Early career Barakat began his career at unheralded Sekka but really found his feet when he joined
Al-Ismaily – just about the only club in Egypt with the ability to stand up to the 'big boys' of
Al Ahly and
Zamalek.
Gulf Countries The 2002 Egyptian Footballer of the Year has joined
Ahly Jeddah in Saudi Arabia. He helped the later win 2003
Arab Club Championship. Barakat scored twice in that tournament; including the Final winner goal. and then going to
Alarabi in Qatar.
Al Ahly Barakat returned to Egypt in 2004 to join
Al Ahly. Some have commented that the combination with
Mohamed Aboutrika and
Emad Moteab formed the most formidable triangle in African Soccer, and they were given the moniker of "The Bermuda Triangle". Mohamed Barakat won the
BBC African Footballer of 2005 award ahead of Cameroon's
Samuel Eto'o and
Obafemi Martins of Nigeria. More than 15,000 voted for him. He was also named the best player in Africa's continental club competition by the African Football Association for the same year, as he scored 7 goals in the
CAF Champions League 2005. Barakat started the season of 2013 with some bad performances, but after sometime he got back to his perfect form and scored in the CAF Super Cup 2013 the winning goal, which led Al Ahly to win the cup. After he played a match against Benzarty match in CAF Champions League 2013 and scored a goal from a penalty, he also made an assist to Emad Meteb. Two weeks later there were rumors of his retirement and Barakat admitted he was thinking of retiring because he is 37 years old. After with two days Barakat scored two goals against Enpii in the Egyptian league from a penalty and a shot. People all thought and said Barakat still has one or two seasons ahead after that amazing performance and goals and that he looked like he was eighteen while playing even though he is 37, but unfortunately three weeks after, Barakat announced that he was going to retire at the end of this season, putting an end to the career.
Retirement After the
Port Said Stadium clashes, on 1 February 2012, Barakat decided to retire from professional football, along with
Emad Motaeb and
Mohamed Aboutrika. However, he reversed his decision and returned to Al Ahly once again. ==International career==