Adam El-Abd with Whitehawk in 2020.
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Adam Mohamad El-Abd[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1984-09-11) 11 September 1984 (age 39)[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Brighton, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1994–2003 | Brighton & Hove Albion | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2003–2014 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 300 | (5) |
| 2003 | → Bognor Regis Town (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 2014–2016 | Bristol City | 16 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | → Bury (loan) | 24 | (1) |
| 2015–2016 | → Swindon Town (loan) | 13 | (0) |
| 2016 | → Gillingham (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | Shrewsbury Town | 28 | (2) |
| 2017–2019 | Wycombe Wanderers | 72 | (4) |
| 2019–2020 | Stevenage | 2 | (0) |
| 2020–2022 | Whitehawk | 36 | (0) |
| 2022 | Worthing | 0 | (0) |
| Total | 501 | (12) | |
| International career | |||
| 2012–2013 | Egypt | 7 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Adam Mohamad El-Abd (Arabic: آدم العبد; born 11 September 1984) is a retired professional footballer who played as a defender. El-Abd made over 500 first team appearances in his professional career and also played for the Egypt national team.
Born in Brighton, East Sussex,[1] to an Egyptian father and a British mother, El-Abd holds dual-nationality. His older brother Joe played professional rugby union and is a coach at Castres Olympique.[3] His younger brother Sami was an apprentice at Brighton, before moving into non-League football with Crawley Town, Hayes & Yeading United, Whitehawk, Bognor Regis Town, Dorking Wanderers and Horsham.
El-Abd joined Brighton & Hove Albion's youth department when he was nine and was granted a scholarship there at 16. He signed his first professional contract of two and a half years at the age of 19. He made his full league début for the club in the 2–1 win at Notts County in November 2003. He was then a regular in the first team squad, playing either in defence at right-back or centre-half, or in a more defensive midfield role.[4]
During the game at Huddersfield Town on 18 March 2008, El-Abd was stretchered off with medial collateral ligament damage and ruled out for the remainder of the season.[5]
In June 2008, El-Abd signed a new two-year deal with Brighton.[6] He won the Seagulls Player of the Season award for their League One winning 2010–11 campaign.[4]
El-Abd hit the milestone of 250 league appearances for Brighton on 7 March 2012, named Man of the Match in a 2–2 draw with Cardiff City. El-Abd made his 300th and final league appearance for the Seagulls coming on as a 90th-minute substitute against Birmingham City on 11 January 2014.
On 16 January 2014, El-Abd transferred to League One club Bristol City for an undisclosed fee.[7] Rarely used at Bristol City, he spent time out on loan at Bury,[8] Swindon Town,[9] and Gillingham.[10]
After his contract at Bristol City expired, he moved to League One club Shrewsbury Town on a free transfer in July 2016, signing a two-year contract,[11] where he immediately became captain in place of the departed Nathaniel Knight-Percival.[12] He scored his first goal for the club in a 2–1 home victory against Chesterfield on 20 August,[13] but was sent off in a 2–1 defeat at former club Bury three weeks later.[14] After the departure of Shrewsbury manager Micky Mellon, El Abd scored a "30 yard half-volley" in a 1–1 draw away at Southend United on 29 October, to hand new boss Paul Hurst a point in his first match in charge.[15]
El-Abd left the club at the end of June 2017 after his contract was cancelled by mutual consent.[16]
On 3 July 2017, El-Abd signed a two-year contract with League Two side Wycombe Wanderers.[17] In May 2018 he extended his contract for a further year, to the end of the 2019–20 season.[18] El-Abd left Wycombe on 2 September 2019 by mutual consent.[19]
He signed for Stevenage on 6 September 2019,[20] but was released by the Hertfordshire side at the end of the 2019–20 season having made just 4 appearances in all competitions.[21]
El-Abd joined Whitehawk on 5 August 2020, firstly as player-assistant manager,[22] then as a player and assistant U18 coach for the 2021–22 season,[23] before leaving at the end of the season.[24]
On 8 June 2022, El-Abd joined newly promoted National League South club Worthing, linking up with former Brighton teammate Adam Hinshelwood, now Worthing manager.[25]
El-Abd stated in a 2005 interview with EgyptianPlayers.com that he intended to play for the Egyptian national side if he got the call.[26]
On 15 May 2012, and for the first time, Egypt national team coach Bob Bradley included El-Abd in the squad for friendly games against Cameroon, Togo, and Senegal, and also against Mozambique in a FIFA World Cup Qualifier.[27]
| Club | Season | League | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | |||||
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| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Brighton & Hove Albion | 2003–04[28] | Division Two | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 2004–05[29] | Championship | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | − | 16 | 0 | ||
| 2005–06[30] | Championship | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | − | 31 | 0 | ||
| 2006–07[31] | League One | 42 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4[a] | 0 | 49 | 2 | |
| 2007–08[32] | League One | 35 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3[a] | 0 | 43 | 2 | |
| 2008–09[33] | League One | 31 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5[a] | 0 | 40 | 0 | |
| 2009–10[34] | League One | 35 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 1 | |
| 2010–11[33] | League One | 37 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 41 | 1 | |
| 2011–12[34] | Championship | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | − | 25 | 0 | ||
| 2012–13[35] | Championship | 32 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | − | 34 | 1 | ||
| 2013–14[36] | Championship | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | − | 11 | 0 | ||
| Total | 300 | 5 | 19 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 342 | 7 | ||
| Bristol City | 2013–14[36] | League One | 14 | 0 | − | − | − | 14 | 0 | |||
| 2014–15[37] | League One | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2015–16[38] | Championship | 0 | 0 | − | 0 | 0 | − | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Bury (loan) | 2014–15[37] | League Two | 24 | 1 | − | − | − | 24 | 1 | |||
| Swindon Town (loan) | 2015–16[38] | League One | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | − | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Gillingham (loan) | 2015–16[38] | League One | 8 | 0 | − | − | − | 8 | 0 | |||
| Shrewsbury Town | 2016–17[39] | League One | 28 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 34 | 2 |
| Wycombe Wanderers | 2017–18[40] | League Two | 36 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3[a] | 0 | 43 | 1 |
| 2018–19[41] | League One | 34 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 43 | 1 | |
| 2019–20[42] | League One | 2 | 0 | − | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Total | 72 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 82 | 4 | ||
| Stevenage | 2019–20[42] | League Two | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | − | 1[a] | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Career total | 463 | 12 | 29 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 528 | 14 | ||
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