Mo Salah, the Egyptian king who surpassed himself

 Mo Salah is a professional football player and a global icon. Salah is regarded as one of the greatest footballers of all time and possibly the greatest.

Mohamed Salah from local to global

• Salah is widely recognized as one of the most influential players in the game at the moment. He is a two-time world footballer of the year, three-time Premier League player of the year, two-time PFA players of the year, and one of the best players in the world, so we couldn’t write a better introduction.

1. After joining Liverpool in 2011 for a then-world record of £11.75 million, Salah has been a key figure in the Renaissance of Egyptian football. The talented forward has shattered numerous records in his time at the club, including the most goals scored in a single Premier League season and scoring again in the Champions League in the same season, to add to his league-leading goals and assists tally for the season to this point, as well as the club’s record 50 goals in a single UEFA Champions League match.

The beginnings and origins of Mo Salah

• Mo Salah, a 22-year-old Egyptian footballer, was born and raised in Egypt. He began playing football for Egypt’s youth national teams at the age of twelve. At the age of 15, he was a member of the U-18 squad in the 2008 European Under-18 Football Championship, where he was the top scorer. At age 17, Salah made his senior debut for Egypt in an African cup match against Ghana and went on to score three goals.

• Mo Salah is a well-known professional footballer who plays as a forward for the club Liverpool and the national team Egypt.

• As a result of his talent, Salah has also become one of the world’s best-paid footballers, with his recent salary reported to be €180,000 a week.

• Mo Salah is one of the five most-awarded footballers in world football history. He is the only Liverpool player to have won the Premier League three times in a row. In 2017, Salah won the Golden Boot for the best player in the world, scoring the opening goal in Egypt’s third match against Uruguay, a group match that saw them eliminated from the World Cup.

• Salah has been in outstanding form all season long, scoring an incredible 39 goals in 42 games in all competitions. Although he’s missed large segments of the season with injuries, when he’s been on the pitch he’s scored goals and shown brilliant skill and movement to turn defense into an attack on countless occasions.

• He is also a two-time PFA Players’ Player of the Year, a two-time Premier League player of the year, and a joint-winner of the Golden Boot at the 2015 African Nations Championship, which he also won at the 2015 African Games.

Mohamed Salah's career in the English Premier League

Salah has been in the Premier League since 2012, and during that time has become renowned for his determination and passion for the sport. He was named PFA Player of the Year in both the 2017-18 and 2018-19 seasons, was named in the PFA Team of the Year twice, and has lifted the FA Cup three times.


Mohamed Salah of Liverpool has been making headlines all season with his continued development in his career at Anfield. As of now, Salah has scored 11 goals in 24 appearances for the Reds in all competitions this season, while his 33 appearances in all competitions last season led to an appearance in the 2014 FIFA World Cup and a second-place finish in the Champions League‘s Group Stage.


Mohamed Salah was born in Cairo, Egypt on August 13, 1992, and started his career at Al-Ahli club in Cairo. He joined Chelsea for £30 million in June 2011 and quickly became a star member of both the first team and the reserve team, playing a key role in Chelsea winning the 2013 FA Cup. He scored three goals in the final of the competition to win his first major trophy. He also won the Prince's Trust Football Puskás Cup in 2013.


Salah has enjoyed a meteoric rise over the past eight years, becoming the premier footballer on the planet in the process. He has also climbed from the obscurity of the Egyptian league, to become one of the best strikers in the world.


Mohamed Salah, the Liverpool forward, has played in every competitive game since he turned professional aged 15 (he scored a hat-trick on his Premier League debut at the age of 15 years and 9 months).

Mo Salah's history with the Egyptian national team

• Mo Salah is one of the most prolific goalscorers in world football, having notched 44 goals in just 44 games for Liverpool in the current Premier League season. The Egyptian international has been a fixture in the Liverpool lineup since he joined the club in the summer of 2017, making an immediate impact on the team. He has since been a key player for the Merseyside club, helping them to a first-place finish in the Premier League, as well as the domestic cup and European Super Cup titles. Salah has also had an important impact on Egypt's performances at the international level.

• Mo Salah is one of the world's best football players. The Liverpool and Egypt star has scored 44 goals in just over 90 appearances for his country, including the game-winning goal against Uruguay in the World Cup quarterfinals in 2018. He has also set a record for most goals scored in an African Cup of Nations tournament. Yet, despite all of his success, Salah's story began in the streets of Cairo.

• Mo Salah is one of the world's best soccer players. The Liverpool superstar, who won the Premier League Golden Boot award last season, has been one of Egypt's best players in the past, too. He was the youngest player to represent the country in international soccer when he debuted for the national team at the age of 19. He has been a regular for Egypt ever since.

• Mo Salah is one of the most exciting players in world football. The Liverpool striker has scored 44 goals in 53 appearances for his country, including a current world record of 32 goals in 29 matches for Egypt in 2018. But it wasn't always this way for Salah. He spent years on the fringes of the Egyptian national team, even being left out of the squad for one game in 2016.

• Mo Salah is one of the most prolific goalscorers in the Premier League and is currently the league's second-highest scorer. The Liverpool star has become one of the most feared players in the world since his move to England in 2014 and has since then established himself as one of the best players in the world. Salah's career with the Egyptian national team was not an easy one. He was initially selected for a pair of friendlies against Zambia and the Cook Islands but failed to make an appearance for the national team.