Club Career
El-Abd joined Brighton's youth department when he was ten and was granted a scholarship there at 16. He signed his first professional contract of two-and-a-half years with Brighton & Hove Albion at the age of 19. He made his full league debut for the club in the 2-1 win at Notts County in November 2003. He has since been a regular in the first team squad and can play either in defence at right-back or centre-half, or in a more defensive midfield type role.
During the game at Huddersfield Town on 18 March 2008, El-Abd was stretchered off with medial collateral ligament damage and ruled out for the remainder of the season.
In November El-Abd made his 250th appearance for the club in a 0-0 draw at Southampton.
On 5 June 2008, it was revealed that El-Abd had signed a new two-year deal with Brighton.
El-Abd won the Brighton & Hove Albion Player of the Season award for their League One winning 2010/2011 campaign.
El-Abd hit the milestone of 250 league appearances for Brighton and Hove Albion on 7 March 2012, named Man of the Match for that game, a 2-2 draw with Cardiff City.
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