Ismaily
Hosny started his professional football career at Ismaily in Egypt, and was the youngest player in the Egyptian first division when Ismaily won the League Championship in the season 2001/2002. In 2003 Hosni joined the Egyptian U-20's in the FIFA World Youth Championship 2003 in the Arab Emirates. In this tournament he caught the eyes of big clubs in Europe such as Juventus,Trabzonspor,Arsenal, and also smaller sides such as Nantes, and Strasbourg, but his club Ismaily refused to sell the player, since he was considered an integral part of the team.
At the end of 2003, he played in the Arabian Club Championship final but lost, achieving the same result in the 2003 African Champions League. In 2004 Hosny was selected for the first time in his career to play for the Egyptian national team in the 2004 African Cup of Nations in Tunisia and was one of the youngest players in the tournament.
RC Strasbourg
In summer 2005, Hosny signed a five year contract with French club RC Strasbourg, for whom he appeared in 22 Ligue 1 matches.[1] He was called up for the Egyptian national team that would participate in the 2006 African Cup of Nations in Egypt, but was injured just one week before the tournament started and could not play. The Egyptian national team eventually went on to win the tournament against Ivory Coast.
Return to Ismaily
In the 2005–06 season, Strasbourg was relegated to Ligue 2. Hosny then left the team on a season loan deal, returning to his original club Ismaily.
Due to his impressive performances with the Egyptian national team in the 2008 African Cup of Nations tournament, with the player chosen as Player of the Tournament, Hosni has once again caught the eyes of a number of European clubs, most notably Newcastle United, Bolton Wanderers and Paris Saint Germain.
After the loan spell ended, and since Strasbourg failed to promote to Ligue 1, Hosny agreed to extended his stay at Ismaily on a permanent deal. However, this move did not receive consent from the French club, and they decided to sue the player for signing a contract with another club without their consent.
Ahli Dubai
On July 29th, 2008, and in an unexpected move, it was announced that Hosny had signed a loan deal for two seasons for Emirate club Al-Ahli of Dubai, despite the player having been linked with offers from top European clubs in England and Spain. Earlier reports have linked the player with Atlético Madrid, Newcastle United and other famous European clubs. However, Ismaily club later announced that the only official offer they received, other than Ahli Dubai's offer, was from Spanish club Osasuna.
It was a bit of shock to the player's fans and the Egyptian fans in general that the player would move to an Emirate club rather than a top European club, especially after Hosny's mouth-dropping performances in the Africa Cup of Nations Ghana 2008 for which he won Player of the Tournament award.
Immediately after the player's move was made public, and in a surprising change in events, officials in Egyptian Premier League club Al-Ahly announced that they intend to sue Hosny for moving to Ahli Dubai, despite having earlier signed a contract for them. But afterward they announced that they will pursue Racing Club Strasbourg. He has most recently been linked with a move to Blackburn Rovers, who are thought to be his preferred option as he supported them as a child.
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