Mohamed Yehia El Horria Emam (Arabic: محمد يحيى الحرية إمام‎; 28 November 1943 – 9 January 2016), known as Hamada Emam (Arabic: حمادة إمام), was the Vice President of the Egyptian Football Association (EFA) and a former Egyptian football player. Hamada Emam scored 74 goals for Zamalek in the Egyptian Premier League. He was nicknamed "The Fox" by Egyptian fans.^[1]

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Hamada Emam

Emam in 1965
Personal information
Full name	Mohamed Yehia El Horria Emam
Date of birth	(1943-11-28)28 November 1943
Place of birth	Cairo, Egypt
Date of death	9 January 2016(2016-01-09) (aged 72)
Place of death	Cairo, Egypt
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
	Zamalek
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1959–1974	Zamalek	267	(84)
International career
1963–1974	Egypt	5	(3)
Medal record Men's football Representing  Egypt Africa Cup of Nations 1970
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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He was born on November 28, 1943 in the Al-Munira neighborhood of Sayyida Zeinab, adjacent to Al-Qasr Al-Aini Street in Cairo. His father Yehia Emam was Zamalek and Egypt's legendary Goalkeeper in the 1930s and 1940s. Yehia Emam was a former military officer and vice governor of Gaza in 1954. Hamada Emam graduated from the Egyptian Military Academy, and worked as an officer in the Egyptian Armed Forces and be retired with the rank of Brigadier General. He was married Dr. Maggie Al-Halwani, with whom he has two sons Hazem Emam and Ashraf Imam.

Hamada Emam joined the Zamalek youth team in 1957. This happened when Youth team coach Ali Sharaf saw him and decided to include him in the club. He joined the first team in 1959 and continued until 1974. He won three Egyptian league titles and two Egypt cup titles for Zamalek.

Emam scored a famous hat trick against West Ham United in their match against Zamalek in Cairo in 1966. He played for Egypt, but was not regularly due to his job as a military officer in the Egyptian Armed Forces. He played for Egypt in 1970 African Cup of Nations and finished third. Emam retired after lifting the October League Cup trophy in 1974.^[2][3][4]

Hamada Emam headed to sports management career, where he worked as sports director in Zamalek, and rose in administrative work until he reached the position of Vice President of the club, also he worked as board member, and vice president of the Egyptian Football Association.^[5]

After his retirement, he worked as a sports commentator in Egyptian television for decades, and presented the “Goals of the Week with the Fox” program on the Nile Sports Channel for more than 10 years.^[6] Hamada Emam died on 9 January 2016.

Zamalek

• Egyptian League: 1959-60, 1963-64, 1964-65
• Egypt Cup: 1960, 1962
• October League Cup: 1974

Egypt

• Africa Cup of Nations third place: 1970

• List of Zamalek SC players
• 1962 Egypt Cup Final