Wael Gomaa

Wael Gomaa is an Egyptian retired professional footballer who played as a centre-back and is regarded as one of the best African defenders of all time. ¹ Born in Gharbia Governorate in 1975 and nicknamed "The Rock", he played for Ghazl El Mahalla until 2001, then spent thirteen years at Al Ahly, winning the CAF Champions League six times, and earned 114 caps for Egypt, winning the Africa Cup of Nations in 2006, 2008 and 2010. ¹ The sources identify him generically as a Muslim at most and name no school for him, so his data record leaves his faith as unknown. ²³

Gomaa's performances for Ghazl El Mahalla in the 2000–01 season earned him a move to Al Ahly after that season's Egypt Cup final. ¹ At Al Ahly he became the bedrock of the defence for thirteen years, making 213 league appearances and winning seven Egyptian Premier League titles, three Egypt Cups, seven Egyptian Super Cups and the CAF Champions League in 2001, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2012 and 2013, with a loan season at Qatar's Al-Sailiya in 2007–08 in between. ¹ He retired in 2014 with 324 club appearances. ¹

Gomaa represented Egypt from 2001 to 2013, winning 114 caps and scoring one goal. ¹ He was a fixture of the defence in the squads that won the Africa Cup of Nations three times in a row — in Egypt in 2006, Ghana in 2008 and Angola in 2010. ¹²

The Arabic article's infobox gives Gomaa's religion as Islam, generically — a single infobox value — and its categories file him under "Egyptian Muslims"; the English article makes no statement of his religion in its text, and Wikidata carries no religion value for him at all. ²¹³ One infobox and a category filing are not two independent attestations, and no source read names a school or madhhab for him personally, so his record states his faith as unknown. ²

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