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Ali Zein

Not to be confused with Ali Ezzine or Ali Zein.
Ali Zein
Zein in 2016
Personal information
Full name Ali Zein Mohamed al-Hawwari
Born (1990-12-14) 14 December 1990 (age 34)
Abu Mina', Qena Governorate, Egypt
Nationality Egyptian
Height 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Playing position Left back
Club information
Current club Dinamo București
Number 90
Youth career
Years Team
1996–2008
 Al Ahly
Senior clubs
Years Team
2008–2013
 Al Ahly
2013–2014
 Étoile Sportive du Sahel
2014–2016
 Al Jazira Club
2016–2018
 Pays d'Aix UC
2018–
 Sharjah Sports Club
2020
 → Al Ahly (loan)
2021–2022
 → FC Barcelona
2022–
 → Dinamo București
2023
 → Al Ahly (loan)
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–
 Egypt 268 (320)
Medal record
African Championship
Gold medal – first place 2016 Egypt
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tunisia
Gold medal – first place 2022 Egypt
Gold medal – first place 2024 Egypt
Silver medal – second place 2018 Gabon
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 2013 Mersin Team

Ali Zein Mohamed al-Hawwari (Arabic: علي زين محمد الهواري; born 14 December 1990) is an Egyptian handball player for Romanian side Dinamo București player and the Egyptian national team.[1]

Club career

Zein was born in Abu Mina', Qena Governorate, hailing from the Hawwara tribe.[2][3] He started his career at Al Ahly in 1996–97,[4] then he played for Étoile Sportive du Sahel, Al Jazira Club[broken anchor], Pays d'Aix Université Club and Sharjah Sports Club, before joining Barcelona in July 2021,[5] where he won the 2021–22 EHF Champions League.[6] After one season he transferred to Dinamo București.[7]

International career

He played for Egypt U20 at the 2009 Junior World Championship and 2011 Junior World Championship.

He won the 2013 Mediterranean Games, and the African Championship in 2016, 2020, 2022 and 2024 with Egypt.[8][9] He also represented Egypt at the World Men's Handball Championship in 2013, 2015, 2019,[10][11] 2021 and 2023, and in the 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics.

Honours

Club

Al Ahly

Étoile du Sahel

Al Jazira

Sharjah

Barcelona

Dinamo București

International

Egypt

Individual

References

  1. ^ "2015 World Championship Roster" (PDF). IHF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 December 2014. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  2. ^ «الهواري» أول صعيدي يرتدي قميص برشلونة.. فرحة عارمة في قنا (in Arabic). Akhbar el-Yom. 2 July 2021.
  3. ^ صعيدي في برشلونة.. علي زين يُحقق حلمًا تأخر 12 عامًا (in Arabic). elnas.net. 15 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Zein: "From the first day, this was my game"". International Handball Federation. 14 April 2023.
  5. ^ "HANDBALL: Ali Zein makes sensational move to World champions Barcelona". KingFut. 2 July 2021.
  6. ^ "FC Barcelona and Ali Zein go their separate ways". FC Barcelona. 29 June 2022.
  7. ^ "HANDBALL: Ali Zein joins Dinamo București from Barcelona". KingFut. 14 April 2022.
  8. ^ "HANDBALL: Egypt crowned African champions for eighth time". KingFut. 18 July 2022.
  9. ^ "Handball: Egypt in quest for Paris ticket as they host African championship". Ahram Online. 16 January 2024.
  10. ^ 2019 World Men's Handball Championship roster
  11. ^ "إعلان قائمة مصر النهائية لمونديال اليد". kooora.com. 7 January 2019.
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