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Veteran goalkeeper leads chants in Cairo

2011-11-27 37 Dailymotion

ROUGH CUT - NO REPORTER NARRATION<br/> One of Egypt's best-loved sportsmen, the retired national soccer goalkeeper, Nader Elsayed, joined protesters in Tahrir Square on Saturday (November 26) evening, leading the crowd in chants against the country's ruling military council.<br/> Elsayed urged hundreds of protesters to camp in the square until the head of the military council, Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi submits his resignation.<br/> Elsayed, a hero of Egypt's victorious 1998 African Cup of Nations campaign, led a crowd of protesters marching in Tahrir Square as they expressed their anger at the appointment of veteran politician Kamal Ganzouri, 78, as Prime Minister.<br/> Away from the soccer pitch, the 38-year-old former goalie had a high profile as a pro-democracy campaigner during the revolution that ousted President Mubarak from office ten months ago.

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