Abdel Sattar Sabry

Abdel Sattar Sabry
Personal information
Full name	Abdel Sattar Sabry Abdel Majid Mahmoud
Date of birth	19 June 1974 (age 50)
Place of birth	Cairo, Egypt
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Youth career
	Al Mokawloon
Senior career*
Years	Team
1994–1997	Al Mokawloon Al Arab
1997–1999	Tirol Innsbruck
1999	PAOK
2000–2001	Benfica
2002–2003	Marítimo
2003–2004	Estrela da Amadora
2004	ENPPI
2005–2010	El Geish
Total
International career
1995–2001	Egypt
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Abdel Sattar Sabry Abdel Majid Mahmoud (Arabic: عبد الستار صبري عبد المجيد محمود; born 19 June 1974), known as Sabry, is a retired Egyptian professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.

Club career

A skilled offensive player, Sabry was born in Cairo, and started playing with Al-Mokawloon al-Arab, moving abroad in 1997 to represent Austria's FC Tirol Innsbruck. He started 1999–2000 in the Superleague Greece with PAOK FC, but switched in January 2000 to S.L. Benfica. In that season, he scored free kick against Sporting CP.

Sabry would play in Portugal until May 2004, representing C.S. Marítimo (January 2002-June 2003) and C.F. Estrela da Amadora. He subsequently returned to his homeland, playing with ENPPI Club for a few months and joining El Geish shortly after, in the Egyptian Premier League.

Sabry ended his playing career in July 2010, at the age of 36. Subsequently, he joined El Geish's coaching staff.

International career

A prominent feature in the Egyptian national team in the mid-late 1990s, Sabry made his debut against Angola in 1995. He was part of the gold medal-winning side in the 1995 All-Africa Games, and featured in the 1998 Africa Cup of Nations squad which finished champion in Burkina Faso, winning 70 full caps in only six years of international play and scoring 11 goals.^[1]^[2]

International goals

Scores and results list Egypt's goal tally first.^[3]

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	30 June 1995	Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria, Egypt	Uganda	2–0	6–0	1996 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
2.	5 June 1997	International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt	Belarus	2–0	2–0	Friendly
3.	16 June 1997	Olympic Stadium, Seoul, South Korea	Ghana	2–0	2–0	1997 Korea Cup
4.	17 August 1997	International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt	Liberia	3–0	5–0	1998 World Cup qualification
5.	18 December 1997	Aswan Stadium, Aswan, Egypt	Togo	7–2	7–2	Friendly
6.	25 July 1999	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico	Bolivia	1–0	2–2	1999 FIFA Confederations Cup
7.	9 January 2001	International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt	Zambia	1–0	3–0	Friendly
8.	9 January 2001	International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt	Zambia	3–0	3–0	Friendly
9.	17 January 2001	International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt	Libya	4–0	4–0	2002 African Cup of Nations qualification
10.	11 March 2001	International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt	Algeria	2–1	5–2	2002 World Cup qualification
11.	13 July 2001	Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria, Egypt	Namibia	8–2	8–2	2002 World Cup qualification