Score like an Egyptian

Success for the hosts Egypt will rest heavily on Mido's broad shoulders.

The Egyptian striker has been a major hit for Tottenham Hotspur this season and opened the scoring in the tournament on Friday night after on 17 minutes.

Before heading to White Hart Lane, Mido had already enjoyed a cosmopolitan career, which included spells in Egypt, Belgium, Holland, Spain, France and Italy.

But Mido is by no means the first Egyptian to feature in the English League. In fact, they have been welcomed to our shores since before the First World War.

Hussein Hegazi, a centre-forward, studied at Cambridge University before scoring in his only League appearance for Fulham in the 1911-12 season. He also played for Millwall and Dulwich Hamlet.

Then Tewfik Abdallah, an inside-right, played League football for Derby County and Hartlepools United (as they were then known) in the early 1920s. He scored twice in 26 appearances. An "M. Mansour" turned out for Queens Park Rangers just before the last war.

But, clearly, they didn't make the same kind of impact as the Tottenham hero.