El-Shazly played for the Egyptian team
Tersana. He led Tersana to its only Egyptian League title in the 1963 season. He was the
Egyptian Premier League top goalscorer for four times. As of 2010, this is an Egyptian record that still holds. He scored 34 goals as the top league scorer of the
1974–75 Egyptian Premier League season, a one-season record that still stands. This was done at a relative old age; he was 32 years old. El-Shazly is the Egyptian Premier League's
all-time goal scorer with 173 goals. He also represented the
Egypt national football team, and was the top scorer with six goals at the
1963 African Cup of Nations. He played with his country in the
1965 Arab Games, and Egypt won the
gold medal, he was the tournament top scorer with 9 goals. El-Shazly also played in the
1970 African Cup of Nations and scored 5 goals and his country finished third in the tournament. He played in the
1974 African Cup of Nations and scored his 12th goal in the
Africa Cup of Nations record, becoming Egypt's all time top scorer in the tournament. He played 62 international caps and scored 49 goals for his country. == Career statistics ==