Mohamed Salah draws level with Hossam Hassan as Egypt’s record scorer

Mohamed Salah scored twice as Egypt beat Malawi 5-0 in the Africa Cup of Nations 2027 qualifier at Cairo Stadium, moving level with Hossam Hassan at the top of the country’s official scoring charts.

Salah headed Egypt’s fourth goal in the 84th minute, meeting a well-delivered cross from Ibrahim Adel to find the net.

He then completed the scoring in the closing seconds, converting a penalty for his second goal of the match and Egypt’s fifth.

The brace took Salah’s officially recognised international tally to 68 goals, matching the record held by former Egypt striker Hossam Hassan.

Salah has scored 70 goals for Egypt in total, but two of those strikes have not been officially recognised. They came against Swaziland, now known as Eswatini, and Zambia in 2013.

Neither match was accepted as an official international fixture because there was no agreement over the games and more than seven substitutions were made in both encounters.

The result keeps Egypt top of Group B with seven points after three rounds of qualifying. Malawi remain third on three points.

Egypt will face Malawi again next Tuesday in the fourth round of the Africa Cup of Nations 2027 qualifiers.