As a player, El-Gohary had a short-lived career. A persistent knee injury forced him into early retirement in 1961, cutting short a promising career. In the
1959 African Cup of Nations, which Egypt won, he ended as the top scorer in the competition. He was also part of Egypt's squad for the
1960 Summer Olympics. After his retirement from the game, El-Gohary became a coach with
Al Ahly, eventually becoming an assistant manager from 1965 to 1977. In 1977, he became assistant manager to
Dettmar Cramer at
Al-Ittihad in Saudi Arabia. Cramer left Al-Ittihad at the end of the 1981 season and El-Gohary was promoted to manager. Al-Ittihad won their first ever
Saudi Premier League and El-Gohary won the first of many trophies as a manager. At
Al Ahly, he won the first African League titles – African League Winners and African League Cup winners. With
Zamalek, he won the
1993 African Cup of Champions Clubs and the first
African Super Cup in
1994 against Al Ahly in the famous
African Super of the 20th Century. Under his leadership,
Egypt's national football team, he qualified for the
FIFA World Cup in
1990, after the country's 56-year absence from the tournament (at the time, the longest record for a team to be absent between one tournament and another, later equaled by
Norway in
1994 and overcome by
Wales in
2022). Under your command, Egypt drew with
Netherlands by 1–1 and
Republic of Ireland by 0–0, and lost for
England by 0–1, being eliminated in the group stage in the
Group F. He also won with Egypt the
Arab Cup in
1992 and the
Africa Cup of Nations in
1998. Under El-Gohary's management, the
Jordanian national football team reached the highest
FIFA World Rankings in history when they reached 37th rank in August 2004. Under the leadership of El-Gohary, the Jordanian national team qualified for their first (AFC)
Asian Football Confederation in China 2004. Jordan reached the quarterfinals of the tournament but failed to qualify for the semifinals after losing to Japan in a penalty shoot-out, resulting in a score of 1–1. In the
West Asian Football Federation Championship Tournaments of 2004 and 2007, El-Gohary helped Jordan win third place. After he retired as a
football coach, he worked as the technical director for the
Egyptian Football Association. Later, he became the technical adviser for the
Jordan Football Association. He helped to transform the Jordanian Football League into a professional body. He died on 31 August 2012, in
Amman,
Jordan. ==Honours==