Thabet El-Batal (16 September 1953 – 14 February 2005) was an Egyptian international goalkeeper.
He then made the acquaintance of Hawamdeh (Abdo El-Bakal) who convinced him at age 19 to sign with Al Ahly in 1972.
El-Batal became the Al Ahly guard, formally beginning with the 1974/1975 season and succeeded in winning his championship year for the first time after successive victories and titles, both continental and Egyptian.
He was a member of the Egypt squad which participated in the 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy.
[3] Thabet El-Batal died in February 2005, after a long battle with cancer.