League|2005–06]], [[2006–07 Egyptian Premier League|2006–07]], [[2007–08 Egyptian Premier League|2007–08]], [[2008–09 Egyptian Premier League|2008–09]], [[2009–10 Egyptian Premier League|2009–10]], [[2010–11 Egyptian Premier League|2010–11]]
* [[Egypt Cup]]: 2006, 2007
* [[Egyptian Super Cup]]: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012
* [[CAF Champions League]]: [[2005 CAF Champions League|2005]], [[2006 CAF Champions League|2006]], [[2008 CAF Champions League|2008]], [[2012 CAF Champions League|2012]]
* [[CAF Super Cup]]: [[2006 CAF Super Cup|2006]], [[2007 CAF Super Cup|2007]], [[2009 CAF Super Cup|2009]], [[2013 CAF Super Cup|2013]]

'''Egypt'''
* [[African Cup of Nations]]: [[2006 Africa Cup of Nations|2006]]

'''Individual'''
* [[BBC African Footballer of the Year]]: 2005
* [[CAF Awards#African Inter-Club Player of the Year .28Based in Africa.29|African Inter-Club Player of the Year]]: 2005
* [[CAF Team of the Year]]: 2005
* [[CAF Champions League]] top goalscorer: [[2005 CAF Champions League#Best Scorers|2005]] (Shared with [[Joetex Frimpong]])

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{UEFA player}}

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