Ahmed Hassan Mahgoub

Hassan Kouka

Personal information
Full name	Ahmed Hassan Mahgoub
Date of birth	5 March 1993
Place of birth	Cairo, Egypt
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current team	Braga
Number	9
Youth career
2003–2011	Al Ahly
2011–2012	Rio Ave
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2012–2015	Rio Ave	66	(23)
2015–	Braga	32	(12)
National team^‡
2010–2011	Egypt U17	1	(1)
2011–2013	Egypt U19	25	(6)
2011–2013	Egypt U20	5	(2)
2013–	Egypt	9	(5)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:28, 2 December 2016 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13:27, 5 January 2016 (UTC)

Ahmed Hassan Mahgoub (Arabic: أحمد حسن محجوب; born 5 March 1993), known as Kouka^[1] or Koka,^[2][3] is an Egyptian professional footballer who plays for Portuguese club S.C. Braga and the Egyptian national team as a striker.

Club career

Al Ahly

Hassan started his youth career with Al Ahly SC. After Al Ahly did not offer him a professional contract, he decided to leave and in December 2011 he joined Portuguese side Rio Ave.

Rio Ave

Hassan played for Rio Ave's youth team for one season. He was promoted to the first team in the beginning of the 2012–13 season and debuted on 9 September 2012 against F.C. Paços de Ferreira.

Braga

On 26 August 2015, Hassan signed a five-year contract with S.C. Braga.^[4][5] On 22 October 2015, he scored the first goal in Braga's 3-2 Europa League group stage win against Olympique de Marseille. In tears during his celebration, Hassan dedicated the goal to his father, who had died the day before.

International career

As a Egyptian under-20 national team player, Hassan scored twice in Turkey against Iraq^[6] and England,^[7] while assisting his country's only goal against Chile for the Egypt U-20 team.^[8]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 2 December 2016^[2]

Club	Season	League		Cup		League Cup		Continental		Other[nb 1]		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Rio Ave	2012–13	17	7	1	0	6	2	–	–	–	–	24	9
	2013–14	25	3	6	1	4	2	–	–	–	–	35	6
	2014–15	22	12	3	2	0	0	9	1	–	–	34	15
	2015–16	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	2	1
	Total	66	23	10	3	10	4	9	1	0	0	95	31
Braga	2015–16	23	10	6	0	4	1	11	3	–	–	44	14
	2016–17	9	2	0	0	0	0	5	2	1	0	15	4
	Total	32	12	6	0	4	1	16	5	1	0	59	18
Total		98	35	16	3	14	5	25	6	1	0	154	49

1. Includes Portuguese Super Cup

International

^[2][9][10]

National Team	Year	Apps	Goals
Egypt	2013	1	1
	2014	2	0
	2015	3	4
	Total	6	5

International goals

Scores and results list Egypt's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	14 August 2013	El Gouna Stadium, El Gouna	Uganda	1–0	3–0	Friendly
2.	11 October 2015	Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi	Zambia	1–0	3–0	Friendly
3.				2–0
4.	17 November 2015	Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria	Chad	3–0	4–0	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
5.				4–0

Honours

Club

Braga

• Taça de Portugal

Winner: 2015–16

Country

Egypt

• African U-20 Championship

Winner: 2013

References

1. "Ahmed Hassan Kouka (@HassanKouka)". Twitter. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
2. "Koka". Soccerway. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
3. "Ahmed Hassan Koka". Goal. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
4. "Hassan: "É um salto muito bom para mim"" [Hassan: "It is a very good jump for me"]. SC Braga (in Portuguese). 15 September 2015. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
5. "SC Braga é o destino de Hassan" [SC Braga is Hassan's destination]. ZeroZero (in Portuguese). 26 August 2015. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
6. Egypt U20-Iraq U20 Match Report
7. Egypt U20-England U20 Match Report
8. Egypt U20-Chile U20 Match Report
9. "Kouka". Worldfootball. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
10. "Ahmed Hassan Mahgoub". National Football Teams. Retrieved 27 March 2011.

External links

• Ahmed Hassan Mahgoub profile at ForaDeJogo
  
• Ahmed Hassan Mahgoub – FIFA competition record