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Essam Abdel-Fatah

1965 - Today

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Essam Abdel-Fatah (Arabic: عصام عبد الفتاح) (born December 30, 1965) is an Egyptian football (soccer) referee. Abd El Fatah has been a referee since 2001; his first international game was between Morocco and Sierra Leone in 2003. He was the referee for the match between Australia and Japan in the 2006 FIFA World Cup. Abd El Fatah is a pilot in the Egyptian Army Air Force and he is currently a Lieutenant Major. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Essam Abdel-Fatah is the 7,162nd most popular soccer player (up from 7,710th in 2024), the 562nd most popular biography from Egypt (up from 576th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular Egyptian Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Essam Abdel-Fatah ranks 7,162 out of 21,273. Before him are Romaric, Manuel Astorga, Constantino Noya, Paulo da Silva, Frank Baumann, and Daisuke Matsui. After him are Ioan Sabău, Stelios Giannakopoulos, Noa Lang, Mista, Daniel Farke, and Masayuki Okano.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, Essam Abdel-Fatah ranks 623. Before him are Mona Mahmudnizhad, Jüri Jaanson, Svetlana Paramygina, Manolo, David Harewood, and Graeme Obree. After him are Martin Sonneborn, Lars Eriksson, Giancarlo Marocchi, Sigrun Wodars, Terje Hauge, and Evelyn Glennie.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Essam Abdel-Fatah ranks 562 out of 642. Before him are Ahmed Shobair (1960), Mahmoud Mokhtar El Tetsh (1905), Ghada Amer (1963), Magdi Abdelghani (1959), Princess Rym Ali (1969), and Leila Aboulela (1964). After him are Angham (1972), Hisham Abbas (1963), Abu Hamza al-Masri (1958), Amr Khaled (1967), Fathi Hassan (1957), and Karam Gaber (1979).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Egypt

Among soccer players born in Egypt, Essam Abdel-Fatah ranks 23. Before him are Mohamed Aboutrika (1978), Hany Ramzy (1969), Trézéguet (1994), Ahmed Shobair (1960), Mahmoud Mokhtar El Tetsh (1905), and Magdi Abdelghani (1959). After him are Ibrahim Hassan (1966), Mohamed El Shenawy (1988), Ahmed Fathy (1984), Mohamed Barakat (1976), Wael Gomaa (1975), and Ismail Youssef (1964).

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