Player Profile

An experienced defender and former Egypt international, with over 300 appearances for Brighton and Hove Albion, who joined Swindon on-loan from Bristol City in October 2015.

With Town struggling in the league, El-Abd found it difficult to help Town reverse their fortunes as manager Mark Cooper was sacked shortly after his arrival.

In fact, Swindon failed to win any of El-Abd’s first six games before a 2-1 home victory over Scunthorpe United ended the run - though this was swiftly followed by a 5-1 loss at Fleetwood Town with El-Abd scoring an own goal in the heavy defeat.

Town seemed to rally under new manager Martin Ling as El-Abd played every minute in a four game winning streak over Walsall, Chesterfield, Rochdale and Shrewsbury Town before losses in his final two games before returning to Bristol City at the end of the year.

Playing Record

Senior

Career details

Club	Details
Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton	1994 (schoolboy) 2000 (youth scholarship) December 22nd, 2003 (signed professional contract); transferred out
Bognor Regis Town Bognor Regis	November 2003 (loan)
Bristol City Bristol City	January 16th, 2014 (transferred in, undisclosed fee); released (2015/6)
Bury Bury	November 26th, 2014 (loan); expired (rptd May 24th, 2015)
Swindon Town Swindon	October 9th, 2015 (loan); expired (rptd January 7th, 2016)
Gillingham Gillingham	February 26th, 2016 (loan); expired (rptd March 26th, 2016)
Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town	July 15th, 2016 (unattached); released (rptd June 30th, 2017)
Wycombe Wanderers Wycombe Wanderers	July 3rd, 2017 (unattached); released (rptd September 2nd, 2019)
Stevenage Stevenage	September 6th, 2019 (unattached); released (rptd June 25th, 2020)
Whitehawk Whitehawk	rptd August 5th, 2020 (appointed player-assistant manager) cs 2021 (appointed player-assistant U18 coach)
Worthing Worthing	June 8th, 2022 ; retired (August 25th, 2022)