Mohamed Salah Mohamed Salah, a three-time recipient of the Golden Boot, the award for the Premier League’s top scorer of the season.

Mohamed Salah (born June 15, 1992, Basyoun, Egypt) is an Egyptian soccer (association football) player known for his prolific scoring, which made him an invaluable contributor to both the English Premier League and the Egyptian national team. Salah was named 2017 African Footballer of the Year and the Premier League’s player of the season in 2017–18 after scoring 32 goals in a single season as a forward for Liverpool FC. Salah is a three-time recipient of the Golden Boot, the award for the Premier League’s top scorer of the season.

Salah was born to middle-class parents in Basyoun, Egypt, north of Cairo. As a youth, he idolized such professional football players as Brazilian Ronaldo and French Zinedine Zidane, whose moves he tried to emulate during pickup games. He joined the Egyptian club El Mokawloon’s youth team at age 14 and debuted with the club’s senior team in 2010. Salah’s speed and scoring ability soon caught the attention of Swiss club FC Basel, which signed him to a contract in 2012. He helped lead FC Basel to the Swiss Super League title and an appearance in the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) Europa League semifinals in 2012–13. That season he received the Swiss Golden Player award as the Super League’s outstanding player.

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Mohamed Salah
Egyptian soccer player
Also known as: Mohamed Salah Hamed Mahrous Ghaly
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Mohamed Salah Mohamed Salah, a three-time recipient of the Golden Boot, the award for the Premier League’s top scorer of the season.
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Mohamed Salah (born June 15, 1992, Basyoun, Egypt) is an Egyptian soccer (association football) player known for his prolific scoring, which made him an invaluable contributor to both the English Premier League and the Egyptian national team. Salah was named 2017 African Footballer of the Year and the Premier League’s player of the season in 2017–18 after scoring 32 goals in a single season as a forward for Liverpool FC. Salah is a three-time recipient of the Golden Boot, the award for the Premier League’s top scorer of the season.

Salah was born to middle-class parents in Basyoun, Egypt, north of Cairo. As a youth, he idolized such professional football players as Brazilian Ronaldo and French Zinedine Zidane, whose moves he tried to emulate during pickup games. He joined the Egyptian club El Mokawloon’s youth team at age 14 and debuted with the club’s senior team in 2010. Salah’s speed and scoring ability soon caught the attention of Swiss club FC Basel, which signed him to a contract in 2012. He helped lead FC Basel to the Swiss Super League title and an appearance in the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) Europa League semifinals in 2012–13. That season he received the Swiss Golden Player award as the Super League’s outstanding player.

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In full: Mohamed Salah Hamed Mahrous Ghaly
Born: June 15, 1992, Basyoun, Egypt (age 32)
Mohamed Salah
Mohamed SalahAfter Salah struggled in Premier League play while at Chelsea FC, his play improved dramatically after his move to the Italian league.
Salah transferred to Chelsea FC of the Premier League in January 2014, where he struggled initially despite high expectations. He started in only six Premier League matches with the club before he was loaned to Fiorentina of Italy’s top league, Serie A, in February 2015. Salah’s play improved dramatically after his move to the Italian league, and later that year Chelsea loaned him to another Serie A team, AS Roma. He completed a permanent transfer to AS Roma before the 2016–17 season, and during that season he recorded 19 goals and 13 assists and was chosen as AS Roma’s player of the year.