Africa is duly represented in the FIFA club world cup with Al Ahly of Egypt featuring in the competition for the sixth time as the winner of African Champions League.
The Egyptian giants celebrated a record-extending ninth ACL title last year, defeating Cairo rivals Zamalek in the first final featuring clubs from the same country.
South African Pitso Mosimane became only the third coach to win the competition with two clubs, having led Mamelodi Sundowns to the 2016 title. Al Ahly conceded just eight goals in 34 games in cruising to a fifth successive league triumph and won the Egyptian Cup on penalties in December.
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They will be appearing at the Club World Cup for the sixth time, their best showing a third-place finish 15 years ago when they were beaten in the semifinals by eventual champions Internacional of Brazil.
Mohamed 'Afsha' Magdy, whose late winner saw off Zamalek to punch Al Ahly's ticket to Qatar, is one of several Egypt internationals in the squad.
Oladimeji Balogun is a graduate of the University of Ilorin where he studied Microbiology, he is a w...
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