Sherif Mohamed Abdel-Fadil (; born 2 July 1983) is an Egyptian

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Club career

Ismaily

Reports linked Abdel-Fadil with a move to

Al Ahly Al-Ahly Sporting Club (), commonly known as Al-Ahly, is an Egyptian professional 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 highest ...

following the 2007–08 season, but the move never materialized.

Al-Ahly

In Summer 2009,

and his rival

El Zamalek Zamalek Sporting Club (), commonly referred to as Zamalek, is an Egyptian Club based in Cairo, Egypt. The club is best known for its professional men's football team, which plays in the Egyptian Premier League, the top tier of the Egyptian foo ...

began a war to sign

Ismaily Ismaily Sporting Club () is an Egyptian football club, established on 20 March 1921 as El Nahda Sporting Club () ( Egyptian pronunciation: Nady El Nahda), based in Ismaïlia, Egypt. The club is best known for its football team. Also it's consi ...

's defender. El Zamalek was too close to sign Abdel-Fadil, but the defender failed to agree personal terms of his contract with the Cairo club. Eventually, Al-Ahly have pulled a transfer surprise by snatching Ismaily's defender from under the noses of Zamalek. Abdel-Fadil penned a four-year contract with Al-Ahly on Friday 31 July. Al-Ahly agreed to pay EGP7.5 million in addition to the right-back, Ahmad Sedik, to complete the deal with Ismaily.Ahli snatch Abdul-Fadil
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International career

Sherif was selected for the

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preliminary squad which will defend their title in ACN 2008 in

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, but did not make the final squad.

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* * 1983 births Living people Egyptian men's footballers Egypt men's international footballers Men's association football defenders Ismaily SC players Al Ahly SC players Egyptian Premier League players Footballers from Ismailia 21st-century Egyptian sportsmen {{Egypt-footy-defender-stub