Omar Shendi

Omar Shendi (Arabic: عمر شندي; 1915 – 23 April 1992) was an Egyptian footballer who played as a defender for Zamalek. He also played for the Egypt national team, and represented his country in the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Omar Shendi

Shendi in 1943
Personal information
Date of birth	1915
Place of birth	Giza, Khedivate of Egypt
Date of death	23 April 1992 (aged 76–77)
Place of death	Cairo, Egypt
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1938–1949	Zamalek
International career
	Egypt
Managerial career
1960	Al-Ittihad (Jeddah)
1963–1965	Qadsia
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Omar Shendi spent all of his career in Zamalek. From 1938 through 1949 he won the Egypt Cup for four times and the Cairo League (the predecessor to the Egyptian Premier League) for seven times. Shendi scored once in the infamous 6-0 win for Zamalek over Al Ahly in the 1942 Cairo Derby.

Shendi (third from right, lower standing row) with Zamalek in 1939

Internationally, he was selected to represent Egypt at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, but did not see any playing time, as the team was eliminated by Austria in round one. Following his retirement from active competition he turned to coaching, primarily for Zamalek, but he also had a stint as coach for Al-Ittihad of Jeddah in Saudi Pro League, in 1960. From 1963 to 1965 he managed Qadsia of Kuwait and won the Kuwait Emir Cup.

Honours

Player

Zamalek

• Egypt Cup: 1937–38, 1940–41, 1942–43, 1943–44
• Cairo League: 1939–40, 1940–41, 1943–44, 1944–45, 1945–46, 1946–47, 1948–49
• King's Cup: 1941

Manager

Qadsia

• Kuwait Emir Cup: 1964–65