Essam Kamal Tawfiq El-Hadary is an Egyptian goalkeeper who plays for and captains Al-Taawoun in the Saudi Professional League and the Egypt national team.

Nicknamed the "High Dam", he spent the largest portion of his club career with Al-Ahly, with whom he won eight Egyptian Premier League titles, four Egypt Cups, four Egyptian Super Cups, four CAF Champions League titles, three CAF Super Cups, one Arab Club Champions Cup, and two Arab Super Cups. His other clubs have included Damietta, Sion (with whom he won the Swiss Cup), Ismaily, Zamalek, Al Merreikh (with whom he won the Sudan Premier League and the Sudan Cup), Al-Ittihad Alexandria, and Wadi Degla.

Currently third on the list of all-time appearances for Egypt, El-Hadary has won the Africa Cup Of Nations four times, and was named the tournament's best goalkeeper on three occasions.

In June 2018, at the age of 45, he was named in Egypt’s 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.

CLUB

Al-Ahly
Egyptian Premier League: 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08
Egypt Cup: 2000–01, 2002–03, 2005–06, 2006–07
Egyptian Super Cup: 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007
CAF Champions League: 2001, 2005, 2006, 2008
CAF Super Cup: 2002, 2006, 2007
Arab Club Champions Cup: 1996
Arab Super Cup: 1997, 1998

Sion
Swiss Cup: 2008–09

Al-Merreikh
Sudan Premier League: 2011
Sudan Cup: 2012
2013 Egyptian Bullseye

INTERNATIONAL

All-Africa Games: 1995
Africa Cup of Nations: 1998, 2006, 2008, 2010
Pan Arab Games: 2007

INDIVIDUAL

Africa Cup of Nations Team of all Tournaments:
2006, 2008, 2010.