Since 2017, Mohamed Aboutrika is forced to continue living in exile. The Al Ahly legend, who is well regarded as one of Africa's greatest footballers
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One of the Egyptian legendary footballer will reportedly remain on Egypt's terror list despite all his fortunes in the country being withhold.
Since 2017, Mohamed Aboutrika is forced to continue living in exile. The Al Ahly legend, who is well regarded as one of Africa's greatest footballers of all time, has been on exile in Doha, Qatar.
The 42 Years Old player's assets in Egypt were frozen in 2015, and he was put on a no-fly list in 2017 after being linked with the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, which is regarded as a "terrorist group" by the present government, although Aboutrika has denied these allegations publicly.
The decision was initially overturned in 2017 after the former footballer appealed, but this was later reversed, leading to his latest appeal.
According to a reports from Middle East Eye and Kingfut, on Thursday last week, the Court of Cassation ruled that the former star, along with 1 528 others, would remain on the terror list until May 2023.
However, Aboutrika who presently working for beIN SPORTS as a pundit, played for Egypt 105 times and was part of the Pharaohs team that won the Africa Cup of Nations in 2006 and 2008.
The Egyptian legend also helped Al Ahly win seven domestic league titles and the CAF Champions League five times with the Club of the Century, scoring more than 150 goals in the process.
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