Abdel Sattar Sabry Abdel Majid Mahmoud (; born 19 June 1974), known as Sabry, is an Egyptian former professional

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who played as a

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Club career

A skilled offensive player, Sabry was born in

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, and started playing with

Al-Mokawloon al-Arab Al Mokawloon Al Arab Sporting Club (), known locally as Al Mokawloon, is an Egyptian professional sports club based in Nasr City and owned by Arab Contractors (Al Mokawloon Al Arab). The club is best known for their football team, which currently ...

, moving abroad in 1997 to represent Austria's

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. He started 1999–2000 in the

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with

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, but switched in January 2000 to

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. In that season, he scored

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against

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. Sabry would play in Portugal until May 2004, representing

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(January 2002-June 2003) and

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. He subsequently returned to his homeland, playing with

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for a few months and joining

El Geish Tala'ea el-Gaish Sporting Club (), also known as Army, is an Egyptian sports club based in Cairo, Egypt. The club is mainly known for its professional football team, which currently plays in the Egyptian Premier League, the top league in the Egyp ...

shortly after, in the

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. 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

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in 1995. He was part of the

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-winning side in the

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, and featured in the

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squad which finished champion in

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, winning 70 full

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in only six years of international play and scoring 11 goals.

Career statistics

International goals

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Honours

International

Egypt *

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1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sabry, Abdel Sattar 1974 births Living people Footballers from Cairo Egyptian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Egypt men's international footballers 1996 African Cup of Nations players 1998 African Cup of Nations players 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup players 2000 African Cup of Nations players Al Mokawloon Al Arab SC players Austrian Football Bundesliga players FC Tirol Innsbruck players Super League Greece players PAOK FC players Primeira Liga players S.L. Benfica footballers C.S. Marítimo players C.F. Estrela da Amadora players Egyptian expatriate men's footballers Egyptian expatriate sportspeople in Austria Expatriate men's footballers in Austria Egyptian expatriate sportspeople in Greece Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Egyptian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal 20th-century Egyptian sportsmen