{{short description|Egyptian footballer (born 1977)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2025}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Essam Mahmoud | image = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1977|6|20|df=y}} | birth_place = Egypt | height = 1.87 m | position = Goalkeeper | currentclub = Tersana (goalkeeper coach) | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 2000–2006 | years2 = 2006–2008 | years3 = 2008–2009 | years4 = 2009–2011 | years5 = 2011–2013 | years6 = 2013–2013 | years7 = 2013–2014 | clubs1 = ENPPI Club | clubs2 = Al-Ittihad Al-Sakndary | clubs3 = ENPPI Club | clubs4 = El Gouna | clubs5 = Wadi Degla | clubs6 = → Lierse (loan) | clubs7 = El-Entag El-Harby | caps1 = | caps2 = 26 | caps3 = 3 | caps4 = 20 | caps5 = 12 | caps6 = 0 | caps7 = 11 | goals1 = | goals2 = 0 | goals3 = 0 | goals4 = 0 | goals5 = 0 | goals6 = 0 | goals7 = 0 | nationalyears1 = 2004–2005 | nationalteam1 = Egypt | nationalcaps1 = | nationalgoals1 = }}
'''Essam Mahmoud''' ({{langx|ar|عصام محمود}}; born 20 June 1977) is an Egyptian former professional football coach and former player who played as a goalkeeper. He is currently the goalkeeper coach of Tersana SC.
==Playing career== At the club level, Mahmoud plays for El Gouna of Hurghada in the Egyptian Premier League.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Fil Balad|title=FilGoal: ENPPI: Essam Mahmoud|url=http://new.filgoal.com/English/PlayerProfile.aspx?PlayerId=1764&ChampId=196&ClubId=150|accessdate=1 September 2009|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120223151707/http://new.filgoal.com/English/PlayerProfile.aspx?PlayerId=1764&ChampId=196&ClubId=150|archivedate=23 February 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>
He was also selected as a reserve goalkeeper for the Egypt national team at the 2004 African Cup of Nations. However, he did not appear in any matches.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=RSSSF|author=Courtney, Barrie|title=African Nations Cup 2004|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/04a.html|date=16 December 2006|accessdate=25 March 2018}}</ref>
==Coaching career== After retiring at the end of the 2013–14 season, Mahmoud began as a goalkeeper coach, starting for the youth teams of ENPPI Club. He left the club in October 2016, he left the club and was hired by Tersana SC. He left the club in January 2017.
Ahead of the 2017-18 season, he was hired by Wadi Degla, still as a goalkeeper coach. However, he returned to Tersana SC in the summer 2019.{{citation needed|date=August 2025}}
==Honours== '''ENPPI''' *Egypt Cup: 2005
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Egypt Squad 2004 Africa Cup of Nations}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mahmoud, Essam}} Category:1977 births Category:Living people Category:Egyptian men's footballers Category:Men's association football goalkeepers Category:2004 African Cup of Nations players Category:Belgian Pro League players Category:ENPPI SC players Category:Al Ittihad Alexandria Club players Category:El Gouna FC players Category:Wadi Degla SC players Category:Lierse SK (1906) players Category:El Entag El Harby SC players Category:Egyptian expatriate men's footballers Category:Egyptian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium
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