Shehata is one of only two coaches to win the Africa Cup three times, along with Ghana's Charles Gyamfi.

Shehata pointed out that he is very proud of the Zamalek fans, who created the fame and stardom of all the players who played for the club throughout its long history, and that he considers the Zamalek fans to be the number one player in the system, and their support for the team has not differed over the ages.

[7][8] Hassan Shehata was born on June 19, 1947 in the city of Kafr El Dawwar, Beheira into an athletic family.

After the outbreak of the 1967 war, the local competition in Egypt stopped, and Shehata joined the Kuwaiti football club Kazma SC.

He achieved several successes in Kuwait, including winning the Asian footballer of the Year award in 1970.

Shehata became Kuwaiti football rising star, he signed for Kazma while they were in the 2nd division and was a main reason for the qualification to the Premier League.

He also has a brief spell for Al Arabi SC and scored for them 3 goals in the AFC Champions League.

In 1976–77 season, he finished as the league's top scorer (shared with Ali Khalil) with 17 goals.

Shehata was a key player for the team, and Zamalek fans and Egyptian media nicknamed him the "Master" chanting songs on his talent in scoring goals.

[9][10] In 1980, Mohammed Hassan Helmy, the former Egyptian national football team coach, who brought Shehata to Zamalek in 1966, was the current president of Zamalek at the time, learned at the time that Shehata has decided to retire from football, but he believed that the team needed him to stay, and all attempts to persuade him to back down failed.

A huge festival was held in Cairo Stadium, and Shehata played his retirement match against Al Ahly on 23 September 1980.

It witnessed a large public presence, with film stars and celebrities of the Egyptian society present.

Three players from Al Ahly had covered the offside; Maher Hammam, Hossam El-Badry, and Magdi Abdelghani.

Another festival was prepared for his retirement and it was attended by celebrities, actors, writers and thousands bidding farewell to the legendary star in the Cairo Stadium.

[16] Shehata was called for the Egypt national football team for the first time in 1970, where his first international match was against Libya on 27 December 1970 in Tripoli at the Africa Cup of Nations Qualifiers in which Egypt won with a single goal scored by Hanafi Halil and assisted by Shehata.

In the 1973 All-Africa Games in Lagos, Shehata scored against Nigeria in the semifinal where his country won the bronze medal after defeating Ghana in the third place playoff.

Shehata score a hat trick against Yemen in the group stage, he was the tournament's top scorer with 5 goals.

[18] Shehata led his country in the 1976 African Cup of Nations in Ethiopia, where Egypt finished fourth, after losing to Nigeria with a score of 2–3 in the third place playoff.

He scored a memorable goal for the Pharaohs against Tunisia in the 1978 African Cup of Nations qualifiers in Tunis.

[19] In the 1980 African Cup of Nations, Shehata captained Egypt in the tournament, and scored his final international goal against Tanzania in the group stage, his country finished in the fourth place.

He played as a forward and an attacking midfielder, he even performed his defensive duties, he was also a generous assistant for his teammates.

Shehata's unique playing style which combined technical skill, dribbling ability, powerful shooting and stamina earned him the nickname of the "Master".

Afterwards, he coached Sudanese football club Al-Merrikh and won the Sudan Premier League in 1990.

[26] Shehata was vindicated minutes later when Amr Zaki, the player replacing Mido, scored the winning goal; which took Egypt to the final.