Mo Salah became Egypt's all-time leading scorer on Friday, Nov. 13 in an AFCON qualifiers match against Malawi.
The captain scored a brace to reach a total of 70 goals for the national team, passing Hossam Hassan, who played for the side for 20 years before becoming the manager. The coach was fired last week.
Salah scored the last two goals in Egypt's 5-0 victory. The first came in the 84th minute when he took a pass from Ibrahim Adel while running against a defender in front of the goal and tapped the ball into the net. Salah grinned widely and pointed before Adel and Ahmed Fatouh came up and gave him a hug.
Then, in stoppage time, Hamza Abdelkarim was tripped up by Malawi's goalkeeper and Salah took the penalty kick. He took a deep breath, skipped
to his right and nailed it.
After the match, Salah posted a picture on Instagram of himself in the locker room holding up a piece of paper that said "70."
Salah and Egypt had a historic run at this summer's World Cup. They made it to the round of 16, where they lost in a controversial match against Argentina. He powered through injury to lead Egypt to a penalty shootout win against Australia in the first knockout round and had a goal in the African team's 3-1 win over New Zealand in group play, Egypt's first World Cup victory.
In August, the former Liverpool star signed with Trabzonspor, a club in Turkey's Süper Lig.
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