Sabri Freddy Khattab (; born 12 January 1990) is a

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who plays as a

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for

Tistedalens TIF Tistedalens Turn- og Idrettsforening is a Norwegian multi-sports club from Tistedalen, Halden, Østfold. It has sections for association football and team handball. The club was founded on 22 May 1916 as ''Tistedalens IF'' adding the T for ''Tu ...

. Born in Norway, he declared himself for the Egypt national team in 2013.

Club career

Sabri signed for FC Edmonton from hometown side Kvik Halden in 2017. He made his debut in a 1–0 loss to

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, coming on as a substitute for

Dean Shiels Dean Andrew Shiels (born 1 February 1985) is a Northern Irish former footballer and current manager, who last managed Coleraine. He played for Hibernian, Doncaster Rovers, Kilmarnock, Rangers, Dundalk, FC Edmonton and Dunfermline Athletic, and ...

. In July 2017, Sabri returned to Norway and signed for

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Sabri left Elverum at the end of 2019 and moved back to

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, where he was born. In May 2020, Khattab moved to

. He then had a short spell with Kvik Halden in late 2020, before returning to Tistedalens in 2021.

International career

Although he was born in Norway, Sabri declared himself for the Egypt national team in 2013, however he has yet to be called up.

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* * 1990 births Living people Footballers from Halden Egyptian men's footballers Norwegian men's footballers Norwegian people of Egyptian descent Men's association football midfielders Kvik Halden FK players Bryne FK players FC Edmonton players Norwegian First Division players North American Soccer League (2011–2017) players Egyptian expatriate men's footballers Norwegian expatriate men's footballers Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Canada Egyptian expatriate sportspeople in Canada Expatriate men's soccer players in Canada 21st-century Egyptian sportsmen 21st-century Norwegian sportsmen {{Egypt-footy-midfielder-stub