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Amr Fahmy
Egyptian football executive (1983–2020)
Amr Mustapha Mourad Fahmy (28 August 1983 – 23 February 2020) was an Egyptian football administrator who served as the General-Secretary of the Confederation of African Football from 2017 to 2019.[1]
He worked at the France-based Lagardère Sports and Entertainment as the director of operations for Africa.[2] Fahmy also worked at the CAF Competitions Division between 2007 and 2015, notably serving as the director for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations in Equatorial Guinea.[1] In March 2019, he sent documents to the FIFA Ethics Committee accusing CAF's President Ahmad Ahmad of corruption, bribery, and sexual harassment.[3] On 3 December 2019, Fahmy announced he would run in the 2021 CAF Presidential elections.[4]
Fahmy was known as one of the founders of Ultras Ahlawy, the largest supporters' group of Egypt's football giants Al Ahly SC.[5] He died on 23 February 2020 at the age of 36 after a battle with cancer.[6]