Mohamed Naser Elsayed Elneny is an Egyptian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Premier League club Arsenal and the Egypt national team.
24 Facts About Mohamed Elneny
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Mohamed Elneny won eight honours at Basel, including the Swiss Super League in each of his four seasons.
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Mohamed Elneny competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics for the Egyptian under-23 team, and played for the senior team at the 2017,2019 and 2021 Africa Cup of Nations, as well as the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
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Mohamed Elneny was able to impress Basel's trainer Murat Yakin during the training camp and on 29 January 2013, it was announced that he had signed a loan contract with Basel up until the end of June 2013.
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Mohamed Elneny signed a four-year contract up-until 30 June 2017.
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Mohamed Elneny totaled 55 appearances, 32 League, 4 Cup, 6 Champions League and 6 Europa League as well 7 in the test games.
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Mohamed Elneny scored just that one goal in the league.
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Under manager Paulo Sousa Mohamed Elneny totaled 51 appearances, 29 in the Super League, 6 in the Cup and 7 in the Champions League, as well 9 in test games.
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For Mohamed Elneny it was the fourth title, for the club it was the seventh in a row and their 19th championship title in total.
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Mohamed Elneny scored five goals in the domestic league, three in the cup, two in the Europa League and the other three were scored during the test games.
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Mohamed Elneny was assigned the number 35 shirt for Arsenal.
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On 26 March 2018, Mohamed Elneny renewed his contract with Arsenal.
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On 8 April 2018, Mohamed Elneny was sent off against Southampton.
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Wilshere escaped with just a yellow card but in the aftermath, Mohamed Elneny received a red card after a shove on future Arsenal teammate Cedric Soares, that was his first red card ever in his professional career.
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On 31 August 2019, Mohamed Elneny joined Besiktas JK on a season-long loan deal with an optional buyout clause.
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On 1 November 2020, Mohamed Elneny put in an excellent display at the base of Arsenal's midfield alongside Thomas Partey to render Bruno Fernandes and Paul Pogba ineffective and earn Arsenal a first league win at Old Trafford since 2006.
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Mohamed Elneny was praised by manager, Mikel Arteta after the game.
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Mohamed Elneny then scored another screamer versus Olympiacos on 11 March 2021, to keep Arsenal in the tie.
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On 2 May 2021, Mohamed Elneny scored his first Premier League goal for Arsenal with a volley from the edge of the box in a game against Newcastle United.
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On 24 May 2022, Mohamed Elneny renewed his contract with Arsenal.
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On 21 February 2023, Mohamed Elneny signed a new one-and-a-half-year deal with the club.
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Mohamed Elneny helped the national under-23 team qualify for the 2012 Olympics, where he played in all four games as the team reached the last eight, and were knocked out by Japan.
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Mohamed Elneny was in the senior Egypt national squad for the Africa Cup of Nations 2017 in Gabon, where the nation finished as runners-up.
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Mohamed Elneny helped the team qualify to the 2018 FIFA World Cup tournament in Russia, this is the third time for the Egyptians to participate in the competition after the 1934 and 1990 editions.