Hussein El Shahat reaches 25 African goals for Al Ahly

Hussein El Shahat has scored his 25th African goal for Al Ahly after claiming a brace against Kitara in the second leg of the second preliminary round of the CAF Confederation Cup.

The 34-year-old winger opened the scoring in the 37th minute, giving Al Ahly the lead with a delicate lob. He struck again six minutes after the interval, firing a powerful low shot into the near corner to score the third goal of the match.

The double took El Shahat’s tally for Al Ahly in African competitions to 25 goals across all tournaments.

His goals have come in the following seasons:

– 2018: one goal in seven matches – 2019: six goals in 12 matches – 2020-21: one goal in nine matches – 2021-22: three goals in 11 matches – 2022-23: four goals in 10 matches – 2023-24: five goals in 11 matches – 2024-25: three goals in eight matches – 2025-26: 0 goals in five matches – 2026-27: two goals in two matches

The goals against Kitara also represented El Shahat’s third continental brace for Al Ahly. He has now scored twice in three separate African matches for the club.

His previous two doubles came against Sudanese side Al Hilal in the group stage of the CAF Champions League in 2022-23, and against Ethiopian club Saint George in the preliminary round of the CAF Champions League in 2023-24.

El Shahat is fourth in Al Ahly’s all-time scoring list in African competitions across all tournaments. He trails Mahmoud El Khatib, who has 37 goals, Mohamed Aboutrika on 32 and Emad Meteb on 28.