Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei whitianga - I te mea he kaitakaro, he poto te mahi a El-Gohary. Na te wharanga o te turi i akiaki ia ki te reti wawe i te tau 1961, i tapahi i tetahi mahi nui. I te 1959 African Cup of Nations
, i wikitoria ai a Ihipa, ka mutu ko ia te kaiwhiwhi nui i te whakataetae. Whai muri i tana reti mai i te keemu, ka noho a El-Gohary hei kaiako me Al Ahly, i te mutunga ka noho hei kaiwhakahaere awhina mai i te 1965 ki te 1977.