Tarek Yehia (Arabic: طارق يحيى, born 10 September 1961) is an Egyptian former football player and Zamalek former international left winger. He worked as caretaker at Zamalek for many terms.

Tarek Yehia
Yehia in 2019
Personal information
Full name Tarek Mohamed Yehia
Date of birth (1961-09-10) 10 September 1961 (age 63)
Place of birth Kafr el-Sheikh, Egypt
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
Zamalek (caretaker)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1981–1992 Zamalek SC +300 (89)
1992–1994 Nejmeh SC
Managerial career
2000–2001 El Sharkia
2002–2003 Zamalek (assistant)
2003–2004 Nabarouh
2004–2005 Tanta FC
2006–2008 Itesalat
2008–2008 Al-Wahda (youth)
2008–2008 Zamalek (assistant)
2008–2009 Suez Cement
2009–2010 El-Entag El-Harby
2010–2012 Misr Lel-Makkasa
2012–2013 Hajer Club
2013–2014 Misr Lel-Makkasa
2014–2014 Al-Masry SC
2015–2015 Ismaily SC
2015–2016 Tala'ea El-Gaish SC
2016–2016 El Sharkia
2017–2017 Tala'ea El-Gaish SC
2017–2017 Zamalek (caretaker)
2017–2017 Zamalek (assistant)
2017–2018 Petrojet
2018–2019 Smouha SC
2019–2019 Zamalek (caretaker)
2019–2020 Tala'ea El-Gaish SC
2020 Zamalek (caretaker)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

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Early career

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Yehia was born in Kafr el-Sheikh. He started his career as a footballer when he was 19. Luck played a big role as Zamalek went to Kafr el-Sheikh to play a friendly match with Zamalek-kelen. Fortunately, he played this match and scored 2 goals in Zamalek. The coach at this time was Mr. Micheal Everts, who was very amused by the young player's performance. Eventually, the transition was made by Zamalek under supervision of captain Ahmad Mustafa and the 19-year-old player signed for Zamalek.

He did not have any idea, that he was going to be one of the greatest players in the club's history. At first, he started by playing for the U-21 team at Zamalek and made a stunning performance, which eventually led him to the first team. The match which introduced the left wing as a fan idol was against Esco, as Zamalek won by half a dozen goals; his share from it was a hat-trick. He then reserved a place in Zamalek's starting 11 instead of a reserve, which was the first step on the way of glory with his club.

Zamalek

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In his career he brought to Zamalek 8 titles: 4 Egyptian Premier League, 1 Egypt Cup, 2 African Champions League, and 1 Afro-Asian Cup. Specialized in African Club cups, he scored 10 Goals for Zamalek in African matches only.

 
Yehia (lower row, second from right) with Zamalek in 1984

Also, he scored one of the greatest goals in Egyptian football history against Al Ahly as he passed two Central backs as well as the goalkeeper and tore the nets of the red devils with one of the best goals ever recorded in Egyptian football. He set the record as the 2nd best scorer in Zamalek history with 99 goals after Gamal Abdelhamid. Yehia scored 78 goal in the Egyptian league (3 of them in Al Ahli club) and 11 goals in Egyptian Cup and 10 goals in African contests.

National team

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His History with the Egyptian football team is also great, as he contributed with his efforts in winning the bronze medal in the Mediterranean sea Championship 1983 and also the 1986 African Cup of Nations. He played in the 1988 and 1990 African Cup of Nations.[1] He played for Egypt in the 1986 FIFA World Cup qualifying rounds.[2]

Coaching career

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Early career

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The young coach started as an assistant coach under Essam Baheeg for Suez canal club Al-kanah in 1994 which won the FA cup which replaced in this year the Egyptian cup title. then he moved with Baheeg to Dina Farms in 1996 as the team scored his best ever ranking in Egyptian Premier League (5th position) In addition, he trained Zamalek in 2002-2003 season under the Brazilian Carlos Roberto Cabral and won 1 African champions league title and 1 Egyptian super cup before resigning from the team as he wanted to start his sole coaching career.

