Ahmed Hassan Mahgoub or famously known as Kouka is a professional football player who plays as a striker for Eygpt National Team and the Portuguese professional football club, SC Barga.
Before signing with Barga, he also played for Portuguese team, Rio Ave FC and also represented Eygpt in their youth levels.
He made his international debut for the senior team in 2013 and has fifteen appearances as well as scoring 5 goals to his name.
Kouka was born to Egyptian parents on 5 March 1993 in Cairo, Eygpt and to pursue a career in football, he joined the youth club of Egyptian football club, AI Ahly.
His annual salary is more than € 600,000 with a weekly salary around €12,000 which he receives from playing for SC Barga and has a market value in the region of € 2.50 million as of 2018.
Looking at his relatively young playing career, his net worth along with his assets, his total sum could be assumed to be more than $1 million.
With his accumulated earning he lives his life in a lavish manner and enjoys vacationing in the most exotic places.
After playing for the youth team of Rio Ave in 2011, he signed with the senior team in 2012. He made his Ave debut against F.C. Pacos de Ferreira on 9 September 2012 and was second highest goal scorer for Rio Ave in February 2015 at the Portuguese league.
He made 66 appearances for the Portuguese club and scored 24 goals and was a part of the Rio Ave team that went on to win Taca de Portugal in 2015/16.
After leaving the club in 2015, he moved to Portugal and signed a five-year contract with Portuguese Primeira Liga club, SC Barga on 26 August 2015. He scored the first goal for Barga against Olympique de Marseille on 22 October 2015.
He dedicated the goal to his recently deceased father who passed away a day before the match on 21 October.
He represented Eygpt in the U-19, U-20 and U-23 team and won the African U-20 Championship in 2013. He performed impressively at the FIFA U-20 World Cup in 2013 at Turkey.
Kouka made his international debut for the senior Egyptian national football team in 2013 and scored his first international goal for Eygpt against Uganda in a friendly match on 14 August 2013.
He has also played at 2017 Africa Cup of Nations where they lost to eventual champions, Cameroon at the final match of the tournament.
Kouka is expected to play alongside, Liverpool forward, Mohamed Salah, as well as the midfielder, Abdallah Said for Egyptian squad captained by the goalkeeper, Essam EI Hadary for Eygpt at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.
Currently 25, Kouka stands a height of 6 feet 3 inches tall and weighs about 80 kg. Nothing is known about his personal life as there are no photos shown on his Instagram and other social media sites to prove that he is married or in the relationship.
He is the hardworking and promising striker that has good future ahead of him, he solely focuses on building his football career rather be distracted by any sort of rumors and scandal.
