# Essam Baheeg

> Essam Baheeg was an Egyptian football manager and former footballer who played as a winger for Zamalek. He also played for the Egypt national team, and was a part of the team that won the 1959 Africa Cup of Nations, and scored the two winning goals for his country in the final. He was an iconic player in Egypt and one of the best of his generation. As a manager, Baheeg coached Zamalek for only one season, succeeding to win the Egyptian Premier League, Egypt Cup, Afro-Asian Club Championship and the Friendship International Cup.

*Egyptian association football player (1931–2008)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/essam-baheeg

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Football / Soccer Player ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857))
- **Category:** Footballers
- **Country:** Egypt
- **Born:** 1931-02-26
- **Died:** 2008-12-04
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 43.0 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.0 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 7.0 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 45.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Sources
- [İsam Behic](https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%B0sam_Behic)
- [عصام بهيج](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B9%D8%B5%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%A8%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%AC)
- [عصام بهيج](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B9%D8%B5%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%A8%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%AC)
- [عصام بهیج](https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B9%D8%B5%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%A8%D9%87%DB%8C%D8%AC)
- [Essam Baheeg](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essam_Baheeg)
- [Essam Baheeg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essam_Baheeg)
- [Essam Baheeg](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essam_Baheeg)
- [عصام بهیج](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B9%D8%B5%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%A8%D9%87%DB%8C%D8%AC)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12227261)

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