Tanta

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He became the coach of Tanta in the Egyptian Second Division, which he was about to promote it to the Premier League but he failed. The team played a decisive game with Koroum and lost 1-0.


Itesalat

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He then accepted an offer from Itesalat (aka Telecom Egypt), which was a challenge for him as the goal of the newly founded team (1974) and the chairman was to promote the team to the Egyptian Premier League. He achieved the goal by promoting them in addition to setting many records which included best defence, attack and best scorer in Second Division.

Then, Yehia became the Assistant Coach for Zamalek once more. He accepted the challenge after the resignation of Mohammed Helmy, and he started his job under the lead of the German coach Reiner Hollmann.

El-Entag El-Harby

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In preparation for its premier league campaign, El-Entag El-Harby (aka Military Production) appointed Tarek Yehia as the new manager. The team had recently won promotion to the Egyptian Premier League in the 2008–09 Egyptian Second Division for its first time with the previous coaching staff. Yehia quickly looked for the option of signing experienced Egyptian players that could lead the team to prevent relegation. He signed players such as Mohamed Aboul Ela (Zamalek former captain), Mostafa Kamal (Veteran Goal Keeper), Hassan Mousa, and others.

Tarek Yehia enjoyed great success with his team. He managed to lead the team to 4th place by the end of the first round of 2009–10 Egyptian Premier League. However, El-Entag El-Harby's form slightly fell to finish 7th by the end of the season.[3]

Despite the great success with El-Entag El-Harby, Yehia's era at the club lasted for only that season. He preferred to move to newly promoted Misr El-Maqasha. Osama Orabi replaced him at El-Entag El-Harby.[4]

Managerial statistics

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As of match played 27 September 2020
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record Ref.
P W D L Win %
El Entag El Harby SC 5 May 2009 6 June 2010 34 13 9 12 038.2
Misr Lel Makkasa SC 6 June 2010 3 October 2012 49 17 22 10 034.7
Hajer FC 19 October 2012 28 April 2013 17 2 3 12 011.8
Misr Lel Makkasa SC 27 May 2013 13 July 2014 23 5 11 7 021.7
Al Masry SC 14 July 2014 16 December 2014 13 5 2 6 038.5
Ismaily SC 7 February 2015 12 July 2015 18 6 8 4 033.3
Tala'ea El-Gaish SC 7 February 2015 12 July 2015 37 10 15 12 027.0
El Sharkia SC 29 July 2016 4 November 2016 8 1 1 6 012.5
Tala'ea El-Gaish SC 11 January 2017 5 May 2017 12 3 3 6 025.0
Zamalek SC 19 July 2017 28 August 2017 4 1 1 2 025.0
Petrojet SC 31 December 2017 6 November 2018 33 9 13 11 027.3
Smouha SC 14 November 2018 16 January 2019 7 0 4 3 000.0
Zamalek SC (Caretaker) 3 August 2019 16 August 2019 1 1 0 0 100.0
Tala'ea El-Gaish SC 12 November 2019 20 January 2020 12 3 3 6 025.0
Zamalek SC (Caretaker) 16 September 2020 27 September 2020 3 2 0 1 066.7
Total 271 78 95 98 028.8

Honours

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Player

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Zamalek

Egypt

Coach

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Zamalek

References

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  1. ^ Courtney, Barrie (12 June 2009). "African Nations Cup 1990 - Final Tournament Details". RSSSF. Retrieved 10 August 2009.
  2. ^ Tarek YehyaFIFA competition record (archived)
  3. ^ "Egypt 2009/10". RSSF. Retrieved on 9 June 2010.
  4. ^ Tarek, Sherif "Production install Orabi as new boss". Filgoal, 6 June 2010. Retrieved on 6 June 2010.
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