SOCCER PLAYER

Wael Gomaa

1975 - Today

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Wael Kamel Gomaa El Hawty (Arabic: وَائِل كَامِل جُمْعَة الْحُوتِيّ; born 3 August 1975) is an Egyptian retired professional footballer who played as a centre-back. He is regarded as one of the best African defenders of all time. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Wael Gomaa is the 9,611th most popular soccer player (down from 7,098th in 2024), the 585th most popular biography from Egypt (down from 567th in 2019) and the 29th most popular Egyptian Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Wael Gomaa ranks 9,611 out of 21,273Before him are José Manuel Rey, Viktor Kovalenko, Nawaf Al-Temyat, Naoyoshi Fukumoto, Hubert Fournier, and Jóhannes Eðvaldsson. After him are Sean Davis, Johnny Warren, Daniel Peretz, Charly Musonda, Fyodor Smolov, and Pablo Torre.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1975, Wael Gomaa ranks 631Before him are Cecilie Leganger, Vladimir Vasilj, Sergey Tetyukhin, Takeshi Kawaharazuka, Ai Maeda, and José Manuel Rey. After him are Aiko, Makoto Kaneko, Iddo Goldberg, Omar Rodríguez-López, Ricardo Santos, and KT Tunstall.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Wael Gomaa ranks 585 out of 642Before him are Asmaa Mahfouz (1985), Mona Eltahawy (1967), Mohamed Barakat (1976), Rabie Yassin (1960), Wael Ghonim (1980), and Gehad Grisha (1976). After him are Mohamed Aly (1975), Alaa Abd El-Fattah (1981), Muhammad Ali, Prince of the Sa'id (1979), Hesham Mesbah (1982), Ismail Youssef (1964), and Shikabala (1986).

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Egypt

Among soccer players born in Egypt, Wael Gomaa ranks 29Before him are Essam Abdel-Fatah (1965), Ibrahim Hassan (1966), Mohamed El Shenawy (1988), Ahmed Fathy (1984), Mohamed Barakat (1976), and Rabie Yassin (1960). After him are Ismail Youssef (1964), Shikabala (1986), Hossam Ghaly (1981), Amr Zaki (1983), Mohamed Abdelwahab (1983), and Ahmed Elmohamady (1987).