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3 unusual facts about Stephan El Shaarawy


Stephan El Shaarawy

In 2012, El Shaarawy signed a sponsorship deal with American sportswear and equipment supplier, Nike.

Initially he was qualified to play for the Egypt national football team, but was denied by then coach Hassan Shehata stating that "not every Egyptian playing for a foreign league qualifies to play for the national side" as the Egyptian side then was very successful with 3 consecutive African Cup of Nations wins and performed well in the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup.

On 25 July 2013, EA Sports announced through their Facebook page that they had featured El Shaarawy on the Italian cover of FIFA 14, alongside global cover star Lionel Messi.



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