Hany Abo Rida was born on 14 August 1953 in
Port Said,
Egypt. At a young age he began to play football with
Elmasry Club, but he had a serious injury which led him to leave the football ground. He studied Engineering, and has been running his own business since 1979. In 1991, he became a member of
Egyptian Football Association (EFA) Board. In 2004, he started his career in
FIFA. He later became the president of Egyptian Football Association in 2016. He was pressured by the public to resign from his presidential position at the EFA, after Egypt’s
AFCON 2019 loss against
South Africa, which he did on July 6, 2019. In late 2024, he was re-elected for a second four-year term as president of the Egyptian Football Association. ==Professional career ==