Hassan Shehata

Hassan Shehata is an Egyptian retired footballer and manager, born in Kafr El Dawwar, Beheira in 1947, and nicknamed "the Master". ¹ A forward regarded as one of Africa's finest, he played for Zamalek and Kuwait's Kazma and won 52 caps for Egypt. ¹ As a manager he led Egypt to three consecutive Africa Cup of Nations titles, in 2006, 2008 and 2010 — the first coach to win three in a row. ¹ The sources state no religion for him at all, so his data record leaves his faith as unknown. ¹²

Shehata came through Kafr El Dawar and Zamalek as a youth, played for Zamalek from 1966 to 1968, spent five years with Kazma in Kuwait, scoring 49 goals, and returned to Zamalek from 1973 to 1982, scoring 77 league goals. ¹ For Egypt he earned 52 caps and scored 14 goals between 1970 and 1981. ¹ The songs and chants fans sang in his name are still widely remembered in Egypt. ¹

After retiring, Shehata coached Zamalek's youth and senior sides and a long list of Egyptian and Arab clubs before taking charge of Egypt. ¹ He won the Africa Cup of Nations on home soil in 2006, retained it in Ghana in 2008 and won a third consecutive title in Angola in 2010, a run no coach had achieved before. ¹³

The English article makes no statement of Shehata's religion in its text and files him under no religion category; its hatnote distinguishing him from a Shia Muslim cleric of a similar name concerns the namesake, not him. ¹ The Arabic article contains no mention of religion at all, and Wikidata carries no religion value for him. ³² No source read names a school for him, so his record states his faith as unknown. ¹

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