# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/essam-baheeg
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:53:16.978Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/essam-baheeg"
name: "Essam Baheeg"
slug: "essam-baheeg"
description: "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."
tagline: "Egyptian association football player (1931–2008)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Essam_Baheeg.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Egypt"
  isoCode: "EG"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1931-02-26"
deathDate: "2008-12-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.97
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.02304
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%B0sam_Behic"
    title: "İsam Behic"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B9%D8%B5%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%A8%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%AC"
    title: "عصام بهيج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B9%D8%B5%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%A8%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%AC"
    title: "عصام بهيج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B9%D8%B5%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%A8%D9%87%DB%8C%D8%AC"
    title: "عصام بهیج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essam_Baheeg"
    title: "Essam Baheeg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essam_Baheeg"
    title: "Essam Baheeg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essam_Baheeg"
    title: "Essam Baheeg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B9%D8%B5%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%A8%D9%87%DB%8C%D8%AC"
    title: "عصام بهیج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12227261"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump