Abdel Sattar Sabry


Abdel Sattar Sabry Abdel Majid Mahmoud, known as Sabry, is an Egyptian former 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 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 Egypt 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.

Career statistics

International goals

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
518 December 1997Aswan Stadium, Aswan, Egypt7–27–2Friendly
625 July 1999Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico1–02–21999 FIFA Confederations Cup
79 January 2001International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt1–03–0Friendly
89 January 2001International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt3–03–0Friendly
917 January 2001International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt4–04–02002 African Cup of Nations qualification
1011 March 2001International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt2–15–22002 World Cup qualification
1113 July 2001Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria, Egypt8–28–22002 World Cup qualification

Honours

International

Egypt