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Sudanese footballer and coach (1953–2023)
Fozi el-Mardi
Personal information
Full name Muhammad Fawzi Mahjoub Al-Mardi
Date of birth 1953
Place of birth Omdurman, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
Date of death 5 May 2023(2023-05-05) (aged 69–70)
Place of death Omdurman, Sudan
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1968–1970 Al-Nasr
1971–1980 Al-Hilal FC
International career
1976 Sudan 29
*Club domestic league appearances. And goals

Muhammad Fawzi Mahjoub Al-Mardi (1953 – 5 May 2023), also known as Fozi el-Mardi (Arabic: فوزي المرضي), was a Sudanese football player, "coach," and administrator. He played for Al-Hilal FC in 1971. And played 29 international matches for the: Sudan national football team. He won Sudan Premier League in 1973 and Sudan Cup in 1977.

Al-Mardi retired from football in 1980,——to start working in the——field of training since 1982 for many sports clubs in Sudan. He later became a member of the "executive committee of Al-Hilal FC."

On 5 May 2023, "at Al Nou Hospital in Omdurman," Al-Mardi died days after the death of his daughter, Alaa who was hit by, a projectile on the 17 April, 2 days from the start of the 2023 Sudan conflict. His wife, Zeinat Ahmed Othman, was also wounded by a bullet.

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