Mohamed Salah, who played in the forward position of the Liverpool team, was born on 15 June 1992. Mohamed Salah, who is 175 cm tall and 71 kilos, uses his left foot.
The full name of the Egyptian national football player is Mohammed Salah Hamid Mahrus Gali. He was born on 15 June 1992 in Garibya, Egypt.
He started playing football in 2010 in El-Mukavlun, one of the Egyptian Premier League teams.
Salah, who started to play in Basel after al-Mukavlun, won the championship in his first season and won the Golden Player Award of the League.
Salah, who was on the way to Chelsea with his remarkable performance here, could not show the performance he wanted in the sky-blues.
Later, he was loaned to Fiorentina and Roma from the Italian League teams. Roma club signed the Egyptian star for 15 million euros.
After spending 2 years in Rome, one on loan and one on his testimonial, the Egyptian star, who caught the attention of Liverpool, was transferred to the Premier League team in the 2017 summer transfer season for 36.9 million pounds.
In the national team, Salah wore the jersey of the U20 World Cup Egypt Youth Team in 2011, the Egyptian U23 team in the 2012 Olympics, and the same year the Egyptian National Team wore the jersey on his back in the official match against Sierra Leone.
Salah: African football player with the highest score in Premier League history.
February 2023
Mohamed Salah made history in Liverpool
Liverpool hosted Real Madrid in the last 16 rounds of the Champions League. Salah, who scored the second goal of the English representative, passed Steven Gerrard and became Liverpool's top scorer in European cups.
Liverpool's Egyptian star Mohammed Salah made history as his team's top scorer in European cups with 42 goals. Club legend Gerard follows Salah with 41 goals.
Challenging life story from the mouth of Muhamed Salah
I fell in love with football when I was only 7-8 years old. I was watching the Champions League and playing with my friends on the street trying to play like Brazilian Ronaldo, Zidane, and Totti. I really liked these magical actors.
While playing football on the street, a friend of mine, who is still my best friend, said, 'One day you will be a great football player'.
I first signed a professional contract with the El Mokawloon team at the age of 14. But it has been very difficult for me. It took me 4.5 hours to commute from home to practice. I had to drop out of school to be able to attend training. Then my school said, 'Mo, come for two hours, then go to practice'. I used to go to school for 2 hours in the morning and then jog to practice.
My whole day was spent in school, then traveling, training, returning, eating, and sleeping. They were very difficult days for me. But I was very young and wanted to be a football player. I wanted to be a big name. I wanted to be someone special.
I don't know what I would be if I wasn't a football player. I started at the age of 14 and ever since then, I had only ever wanted to be a football player. I really don't know what else I could have been. Football gave me everything in my life.
At the age of 19, I was selected for the Egyptian National Team. I couldn't believe it. Everyone was 30 except me. Generally, our generation was called 27-28 years old. But I was only 19.
In 2012, I had the chance to show myself for the first time. I played for Egypt in the 2012 Olympics and then transferred to Basel.
It was very difficult to go anywhere else outside of my country. Especially when you're this young. I grew up in Egypt, I knew everything about Egypt but nothing about Switzerland. I didn't understand anything about what they were saying. I didn't have English either. I didn't even know what to eat.
When I got to the hotel, I was turning on the TV, but of course, I couldn't find a channel in Egyptian. I had a lot of trouble in the beginning. I said to myself, 'Okay, you have to deal with this situation or things will get harder.
I started learning English right away. It was going well, but I had to stop classes because there was no time for practice. When I transferred to Chelsea in England, I had more chances to improve my English.
Basel was a big step in my career. If it weren't for Basel, I wouldn't be such a football player. I am 100% sure of that.
Liverpool took care of me when I transferred to Chelsea. Even when I went to Chelsea, I was dreaming of Liverpool. I learned a lot at Chelsea. I learned to be a professional.
In the first game we played with Liverpool at Anfield for Chelsea, I said, 'One day I will come here and play here'. I was very impressed with the atmosphere. It was an incredible atmosphere.
Then I played for two years in Rome. Rome is not an easy place to play football. There is too much pressure there. Luciano Spalletti helped me a lot. He's a very, very smart person. I would go to him and say, 'Boss, I want to improve more', and he never hurt me. It helped a lot in the development of my character. He taught me to defend.
I wanted to return to England. England was always on my mind. I wanted to come back here and show my football to everyone. Liverpool was the right team for me...
Even when I was playing FIFA on Play Station, I was choosing Liverpool. I was playing with Steven Gerrard, Sami Hyypia, Jamie Carragher, Michael Owen, and Xabi Alonso. Even in FIFA, my team was Liverpool.
I am very happy in Liverpool. But frankly, I don't go out much. I usually stay at home with my family. I only go out once or twice a week.
I get so happy when fans use my name in songs. Thank you so much to the fans. I have great respect for them. The way they sing to me... It means a lot.