El Mahdy Soliman
Squad number 16 · Zamalek
Their 2026 World Cup
El Mahdy Soliman travelled to the 2026 World Cup with Egypt, wearing number 16, without ever getting on the pitch. His side played 5 matches (1 win, 3 draws and 1 defeat) and bowed out in the round of 16, beaten by Argentina 3-2.
The goalkeeping job went to Mostafa Shobeir (5 matches, 480′).
Another 5 players in the Egypt squad ended up the same way, without a single minute. The full run is on the Egypt team page.
Biography
El Mahdy Mohamed Soliman Ibrahim (Arabic: المهدي محمد سليمان إبراهيم; born 8 June 1987) is an Egyptian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for the Egyptian Premier League side Zamalek SC, and the Egypt national football team.
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0) · text adapted from the article.
See all the tournament stats on the World Cup data hub.
Photo: Bryan Berlin · Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)