The club exercised the permanent transfer option for midfielder Ahmed Hamdi. On loan this season from Egyptian club El Gouna FC in 2021, Hamdi signed a two-year deal with the Montreal side, which extends the player’s contract through 2023 with an option for 2024.
In his first season in MLS, Hamdi played 19 matches, including eight as a starter, and logged 763 minutes on the pitch. He scored a brace July 17 against FC Cincinnati at Stade Saputo.
After playing with El Ahly Cairo’s U23 team, he officially joined the first team in 2018, collecting two goals and three assists in 18 games. Hamdi was then loaned to El Gouna FC for the 2019 season, before being permanently transferred on September 17, 2019. There, he tallied seven goals and three assists in 42 games in the Egyptian Premier League. Last January, prior to joining CF Montréal on loan, he had recorded two goals in four games.
Hamdi has five caps at the international level with the U23 Egyptian national team.
