Sherif Ekramy
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Ekramy with Feyenoord in 2007 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Sherif Ekramy | ||
| Date of birth | 10 July 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Cairo, Egypt | ||
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Al Ahly | ||
| Number | 1 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Al Ahly | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2004–2005 | Al Ahly | 2 | (0) |
| 2005–2009 | Feyenoord | 7 | (0) |
| 2008 | → Ankaragücü (loan) | 22 | (0) |
| 2009 | El Gouna | 9 | (0) |
| 2010– | Al Ahly | 123 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2003 | Egypt U-20 | 4 | (0) |
| 2006– | Egypt | 18 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:26, 9 May 2010 (UTC). | |||
Sherif Ekramy (Arabic: شريف إكرامي; born 10 July 1983) is an Egyptian footballer and son of Ekramy. He currently plays as a goalkeeper for Al-Ahly and the Egyptian national team.
He has previously played for Feyenoord, Ankaragücü and most recently, El Gouna FC, with whom he helped win promotion to the top flight for the 2009–10 season.
Ekramy participated in two successive World Youth cups, the 2001 in Argentina, where he was part of the bronze-medal team, and the 2003 installment in the United Arab Emirates.[1] In the January transfer window season 09/10 Sherif made a move to Al Ahly the club he played for as a youngster and the club his father, Ekramy played for following his father's footsteps and hoping to become a legend like his father. After a serious of disappointing performances some Ahly fans were questioning whether he suited Al Ahly, but he proved them wrong as he played a string of good games insuring that he deserved his place as the starting goalkeeper.
Al-Ahly
Sherif was one of the most promising youngster in Al Ahly youth department so he was promoted for the first team in 2002 at the age of 19 although he never played for the first team until 2004. His amazing performance as a captain with Egypt U-20 in 2003 African Youth Championship helping The Young Pharaohs to win the title so he received a lot of offers but he decided finally to join Feyenoord to be alongside his former team-mate Hossam Ghaly
Feyenoord
His spell in the Netherlands wasn't very successful. Although signed as a great talent, he was usually reserve keeper. On 11 February 2007 he played his first Eredivisie match for Feyenoord against FC Twente.[2] With the club he only played 7 matches in 3 years helping them to win the cup in his last season 2008/2009
References
- ↑ "Sherif Ekramy". FIFA.com. Retrieved 20 September 2008.
- ↑ "Tactical Formation". Football-Lineups.com. Retrieved 14 February 2007.
External links
- Sherif Ekramy – FIFA competition record
- Sherif Ekramy at National-Football-Teams.com