Mahmoud El Khatib

Mahmoud El Khatib is an Egyptian retired professional footballer, born in Qarqirah, Dakahlia in 1954 and nicknamed "Bibo", who spent his whole playing career at Al Ahly and has been the club's president since 1 December 2017. ¹ A forward considered one of the best in African football history, he was named African Footballer of the Year in 1983 and won the 1986 Africa Cup of Nations with Egypt. ¹ No source read makes any statement of his religion, so his data record leaves his faith as unknown. ¹²

El Khatib was born in the village of Qarqirah under El Senbellawein in Dakahlia Governorate, and the family moved to Cairo in his childhood. ¹³ After youth spells at Al Nasr and Al Ahly, he played his entire senior career for Al Ahly from 1972 to 1988, scoring 109 goals in 164 league appearances. ¹ With the club he won ten Egyptian Premier League titles, five Egypt Cups and the African Cup of Champions Clubs in 1982 and 1987. ¹

El Khatib represented Egypt from 1974 to 1986, winning 54 caps and scoring 24 goals. ¹ He played in the Egypt side that finished third at the 1974 Africa Cup of Nations and in the side that won the tournament on home soil in 1986. ¹ In 1983 he was named African Footballer of the Year; he later received a CAF Legends award in 2004 and was named an IFFHS Legend in 2016. ¹

El Khatib became the 18th president of Al Ahly SC on 1 December 2017, succeeding Mahmoud Taher, and remains in the office. ¹³

No source read for this record makes any statement of El Khatib's religion: neither the English nor the Arabic article mentions a religion for him anywhere in its text or categories, and Wikidata carries no religion value for him at all. ¹³² A faith value cannot be built on complete absence, so his record states his faith as unknown. ¹

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