15 Facts About Mortada Mansour

Mortada Ahmed Mohamed Mansour is an Egyptian lawyer who served as president of Zamalek SC in several tenures.

Mortada Mansour later worked at Ismailia Procuracy, before he became a president court.

Mortada Mansour announced his intention on 6 April 2014 to pursue the presidency in the 2014 Egyptian presidential election, though he withdrew on 19 April and announced his support for former defense minister Abdel Fattah el-Sisi for the presidency.

Mortada Mansour joined Zamalek in 1992, then he served as a board member from 1996 until 2001, when he became vice-president to Kamal Darwish, before winning the club's presidential election against the latter in April 2005.

In December 2005, Egyptian Minister of Youth, Mamdouh El-Beltagy, declared the dissolution of Zamalek's board of directors, in which Morsi Atallah was appointed as president until the next elections; however, Mortada Mansour returned to his position in April 2006.

Mortada Mansour was imprisoned in 2007 for three years, which was later reduced to one year.

On 4 October 2020, the board of directors of the Egyptian Olympic Committee decided to suspend Mortada Mansour from practicing any sporting activity in Egypt for four years, based on complaints submitted by the president of Al-Ahly, Mahmoud El Khatib, and many others.

On 25 February 2023, Mortada Mansour turned himself in to Egyptian authorities to serve a one-month prison sentence at Wadi el-Natrun, over a defamation case against Al-Ahly president Mahmoud El Khatib.

Mortada Mansour is married to Najwa al-Deeb, with whom he has two sons and one daughter.

Mortada Mansour has called the day of the Egyptian Revolution of 2011,25 January, "the worst-ever day in Egypt's history".

Mortada Mansour holds very strict and negative thoughts and comments towards Zamalek SC's arch rival, Al-Ahly, and consistently accuses them of manipulating the Egyptian football federation for fixing the schedules in their favor.

Mortada Mansour believed that black magic and genies were responsible for Zamalek SC's bad luck and poor performances.

Mortada Mansour is a vocal critic of actresses and their dresses in Egyptian media.

In September 2018, Mortada Mansour was suspended by CAF for one year with a fee of 40,000 USD, as he offended its President Ahmad Ahmad and General Secretary Amr Fahmy.

On 24 January 2023, Mark Clattenburg who served as president of the Egyptian Referees Committee resigned from his position and left Egypt, due to threats from fans after Mortada Mansour alleged that he was in a gay relationship.