Walid Soliman Said Ebid (; born 1 December 1984) is an Egyptian former professional footballer who last played as a winger and an attacking midfielder for Egyptian Premier League club Al Ahly SC. Soliman made 29 appearances and scored one goal for the Egypt national team from 2007 to 2019.
Club career
Early career Soliman, who was born in Minya, played for his home town youth team; Beni Mazar Sports Centre. In 2004, he moved to Haras El-Hodoud and played for its U-20 youth team. However, he managed to appear for the club's first team in few matches under the coaching of Helmi Tolan. He was also among the Haras El-Hodoud squad that finished third in the 2004–05 Egyptian Premier League.
Gouna FC In 2005 and under the coaching of Kamal Etman, Soliman moved to Gouna FC, which at that time was competing in the Egyptian Second Division. Although, he helped the team to finish top of its group, it failed to achieve promotion to Egyptian Premier League in the play-offs. Gouna FC finished third in the play-offs group which included Beni Suef telephones, Sohag Nile and Asyut Petroleum in addition to Gouna. It was Asyut Petroleum that eventually won promotion that season.
Petrojet Mokhtar Mokhtar, PetroJet manager, was convinced by Soliman skills. The newly promoted team signed him in the summer transfer window in preparation for the 2006–07 Egyptian Premier League. Soliman began a new life of shining as he scored his first goal in Petrojet's first Premier League match leading the team to beat Geish 3–2. Soliman firmly established himself in the Egyptian League and as a result earned his first call-up by the Egypt national football team manager Hassan Shehata.Maher, Hatem. "Shehata announces squad for Arab Games". Filgoal, 2007-11-06. Retrieved on 8 July 2010.
Ahli Jeddah In January 2009, Soliman preferred to move abroad. He agreed to a six-months loan deal from the Saudi side Ahli Jeddah as PertoJet accepted the Saudi $500,000 offer to complete the deal.Maher, Hatem. "Soliman completes Ahli move". Filgoal, 2009-01-22. Retrieved on 8 July 2010. Soliman was able to leave a good imprint as he scored the first goal for his team 3–2 win against Al-Raed.Abdel Aziz, Ahmed. "Soliman scores maiden goal in Saudi League". Filgoal, 2009-04-04. Retrieved on 7 July 2010. He helped the team finish third place in the 2008-09 Saudi Professional League. However, Soliman's performance did not live up to the expectations with Saudi club that decided not to enter talks with Soliman to extend his contract.AbdelAziz, Omar. "Soliman set for Petrojet return". Filgoal, 2009-04-29. Retrieved on 7 July 2010. Soliman declared that playing out of position was the reason for his less shiny performances.
Soliman returned to PetroJet at the end of the 2008–09 season. He would only play one more season with the team before transferring to Enppi. He scored a total of 19 goals for PetroJet; 17 goals in the Egyptian Premier League, one goal in the 2010 CAF Confederation Cup, and another one in the Egypt Cup.
ENPPI In June 2010, Soliman eventually accepted to join ENPPI, which also belongs to the Egyptian petroleum companies sector as well as PetroJet."Ahli-target Soliman set for ENPPI switch". Filgoal, 2010-06-07. Retrieved on 8 July 2010. Although Egyptian giant Al Ahly had expressed interest in acquiring his services for several times and in return Soliman repeatedly declared his acceptance, Petrojet was reluctant to allow the transfer to materialize. Soliman later explained the reason behind eventually favoring ENPPI instead as he said, "I preferred ENPPI because I felt that Ahli were not serious in their interest, the same goes for Zamalek".AbdelAziz, Omar "Soliman explains Ahli snub". Filgoal, 2010-06-08. Retrieved on 8 July 2010.
Al Ahly In August 2011, Soliman eventually accepted to join Al Ahly.
International career
As of August 2013, Soliman played with Egypt only 28 caps. He appeared for the first time in the Pan Arab Games 2007, he played two matches from Egypt's four matches in the tournament. He helped the Pharaohs to win both Sudan and Saudi Arabia in the two matches that he played. Egypt eventually won the championship.
Career statistics
Club
+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition Club Season League National Cup Continental Other TotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAl Ahly2010–11Egyptian Premier League00212000412011–12Egyptian Premier League12200103002252012–13Egyptian Premier League4300113401962013–14Egyptian Premier League00100020302014–15Egyptian Premier League2672141203492015–16Egyptian Premier League2414080103712016–17Egyptian Premier League309321301047112017–18Egyptian Premier League208201361036142018–19Egyptian Premier League1510030001812019–20Egyptian Premier League29922930040142020–21Egyptian Premier League1135141002052021–22Egyptian Premier League71005030151Career total (Al Ahly)17844217821714029568 1Includes appearances in the Egypt Cup 2Continental only Includes appearances in the CAF Champions League 3Includes appearances in the Championship Playoff, Egyptian Super Cup, CAF Super Cup and FIFA Club World Cup
International goals Scores and results list Egypt's goal tally first.
No Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1 16 December 2010 Khalifa International Stadium, Doha, Qatar 1–2 1–2 Friendly
Honours and achievements Club Al Ahly Egyptian Premier League: 2013–14, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20 Egypt Cup: 2016–17, 2019–20 Egyptian Super Cup: 2011, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018 CAF Champions League: 2012, 2013, 2019–20, 2020–21 CAF Confederation Cup: 2014 CAF Super Cup: 2013, 2014, 2021 (May), 2021 (December)
International Egypt Pan Arab Games: 2007 Nile Basin Tournament: 2011
References
External links
The Official Channel on Youtube of Walid Soliman