The iconic Mohamed Salah in numbers

CAIRO – 24 December 2017: Egyptian international footballer Mohamed Salah, 25 years old, becomes the greatest and most famous athlete in Egypt in the last three years. Being a symbol of success, Liverpool’s right-winger is changing the youth attitude and mentality.

Salah achieved many records this season with the Egyptian football national team and his club Liverpool FC. The talented fast winger helped the Egyptian national team to qualify for the World Cup finals next summer in Russia after 28 years of absence.

According to transfermarkt.com, Salah improved his statistics, performance and skills.

Salah stands alone at the first place as the most expensive and valuable player in Egypt with €40 million. Mohamed el-Neny, Arsenal midfielder, stands in the second place with €10 million, Ramadan Sobhi, Stoke City winger, stands in the third place with €5 million, Ahmed el-Mohamady, Aston Villa FC defender, comes in the fourth place with €3 million and Ahmed Hegazy, West Bromwich Albion defender, comes fifth with €3 million.

The website also placed Mohamed Salah as the fifth most efficient football right-winger in the world after Lionel Messi, Gareth Bale, Raheem Sterling, Christian Pulisic and Bernardo Silva for FC Barcelona, Real Madrid FC, Manchester City F.C., Borussia Dortmund and Manchester City F.C., respectively.

Salah ranks 44th among world players and 21st in the Premier League players’ rank. Salah, who transferred from the Italian side AS Roma last summer, has had an amazing season with Liverpool, scoring 21 goals for his team, including 15 goals in the Premier League to become the league’s top goal scorer; in addition to making six assists.