Ahmed Rifaat

Ahmed Rifaat

Rifaat with Zamalek in 1967
Personal information
Date of birth	(1942-07-21)21 July 1942
Place of birth	Bulaq, Cairo, Egypt
Date of death	13 December 2017(2017-12-13) (aged 75)
Place of death	Cairo, Egypt
Position(s)	Right/Centre Defender/Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1961–1973	Zamalek
International career
	Egypt
Managerial career
1996	Zamalek
1996	Al-Masry
1996–1997	Suez
1998–2001	Dina Farms
2001–2002	El Mokawloon
2003	Al-Majd
2003–2004	Syria
2005	Zamalek
2005–2006	Malkiya
2008–2009	Zamalek (Asst. Manager)
Medal record Men's football Representing  Egypt Africa Cup of Nations 1962 Arab Games 1965 African Games 1973
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ahmed Rifaat (Arabic: أَحمَد رِفعَت) was an Egyptian football coach^[1] and former player, previously the head coach of Zamalek SC.^[2] Rifaat died on 13 December 2017.^[3]

Rifaat was born on 21 July 1942 in Bulaq, Cairo, Egypt. He started his professional football career in Zamalek in 1961, he won with his team the Egyptian Premier League title in (1963–64, 1964–65). He also won with Zamalek the Egypt Cup once in 1962.^[4] Rifaat played his whole career in Zamalek.

With Egypt, Rifaat played in the 1962 African Cup of Nations and Egypt finished second. He also was a part of the team that finished fourth in 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Rifaat played in the 1965 Arab Games in Cairo, and scored a goal against Aden, where Egypt won 14–0, the hosts won the gold medal. Rifaat retired in 1973.^[5][6]

After his retirement, Rifaat worked as a coach. In 1996, Rifaat was appointed as Zamalek's coach for a brief period, in the same year he coached Al Masry. In the 1996–1997, he coached Suez SC. He became the manager of Dina Farms in 1998, and coached the team for three seasons to 2001. He was appointed Al Mokaweloon for the 2001–02 season. He had brief spells in Al-Majd SC and the Syria national football team. Afterwards, he was again Zamalek's manager for one season in 2005. He went to Bahrain, and managed the Bahraini side Malkiya in 2005–06. He was back to his home club and worked as Zamalek's assistant manager in 2008–09. Ahmed Rifaat died at the age of 75, on 13 December 2017 in Cairo.^[4]

Zamalek

• Egyptian Premier League: 1963–64, 1964–65
• Egypt Cup: 1962

Egypt

• Africa Cup of Nations: runner-up 1962
• Summer Olympic Games: fourth place 1964
• Arab Games: Gold medal 1965^[7][8]