{{Short description|Egyptian squash player}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2026}} {{Use British English|date=May 2026}} {{Infobox squash player | name = Moussa Helal | image = | caption = | nationality = Egyptian/British | birth_date = {{Birth-date|30 November 1949}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.squashinfo.com/player/1679-moussa-helal|title=Moussa Helal (England)|work=Squash Info: The Definitive Squash Resource}}</ref> | birth_place = Cairo, Egypt | death_date = | death_place = | height = | weight = | turnedpro = | retired = | highest_ranking = 21<ref name=SI>{{cite web|url=https://www.squashinfo.com/player/1679-moussa-helal |title=Moussa Helal (England) |website=Squash Info |access-date=25 May 2026}}</ref> | date_of_highest_ranking = April 1980 | medaltemplates = }} '''Moussa Helal''' (born 30 November 1949) is an Egyptian former professional squash player. He reached a career high ranking of 21 in the world during April 1980<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.squashinfo.com/player/9768-sam-osborne-wylde |title=Sam Osborne-Wylde (England) |website=Squash Info |access-date=25 May 2026}}</ref> and was world No. 2 in the over-35s.
== Biography == Helal won the 1975 Egyptian Amateur Championship and the 1976 British Open Plate competition.<ref name=Guin>{{cite book|last=Palmer|first=Michael|title=Guinness Book of Squash|year=1984|page=95-96|publisher=Guinness Superlatives Ltd|isbn=0-85112-270-1}}</ref>
moved to Manchester in England and became a British citizen in 1984, entering the British rankings for the first time.<ref>{{cite book|last=Halpin|first=Larry|title=SRA Annual 1989-90|year=1991|publisher=SRA|isbn=0-900698-12-8}}</ref> He represented Cheshire at county level before retiring to become a squash coach.
He also lived in Warley in the West Midlands.<ref name=Guin/>
== Family == His eldest daughter, Amina Helal, is also a squash player and is a former American Inter-Collegiate squash champion. His younger daughter, Jessica Helal is a squash coach in California.
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