Yesterday evening, Said Fathi Al-Hafi, the most famous football player known as the “drink ball”, meaning socks, died in the neighborhoods of Egypt, where he embodied his personality by the artist. Adel Emam In the movie The Cavalry.
Sayed Youssef, a former football player in the Tersana club and a friend of the player, said that Al-Hafi died yesterday evening following a health problem, and his body will be buried today, Saturday, in his hometown in Imbaba area in Giza.
Also, Saeed Al-Hafi emerged in the practice of playing football in the Imbaba area, next to a number of the game’s stars.
Al-Hafi drew the attention of the discoverer of stars in Al-Ahly Club, Abdo Al-Baqal, and indeed he conducted the tests in the club’s stadium, and because he was accustomed to playing barefoot, he performed poorly during the tests following wearing the sports shoe and failed to prove his presence and highlight his talents.
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In addition, he has been playing the “drink” ball for 40 years, and because of it he left school and traveled to all the governorates of Egypt to play, and from here his idea was picked up by scriptwriter Bashir Al-Deek and director Muhammad Khan and presented in the movie “The Harp”, starring Adel Imam.
Al-Hafi was paid 10 pounds per match, which is a large amount by the standards of that time. He was the first player in Egypt to have a retirement match, which was held in Al-Nsouh Street in Imbaba in 1986, in which Egyptian football stars Ismail, Ibrahim Youssef, Zakaria Nassef, Ahmed Schubert and Mustafa participated in it. Abdo and Hamdi Noah.
It is worth mentioning that the movie “The Customer” was produced in 1983, starring Adel Imam and Ferdous Abdul Hamid and directed by Muhammad Khan.
