Adam El-Abd

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Adam Mohamad El-Abd (Template:Langx; born 11 September 1984) is a retired professional footballer who played as a defender. El-Abd made over 500 first team appearances in his professional career and 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 played professional rugby union and is a coach at Castres Olympique.[2] His younger brother Sami was an apprentice at Brighton, before moving into non-League football with Crawley Town, Hayes & Yeading United, Whitehawk, Bognor Regis Town, Dorking Wanderers and Horsham.

Club career

Brighton & Hove Albion

El-Abd joined Brighton & Hove Albion's youth department when he was nine and was granted a scholarship there at 16. He signed his first professional contract of two and a half years 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 was then a regular in the first team squad, playing either in defence at right-back or centre-half, or in a more defensive midfield role.[3]

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.[4]

In June 2008, El-Abd signed a new two-year deal with Brighton.[5] He won the Seagulls Player of the Season award for their League One winning 2010–11 campaign.[3]

El-Abd hit the milestone of 250 league appearances for Brighton on 7 March 2012, named Man of the Match in a 2–2 draw with Cardiff City. El-Abd made his 300th and final league appearance for the Seagulls 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.[6] Rarely used at Bristol City, he spent time out on loan at Bury,[7] Swindon Town,[8] and Gillingham.[9]

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,[10] where he immediately became captain in place of the departed Nathaniel Knight-Percival.[11] He scored his first goal for the club in a 2–1 home victory against Chesterfield on 20 August,[12] but was sent off in a 2–1 defeat at former club Bury three weeks later.[13] 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.[14]

El-Abd left the club at the end of June 2017 after his contract was cancelled by mutual consent.[15]

Wycombe Wanderers

On 3 July 2017, El-Abd signed a two-year contract with League Two side Wycombe Wanderers.[16] In May 2018 he extended his contract for a further year, to the end of the 2019–20 season.[17] El-Abd left Wycombe on 2 September 2019 by mutual consent.[18]

Stevenage

He signed for Stevenage on 6 September 2019,[19] but was released by the Hertfordshire side at the end of the 2019–20 season having made just 4 appearances in all competitions.[20]

Whitehawk

El-Abd joined Whitehawk on 5 August 2020, firstly as player-assistant manager,[21] then as a player and assistant U18 coach for the 2021–22 season,[22] before leaving at the end of the season.[23]

Worthing

On 8 June 2022, El-Abd joined newly promoted National League South club Worthing, linking up with former Brighton teammate Adam Hinshelwood, now Worthing manager.[24]

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.[25]

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.[26]

Career statistics

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Brighton & Hove Albion 2003–04[27] Division Two 11 0 0 0 0 0 2<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[a] 0 13 0
2004–05[28] Championship 16 0 0 0 0 0 − 16 0
2005–06[29] Championship 29 0 1 0 1 0 − 31 0
2006–07[30] League One 42 0 2 0 1 1 4<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[a] 0 49 2
2007–08[31] League One 35 1 4 1 1 0 3<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[a] 0 43 2
2008–09[32] League One 31 0 2 0 2 0 5<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[a] 0 40 0
2009–10[33] League One 35 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 39 1
2010–11[32] League One 37 1 2 0 1 0 1<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[a] 0 41 1
2011–12[33] Championship 23 0 2 0 0 0 − 25 0
2012–13[34] Championship 32 1 2 0 0 0 − 34 1
2013–14[35] Championship 9 0 1 0 1 0 − 11 0
Total 300 5 19 1 8 1 15 0 342 7
Bristol City 2013–14[35] League One 14 0 − − − 14 0
2014–15[36] League One 2 0 1 0 1 0 2<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[a] 0 6 0
2015–16[37] Championship 0 0 − 0 0 − 0 0
Total 16 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 20 0
Bury (loan) 2014–15[36] League Two 24 1 − − − 24 1
Swindon Town (loan) 2015–16[37] League One 13 0 1 0 − 0 0 14 0
Gillingham (loan) 2015–16[37] League One 8 0 − − − 8 0
Shrewsbury Town 2016–17[38] League One 28 2 3 0 2 0 1<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[a] 0 34 2
Wycombe Wanderers 2017–18[39] League Two 36 1 3 0 1 0 3<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[a] 0 43 1
2018–19[40] League One 34 3 1 0 1 0 1<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[a] 0 43 1
2019–20[41] League One 2 0 − 0 0 0 0 2 0
Total 72 4 4 0 2 0 4 0 82 4
Stevenage 2019–20[41] League Two 2 0 1 0 − 1<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[a] 0 4 0
Career total 463 12 29 1 13 1 23 0 528 14

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Honours

Brighton & Hove Albion

Individual

  • Brighton & Hove Albion Player of the Season: 2010–11[3]

References

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External links

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