 He appeared for the national team at the 1990 FIFA World Cup, helping it to two draws and a narrow 0–1 defeat against England.His brother was also an undisputed starter, as the pair became the first players from Africa to be selected to FIFA's Century Club.However Ibrahim Hassan remains the only Egyptian footballer who made the FIFA world team selection (three times) and in fact played twice on two separate occasions in 1990 & 1999 against Bosnia and South Africa respectively