El Khatib played his entire career in
Al Ahly, where he won ten
Egyptian Premier League titles, five
Egypt Cup titles, two
African Cup of Champions Clubs titles and three
African Cup Winners' Cup titles with Al Ahly. He won the Egyptian League top scorer twice. 's midfielder
Farouk Gaafar during a
Cairo derby in 1979 Although he did not achieve the success he achieved with the club with his country and was usually fitter with Al Ahly than Egypt's national team, he was always included in the
starting lineup. El-Khatib played for
Egypt a total of 54 caps and scored 24 goals. He played with his country in the
Africa Cup of Nations in the
1974,
1976,
1980,
1984 editions, and he was a part of the team that won the
1986 Africa Cup of Nations title. He also played in the
1984 Olympics in
Los Angeles. After retirement, he worked in
sport management where he was elected Al Ahly's board member for more than a period. In 2004, he became the vice-president of Al Ahly, before being elected as president in 2017. ==Honours and achievements==