Club career Abdel Fattah was born on 3 October 1940 in
Port Said, Egypt. He began his football career in the youth team of
Ismaily before joining the
Tersana in 1957. He won with Tersana their first and only
Egyptian Premier League title in the
1962–63 season. In 1964, Abdel Fattah moved to
El Olympi, where he helped his new team winning their first and only Egyptian Premier League title in the
1965–66 season. Abdel Fattah’s two goals against Portuguese club
Benfica are among his most famous of all.
Al Ahly hired him in 1962 to play with the team against Benfica, the European champion at that time in a friendly match at
Cairo Stadium. Abdel Fattah excelled and scored two goals, and Al Ahly won with a score of 3–2.
International career Abdel Fattah represented his country in the
1962 African Cup of Nations in Ethiopia and
Egypt finished as runners up. He also played with Egypt at the
1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, where Egypt finished in the fourth place. He won was a part of the team that won the
gold medal at the
1965 Arab Games in
Cairo. He played for his country from 1960 to 1966, Abdel Fattah has an outstanding record with 27 goals in 27 international caps. In 1972, he decided to retire from football. ==Later life and death==