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{{Short description|Egyptian footballer (born 1983)}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Mahmoud Samna
| image =
| fullname = Mahmoud "Samna" Abdel-Aati
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1983|11|1}}
| birth_place = Egypt (ismailia)
| height = {{convert|1.83|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| position = Centre-back, Defensive-midfielder, Sweeper
| currentclub = [[Petrojet]]
| clubnumber =
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = [[Al-Qanah SC|Al-Qanah]]
| years1 =
| years2 = 2004–2007
| years3 = 2008–2009
| years4 = 2009–pres.
| clubs1 = [[Tersana]]
| clubs2 = [[Al-Ittihad Al-Iskandary]]
| clubs3 = [[Asyut Petroleum]]
| clubs4 = [[Petrojet]]
| caps1 = ??
| caps2 = ??
| caps3 = 24
| goals1 =
| goals2 = 1
| goals3 = 3
| nationalyears1 = ??
| nationalyears2 =
| nationalteam1 = [[Egypt national under-18 football team|Egypt U-18]]
| nationalteam2 = [[Egypt national under-20 football team|Egypt U-20]]
| nationalcaps1 = 10
| nationalcaps2 = 1
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalgoals2 = 0
}}

'''Mahmoud Samna''' ({{langx|ar|محمود سمنه}}) (born November 1, 1983) is an Egyptian [[Association football|football]] [[Defender (association football)|defender]] who currently plays for [[Egyptian Premier League]] side [[Petrojet]].

==Career==
Samna is one of the most famous [[Centre-back|defenders]] in the [[Egyptian Premier League]], known for his strong style of play. A fighting, hard-working [[Centre-back|defender]], who also has very good attacking headers.

At the start of the 2007-2008 season, when the manager [[Mohamed Amer (football manager)|Mohamed Amer]] was under pressure from fans after losing a number of matches, Samna was caught on camera going to the away stand of the Cairo International Stadium to calm the [[Al-Ittihad Al-Iskandary]] fans down himself, and asking them to stop chanting against his manager.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Ittehad Fans |title=Mahmoud Samna urges fans to back Omar|url=http://3arabforest.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-4445.html}}</ref>

His headed goal for [[Al-Ittihad Al-Iskandary]] at [[Petrojet]] in the final days of the 2007-2008 season is one of the most famous in the Alexandrian club's history, as it kept them from being relegated for the first time from the [[Egyptian Premier League]].

He joined [[Asyut Petroleum]] from [[Al-Ittihad Al-Iskandary]] in 2008 for a record club salary fee. In summer 2009, he rejected offers from [[El Zamalek]] and [[Ismaily]] and signed for [[Petrojet]] for around €100,000.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Shorouk News|title=Shorouk Newspaper|url=http://www.shorouknews.com/ContentData.aspx?id=112438&terms=%d8%a8%d8%aa%d8%b1%d9%88%d8%ac%d9%8a%d8%aa+%d9%8a%d8%ad%d9%85%d9%84+%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%aa%d8%ad%d9%83%d9%8a%d9%85+%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%ae%d8%b3%d8%a7%d8%b1%d8%a9+%d8%a3%d9%85%d8%a7%d9%85+%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%ac%d9%88%d9%86%d8%a9+%d9%88%d8%ac%d9%84%d8%b7%d8%a9+%d8%b3%d8%b1%d8%a7%d9%8a}}</ref>

== Transfer Speculation ==
It has been reported that he was going to sign for Turkish [[Super Lig]] club [[Galatasaray S.K. (football)|Galatasaray]] in summer 2009 <ref>{{cite web|publisher=EgyptianPlayers|title=Galatasaray Almost Signed Samna|url=http://egyptianplayers.com/AbdRaboh/articles-Samna1.htm|accessdate=2009-08-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090830202809/http://egyptianplayers.com/AbdRaboh/articles-Samna1.htm|archive-date=2009-08-30|url-status=dead}}</ref> and prior to this, African champions Al-Ahly, in January 2009.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Sohba Net|title=Ahly Offer for Samna|url=http://www.sohbanet.com/vb/showthread.php?t=66748|accessdate=2009-07-30}}</ref>

In March 2010, he received an offer from Finnish [[Veikkausliiga]] club [[FC Lahti]],<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Yalla Kora|title=Finnish club offers for Samna, Player hopes offer is accepted|url=http://www.yallakora.com/arabic/yk_news/details.aspx?id=117458&region=|accessdate=2010-03-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718135606/http://www.yallakora.com/arabic/yk_news/details.aspx?id=117458&region=|archive-date=2011-07-18|url-status=dead}}</ref> which [[Petrojet]] rejected.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Al-Wafd|title=Petrojet Through to CAF Cup Last-16s|url=http://alwafd.org/details.aspx?nid=52181|accessdate=2010-04-10}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Youm7|title=Petrojet: Samna isn't for sale|url=http://www3.youm7.com/News.asp?NewsID=550922&SecID=298&IssueID=168|accessdate=2011-12-10}}</ref>

==International career==
He has been a regular international for the Under-18 [[Egypt]] and played for the Under-20 [[Egypt]] as well.

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGDC7r6cKtM Mahmoud Samna Highlights]

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[[Category:1983 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Egyptian men's footballers]]
[[Category:Tersana SC players]]
[[Category:Al Ittihad Alexandria Club players]]
[[Category:Petrojet SC players]]
[[Category:Men's association football defenders]]
[[Category:21st-century Egyptian sportsmen]]

Mahmoud Samna - Revision history

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