Ahmed Hakam has completed a permanent move from Smouha SC to WE Sports Club, sealing a new chapter in the Egyptian defender’s career after a series of loans and transfers across the domestic game. The 27-year-old centre-back joins WE SC from the Premier League side Smouha, with the deal officially registered as a standard transfer on 2026-02-02. Contract details, including end date and fee, have not been disclosed, but Transfermarkt currently lists his market value at €50k.
The transfer keeps Hakam in Egypt but shifts him from a firmly established Premier League club to WE SC, a side that operates outside the country’s top-flight structure, with their competition currently listed as “N/A” in league terms. While the move does not take him abroad geographically, it does remove him from the Egyptian Premier League environment he most recently competed in with Smouha, potentially altering his visibility and future market options.
Hakam arrives at WE SC as a left-footed, 1.90m centre-back whose primary position is in the heart of defence. Born in Mahalla and holding Egyptian nationality, he has accumulated a varied domestic CV. Prior to this move, he was under contract with Smouha, rejoining them in early 2025 after a loan spell at Ghazl El Mahalla. His switch to WE SC follows a pattern of relatively short stays and loan agreements, with past stints at Ghazl El Mahalla, Bilqas City FC, Suez SC and Fayoum FC, all within Egypt.
His transfer history underlines a player who has oscillated between second-tier environments and the Premier League. He first moved to Smouha from Bilqas City FC in 2022 on a standard deal, having previously been loaned out from Bilqas to Suez and Fayoum. The path reflects a defender who has consistently been considered good enough to be picked up by ambitious clubs but whose market value has gradually declined from a peak of €250k during his early Smouha days to the current €50k.
That valuation trajectory mirrors his last few seasons, where successive updates on Transfermarkt show a stepwise reduction: €250k across late 2022 and early 2023, then down to €200k and €150k during his time at Smouha, before dropping to €100k at Ghazl El Mahalla and, most recently, €50k back at Smouha. The fall in valuation makes this latest move a potentially low-risk acquisition for WE SC, who gain an experienced domestic defender without the financial burden usually associated with a player once rated five times higher.
At WE SC, Hakam is expected to provide aerial strength, left-footed balance in central areas and a degree of leadership drawn from his extensive tour of Egyptian clubs. For Smouha, his departure closes a four-year association marked by loans and fluctuating importance within the squad. With his contract now starting at WE SC on 2026-02-02 and no listed expiry date, there is scope for both club and player to reassess his position in the market in the coming years; depending on performance, he could either rebuild his value for a return to the Premier League or, if no extension materialises later on, become a free agent with the freedom to explore new opportunities.
Given his age and role, this move could be pivotal. Remaining in his home country while stepping away from the top-flight spotlight may either stall or relaunch his career, depending on how decisively he establishes himself at WE SC. If he can recapture the form that once made him a quarter-million-euro asset, this transfer could yet be remembered as the turning point that revived his reputation and reopened doors at a higher level.
