Amro Sherif (born June 14, 1991 in

Cairo Cairo ( ; , ) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Egypt and the Cairo Governorate, being home to more than 10 million people. It is also part of the List of urban agglomerations in Africa, largest urban agglomeration in Africa, L ...

Egypt Egypt ( , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country spanning the Northeast Africa, northeast corner of Africa and Western Asia, southwest corner of Asia via the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to northe ...

) is an Egyptian basketball player currently playing for Al Gezira of the Egyptian Super League. He is a member of the

Egypt national basketball team The Egypt national basketball team represents Egypt in international basketball competitions. The team is directed by the Egyptian Basketball Federation. Winning the title of the EuroBasket 1949 has been the team's most celebrated achievemen ...

. Sherif participated with the senior

for the first time at the

2009 FIBA Africa Championship AfroBasket 2009 was the 25th FIBA Africa Championship, played under the auspices of the Fédération Internationale de Basketball, the basketball sport governing body, and the African zone thereof. At stake were the three berths allocated to Afri ...

. The 18-year-old saw action off the bench for the team, scoring a team-leading 18 points in an eighth final loss to

Libya Libya, officially the State of Libya, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to Egypt–Libya border, the east, Sudan to Libya–Sudan border, the southeast, Chad to Chad–L ...

He also competed for Egypt at the

FIBA Under-19 World Championship 2009 The 2009 FIBA Under-19 World Championship (Maori: 2009 FIBA I-Raro I Te 19 Tau Toa o Te Ao) was the 9th edition of the FIBA U19 World Championship, the biennial international men's youth basketball championship contested by the U19 national team ...

after helping the team win the 2008 FIBA Africa U-18 Championship. His 21.8 points per game led all scorers at the U-18 Africa Championship and his 19 points per game made him the fourth highest scorer at the

.U-19 Tournament Leaders
at FIBA.com

References

1991 births Living people Egyptian men's basketball players Basketball players from Cairo 21st-century Egyptian sportsmen {{Egypt-basketball-bio-stub