Notable players
Mido Has played for Ajax Amsterdam, Olympique Marseille, AS Roma, Tottenham Hotspur and Middlesbrough.
Ibrahim Hassan
Taha Basry
Farouk Gaafar A midfield king that held the Number 4 jersey when playing for Zamalek and formed the most feared Egyptian midfield trio of all-time which comprised of him, Taha Basry and Hassan Shahata.
Hassan Shahata The current Egyptian National Team manager, won the African Nations Cup 2006.
Hazem Emam is a famous Egyptian playmaker who won the Pepsi challenge for best soccer skills.[5]
Emmanuel Amuneke gained recognition at Sporting Lisbona and then Barcelona.
Rami Shaaban A current Swedish international that once played for Zamalek.
Shikabala
Hossam Hassan The most capped Egyptian player of all time as well as the 3rd most capped worldwide.
Amr Zaki
Nader El-Sayed
Ali Khalil
Ashraf Kasem, awarded the best Egyptian player 1992-93 as well as Arab footballer of the year in 1994. Won 12 titles with Zamalek.
Ahmed El-Kass, was the Egyptian Premier League's top goalscorer from 1991-1994 and scored a total of 107 goals in the Egyptian League with Zamalek, also won the Military World Cup in 1993 with Egypt.
Mohamed Latif, was the first professional in Egyptian history, playing for Rangers F.C. He was in the Egyptian side that reached the 1934 World Cup as well as the Olympic side at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin.
Ayman Mansour won the Pan Arab Games Gold Medal 1992 as well as scoring the fastest goal in the history of the African Nations Cup - it was in 1994 against Gabon after 23 seconds.
Ismail Youssef was a starter in the Egyptian side that reached the 1990 World Cup and participated in 3 African Cups of Nations winning one. He was capped 97 times for the Egyptian National team and won 13 titles with Zamalek. Is the brother of defender Ibrahim Youssef.
Mohamed Salah El-Din Was voted as the best defender in Africa in 1980 and won a total of 7 titles with the Zamalek.
Magdy Tolba A dynamic midfielder who played for Egypt's big three, winning 6 titles with Zamalek and 5 titles with Al Ahly. Had successful stints at PAOK and Levski Sofia.
Hesham Yakan The defender was a starter in the 1990 Egyptian World Cup squad and won 10 titles with the White Knights.
Tarek Yehia The left-winger won the African Nations Cup in 1986, was awarded a bronze medal in the Mediterranean Games of 1983, as well as winning 8 titles with the all-whites of Zamalek.
Ibrahim Youssef He participated in the 1984 L.A Olympics as well as the African Nations' Cup the same year where he was voted the best defender of the tournament. He also won a bronze medal at the Mediterranean Games of 1983. He was voted as the best Egyptian player on 3 occasions (1981, 1984 and 1985) and won the award of 2nd best African player in 1984 and the 3rd best African player the following year. He also won the All Africa Games Gold Medal 1987.