Raafat Attia

Raafat Attia
Personal information
Full name Raafat Ateya Helmy[1]
Date of birth (1934-02-06)6 February 1934
Place of birth Egypt
Date of death 21 July 1978(1978-07-21) (aged 44)
Playing position Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Zamalek
National team
Egypt
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Raafat Attia (Arabic: رأفت عطية) (6 February 1934 21 July 1978) was an Egyptian footballer who played as a forward for Zamalek. He also played for the Egyptian national team, and was part of the team that won the 1957 Africa Cup of Nations where he scored the first goal ever at the Africa Cup of Nations, and represented his country in the 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics.[2]

Honours

References

  1. http://www.rsssf.com/tables/57a.html
  2. "Rafaat Attia". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 29 September 2012.
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