He started his professional football career in Zamalek in 1961, he won with his team the Egyptian Premier League title in (1963–64, 1964–65).He also was a part of the team that finished fourth in 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.He had brief spells in Al-Majd SC and the Syria national football team.He was back to his home club and worked as Zamalek's assistant manager in 2008–09.Ahmed Rifaat died at the age of 75, on 13 December 2017 in Cairo.