The Egyptian controversial midfielder Amr Warda has landed himself in hot water once again after the Greek football club AE Larissa's announcement to terminate his loan for disciplinary reasons.
The Greek club president Alexis Kougias decided to cut the loan deals of PAOK and Olympiakos loanees, Amr Warda and Giannis Masouras, due to committing serious disciplinary offenses,” without disclosing them.
During the 2019 AFCON, Warda was involved in a sexual harassment scandal. As a result, he was excluded from the national team squad for one game.
The midfielder then returned for Egypt’s 1-0 defeat against South Africa in the round of 16. He has since never been called-up for the national team under Hossam El-Badry’s management.
Warda, 26, played 23 games this season locally, scored 7 and scored 6 goals.
On 22 August 2015, Warda signed a three-year contract with Panetolikos F.C. on a free transfer from Al Ahly.
Warda was rewarded for the Best Goal of the 2nd match day in the Greek Super League.
The attacking midfielder is a transfer target of the big three of Super League, according to his compatriots.
On 20 December 2015, he scored the first goal in a 2–0 crucial home win against Iraklis. He was named man of the match.
On 4 March 2016, Warda was called up in Egypt squad ahead of friendly games against Nigeria on 25 and 29 March.
On 11 September 2016, he scored his first goal for the 2016–17 season in a 2–1 away loss against PAOK. A week later he scored in a 2–0 away win against rivals Atromitos.
On 6 November 2016, he scored the first goal in a 2–1 home win against AEL.
Amr Warda to PAOK
On 24 January 2017, the Egyptian attacking midfielder signed a 3.5 years' season contract with PAOK, for an annual fee of €250.000 .
Warda became the seventh Egyptian to play for PAOK after former Egyptian internationals Magdy Tolba, Hossam Hassan, Ibrahim Hassan, Abdel Sattar Sabry, Shikabala and Amir Azmy. The transfer fee is set to €350.000, while Panetolikos kept a 15% future percentage sale. He chose to wear number 7 in Greece and number 74 in European matches.
On 23 April 2017, he scored his first Super League goal with PAOK in a 3–1 away win against Platanias Warda, who played the full 90 minutes, scored the opener after four minutes when he shot into the bottom corner following a low cross from the left.
On 2 July 2017, according to media, Warda was not included in PAOK's squad for disciplinary problems and will soon be loaned.
On 9 August 2017, Warda was loaned to Feirense. He joined the Portuguese club from Greece's PAOK on a one-year loan deal worth €1.25 million. Unfortunately on 12 August 2017, according to Portuguese reports, Warda is ready to exit Feirense just three days after signing his contract with the club.
Records claims that the Egyptian midfielder, who moved to Portugal on loan from PAOK, harassed the wives of two of his teammates. Therefore, besides the players' allegations the Portuguese club are set to terminate the agreement.
Loan to Atromitos
On 29 August 2017, Warda joined Atromitos on a season-long loan. On 23 September 2017, he scored his first goal with the club in a 3–0 home win against Lamia.
On 16 December 2017, his club beat 3-1 struggling rivals Kerkyra on the road, thanks to a second-half brace by the international midfielder, who named MVP of the game.
Warda was named the best playmaker in Greek Super League first round after his displays with Atromitos. He scored five goals and assisted twice in 12 outings in the league.
Return to PAOK
In the summer of 2018, Warda returned to PAOK ahead of the 2018-19 season. On 21 August 2018, Warda scored an important away goal in a 1-1 away draw game for UEFA Champions League Playoffs, 1st leg against Benfica.
Warda is set to depart the club with the possibility of returning to Atromitos, where he played on loan last year. A feud between Warda and PAOK manager, Razvan Lucescu saw Warda being dropped from the squad on several occasions.
Amr Warda and his International career
On 11 October 2015, Warda made his debut for the first team in a friendly match against Zambia in Abu Dhabi. His exceptional season year with Panetolikos was his passport to be called by Héctor Cúper to the 30 man provisional 2017 Africa Cup of Nations squad.
Warda helped Egypt reach the final by scoring the last penalty in the semifinals over the Burkina Faso, but the crucial last match ended in a 1–2 defeat by Cameroon.
On 26 June 2019, Warda was excluded from the national team camp over sexual harassment claims.
However, the Egyptian Football Association recalled him to the national team two days later after the player posted an apology video on his official account on Facebook.
After two years in Panetolikos, he joined the Greek giants, Paok, in January 2017 but he failed to shine with the club and left in the summer to join Atromitos on a loan.
Warda returned to Paok in 2018 summer and played there for six months and then he was loaned again to Atromitos with an option to make the transfer permanent.
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