Mohamed Hani, the right-back of the Egyptian national team, entered history from the reverse door after the own goal he mistakenly scored against the Pharaohs' net against Australia in the 2026 World Cup.
The match between Egypt and Australia is being held at the Dallas Stadium as part of the round of 32 of the World Cup held in the United States, Canada, and Mexico.
Mohamed Hani scored an own goal in the 55th minute, after a mistaken header that went into Mostafa Shobeir's net, giving Australia the equalizing goal.
Due to this own goal, the number of own goals rose to 13 in the 2026 World Cup, a record for a single edition of the tournament (compared to 12 goals in 2018).
Arab teams scored 9 own goals in the 2026 World Cup.
The "Opta" network, specialized in numbers and statistics, reported that Mohamed Hani became only the second player to score two own goals in a single World Cup edition, after Ivan Vutsov in 1966 (60 years ago).
Mohamed Hani had scored an own goal in the match between Egypt and Belgium in the first round of the group stage of the 2026 World Cup.
