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Future FC have announced Egypt defender Mohamed Abdelmoneim has been recalled by his parent club Al Ahly following his impressive performances in the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations.
A product of Al Ahly’s youth system, Abdelmoneim was promoted to the first-team in 2020, but failed to make a single appearance under then-head coach Rene Weiler and was sent to Smouha on a six-month loan.
Impressing in Alexandria, Abdelmoniem saw his loan extended by Smouha for a further season, where he was an integral part of their defence at 21, before returning back to Al Ahly last summer.
While Smouha tried to make his move permanent, Al Ahly opted to keep the talented defender and send him on another season-long loan, this time to newly-promoted side Future FC.
Partnering on-loan Al Ahly teammate Saad Samir, Abdelmoniem played every minute of Future’s opening seven league games, which earned him a spot in Egypt’s squad in the Arab Cup.
Abdelmoniem didn’t get much playing time in Qatar, featuring just twice against Jordan and the hosts, with Carlos Queiroz preferring Ahmed Yassien over him as the backup choice to Ahmed Hegazi and El-Wensh.
Therefore it was a surprise when the 22-year-old’s name was included in the final squad for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations over the likes of Ahmed Yassien and Yasser Ibrahim.
But still, with the presence of Ahmed Hegazi, Mahmoud Hamdy El-Wensh, Ayman Ashraf, Mahmoud Alaa, Abdelmoneim knew that the chances of him getting on the pitch in Cameroon are slim.
However, it was fate that put Abdelmoneim under the spotlights as just 12 minutes into the opening game against Nigeria, Akram Tawfik was brought down and tore his ACL, which led Carlos Queiroz to rely on the youngster at right-back.
Despite excelling against the Super Eagles for 78 minutes, Abdelmoneim started on the bench against Guinea-Bissau, but once again he was called upon after Mahmoud El-Wensh picked up an injury at half-time.
He was finally given the nod to start against Sudan, and not only did he help the Pharaohs keep a clean sheet, but scored the winner in his only fifth international cap to send Egypt to the round of 16.
As El-Wensh is yet to recover from his injury, Abdelmoneim had the most difficult tasks of his career, playing the full 120 minutes against each of Ivory Coast and Morocco, which saw him come against UEFA Champions League top scorer Sébastien Haller and Sevilla striker Youssef En Nesyri.
A clean sheet and a confident penalty against the Elephants followed by yet another impressive 120 minutes against Morocco proved that Egypt has a gem on its hands for the future.
And Al Ahly didn’t waste much time and managed to negotiate with Future to recall the defender and instead send their young talent Abdelrahman Mano on loan while extending the loan of Karim Nedved for a further year.
Not only Abdelmoniem will make his finally awaited Al Ahly debut, but will also get registered in their CAF Champions League squad for the upcoming season.
Abdelmoniem will now battle with the likes of Badr Benoun, Ayman Ashraf, Yasser Ibrahim, Rami Rabia, and Mahmoud Metwally for a spot in the starting XI and will train under the leadership of Pitso Mosimane.
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