Education
Cairo University.
Cairo University.
He also was a famous Egyptian football player and actor. He was nicknamed El Maestro because of his way of leading the Ahly football team to many victories. He finally became one of the most successful presidents of the club
Selim joined club in 1944 as a football player.
Due to the fame he gained as a football player, Saleh was dragged into show business and starred in three movies. He co-starred 1962 film titled "Black Candles" with Najat First Rate (at Lloyd's) Saghira who sang in it her widely-known song "Do not lie".
In 1980 he was elected the president of the club He was then re-elected five successive times.
During his presidency, was elected the African club of the century.
He died in 2002 of liver cancer. Saleh Selim was the first Egyptian soccer player in Austria and it was a "transfer-sensation" when he joined Grazer Alaska and scored 3 goals in 6 championship-games (10/6 with friendly-games included) for the oldest Styrian football club during the 1962-1963 season. Participated in Olympic games 1960 Participated in African Cup of Nations 1959 & 1962 (Played 3 games & Scored 1 Goal) (One title & one runner up) Egypt He scored 92 Goals for, 78 in Egyptian league & 14 in Egyptian Cup.
Ahly Football Official 1971 Ahly Club Board Member 1972 Ahly Club President: From 12 December 1980 till 16 December 1988 & from 6 February 1992 till 6 May 2002 Elected five times 1980-1984-1992-1996-2000 Selim was born in Cairo in 1930.
His father Mohamed Selim was a renowned physician. He had two younger brothers, Abdel wahab and Tarek Selim.
He also has two sons Khaled and Hisham Selim who is an actor.
He then became the manager of the team, then member of the board of directors of the club Later, he became the club"s football team manager, then a member of the board of directors.