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Zizo

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Zizo
Zizo with Al Ahly in 2025
Personal information
Full name Ahmed Mostafa Mohamed Sayed[1]
Date of birth (1996-01-10) 10 January 1996 (age 30)[1]
Place of birth Minya, Egypt
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position Winger
Team information
Current team
 Al Ahly
Number 25
Youth career
2012–2013 Wadi Degla
2013 Lierse
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2017 Lierse 72 (4)
2017 → Nacional (loan) 13 (2)
2017–2019 Moreirense 25 (1)
2019–2025 Zamalek 172 (61)
2025– Al Ahly 17 (4)
International career‡
2019– Egypt 67 (5)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Egypt
Africa Cup of Nations
Runner-up2021 Cameroon
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 27 April 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 7 July 2026

Ahmed Mostafa Mohamed Sayed (Arabic: أحمد مصطفى محمد سيد; born 10 January 1996), commonly known as Ahmed Sayed Zizo (Arabic: أحمد سيد زيزو), or just Zizo (Arabic: زيزو), is an Egyptian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Egyptian Premier League club Al Ahly SC and the Egypt national football team.

Club career

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Early life and career

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Zizo made his Belgian Pro League debut at 29 March 2014 against Waasland-Beveren in a 0–2 away win in the 2013–14 season, he replaced Souleymane Diomandé after 50 minutes.[2] He went onto make 72 appearances and score 49 goals in his first four seasons between 2014 and 2017 with Lierse.[3] In January 2017, Sayed joined Primeira Liga side Nacional on loan, with an option to buy, for the rest of the 2016–17 season.[4]

Zamalek

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Zizo playing for Zamalek in 2025

In January 2019, Zizo returned to Egypt, signing for Zamalek, after one and a half seasons at Moreirense.[5] He achieved with the White Castle the Egyptian Premier League twice in (2020–21, 2021–22), the Egypt Cup in (2018–19, 2020–21, 2024–25), and the Egyptian Super Cup once in (2019–20). On the continental level, Zizo won with Zamalek the CAF Confederation Cup twice in (2018–19, 2023–24), and the CAF Super Cup twice in (2020, 2024).

Al Ahly

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On 6 June 2025, it was officially announced that Zizo would join Al Ahly on a four-year deal, following the expiration of his contract with Zamalek.[6] He became eligible to compete with Al Ahly in the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup. Furious fans of his previous club named him "the hungry" (Arabic: الجعان), as he left his home club who actually created his stardom in football,[7] and went for Zamalek's rival for a higher contract.[8][9]

International career

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Zizo with Egypt at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations final

On 4 December 2021, Zizo scored his first goal with the Egyptian national team during a group stage match against Sudan in the 2021 FIFA Arab Cup.[10]

On 2 December 2025, Zizo was called up to the Egypt squad for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations.[11]

Personal life

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He was married on 4 August 2019, and has two daughters.[12][13]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of match played 27 February 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[3]
Club Season League National cup[a] Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Lierse 2013–14 Belgian Pro League 5000——90
2014–15 Belgian Pro League 30210——312
2015–16 Challenger Pro League 20200——202
2016–17 Challenger Pro League 17010——180
Total 724200000744
Nacional (loan) 2016–17 Primeira Liga 13200——132
Moreirense 2017–18 Primeira Liga 25130—2[b]0301
Zamalek 2018–19 Egyptian Premier League 151009[c]000241
2019–20 Egyptian Premier League 267421302[d]0459
2020–21 Egyptian Premier League 339415[e]0004210
2021–22 Egyptian Premier League 3019316[e]11[f]14022
2022–23 Egyptian Premier League 34134310[e]6004822
2023–24 Egyptian Premier League 1990011[c]4003013
2024–25 Egyptian Premier League 153429[c]33[g]0318
Total 1726119963146126085
Career total 2826824963168137794
  1. ↑ Includes Belgian Cup, Taça de Portugal, Egypt Cup
  2. ↑ Appearances in Taça da Liga
  3. 1 2 3 Appearances in CAF Confederation Cup
  4. ↑ One appearance in CAF Super Cup and one appearance in Egyptian Super Cup
  5. 1 2 3 Appearances in CAF Champions League
  6. ↑ Appearance in Egyptian Super Cup
  7. ↑ One appearance in CAF Super Cup and two appearances in Egyptian Super Cup

International

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As of match played 7 July 2026
Appearances and goals by national team and year[14]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Egypt 201930
202020
202181
2022130
2023101
2024100
2025112
2026101
Total675
Scores and results list Egypt's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Zizo goal.
List of international goals scored by Zizo
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
14 December 2021Stadium 974, Doha, Qatar Sudan2–05–02021 FIFA Arab Cup
228 March 2023Bingu National Stadium, Lilongwe, Malawi Malawi4–04–02023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
321 March 2025Larbi Zaouli Stadium, Casablanca, Morocco Ethiopia2–02–02026 FIFA World Cup qualification
425 March 2025Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt Sierra Leone1–01–02026 FIFA World Cup qualification
527 March 2026King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia3–04–0Friendly

Honours

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Zamalek

Al Ahly

Individual

References

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  1. 1 2 3 "FIFA Club World Cup 2025™ – Squad List: Al Ahly FC (EGY)" (PDF). FIFA. 4 July 2025. p. 1. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 July 2025. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
  2. ↑ "Waasland-Beveren vs. Lierse - 29 March 2014 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
  3. 1 2 "Egypt - Zizo - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
  4. ↑ "Nacional e Lierse acordam cedência de Zizo". C.D. Nacional. 22 January 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
  5. ↑ "Zamalek sign Egyptian winger Ahmed Sayed from Portugal's Moreirense". JMG Football. 1 February 2019.
  6. ↑ "OFFICIAL: Al Ahly Sign Ahmed Sayed Zizo on a Free Transfer". KingFut. 6 June 2025. Retrieved 5 August 2025.
  7. ↑ "أحمد صالح: الزمالك صنع اسم زيزو.. واللاعب لازم يضحي | المصري اليوم". www.almasryalyoum.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 6 October 2025.
  8. ↑ الزمان (29 September 2025). "جماهير الزمالك تهاجم زيزو قبل القمة: "واحد اتنين.. الجعان فين؟" | رياضة | الزمان". www.elzmannews.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 6 October 2025.
  9. ↑ "تعرف على التفاصيل الكاملة لعقد أحمد مصطفى زيزو مع الأهلى". اليوم السابع. 11 April 2025.
  10. ↑ "زيزو يسجل هدفه الدولى الأول مع منتخب مصر فى مباراته الثامنة". اليوم السابع. 4 December 2021.
  11. ↑ "Egypt name final 28-man squad for TotalEnergies CAF AFCON 2025, Salah leads Pharaohs' charge". Confederation of African Football. 2 December 2025. Retrieved 12 December 2025.
  12. ↑ "20 صورة ترصد قصة حب أحمد سيد زيزو وزوجته". مصراوي.كوم.
  13. ↑ عبد الله, لبنى (14 October 2025). "زيزو نجم الأهلي ومنتخب مصر يُرزق بمولودته الثانية "صوفيا"..صورة". اليوم السابع.
  14. ↑ Zizo at National-Football-Teams.com
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