Tarek El-Said

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Tarek El-Said
Full name	Tarek El-Said
Date of birth	April 7, 1978 (age 28)
Place of birth	Tanta, Egypt
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Nickname	Egyptian Rivaldo
Playing position	Left Winger
Club information
Current club	Al-Ahly
Number	11
Youth clubs
	Al-Ahly Al-Zamalek
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1998-2001 2001-2002 2002–2006 2006–present	Al-Zamalek RSC Anderlecht Al-Zamalek Al-Ahly	? (?) ? (?) ? (?) ? (?)
National team²
2000–2005	Egypt	61 (6)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 July 2006. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 1 July 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Tarek El-Said (Arabic: طارق السعيد) (born November 7, 1978) is an Egyptian footballer. He is a left winger for Al-Ahly.

Tarek started as a youth player in Al-Ahly team under the coaching of Hossam El-Badry, the recent assistant coach of the Al-Ahly first team. Then he transferred to Al-Zamalek at the age of 14, he earned his chance to play for the first team in 1998. He helped Al-Zamalek achieve many tournament successes, and got the title of Egyptian League Top Scorer (2000/2001) and was chosen the best Egyptian footballer in the same year. Then Tarek traveled to wear the shirts of famous Belgian club RSC Anderlecht, for a whole year. He returned Al-Zamalek, because of injury. After 3 years of difficulties in Al-Zamalek, he regained his top performance with Al-Ahly after returning home again in July 2006. His accurate crosses helped to qualify for 2006 FIFA Club World Cup in Japan.

Tarek played for the Egyptian Olympic team until 1999. He debuted for the senior side on 12 Nov 1999 against Ghana in a friendly match that ended 2-1 for Ghana. His last national game was versus Belgium in a friendly game that ended 4-0 for the Egyptians, 9 Feb 2005.