Abdel-Karim Sakr
 Sakr in 1948 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Abd El-Karim Ezzat Sakr | ||
| Date of birth | 8 November 1918 | ||
| Place of birth | Cairo, Egypt | ||
| Date of death | March 5, 1994 (aged 75)[1] | ||
| Place of death | Cairo, Egypt | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1935–1939 |
Al Ahly | ||
| 1939–1953 | Zamalek | ||
| International career | |||
| 1936–1950 | Egypt | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Abd El-Karim Sakr (
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Career
Club career
Sakr joined
In 1939, Abdel-Karim Sakr joined Zamalek from Al Ahly for the then a record amount of 50 Egyptian pound. He scored twice in two Cairo derbies, when Zamalek won Al Ahly with a score of 6-0 in the two games, in the 1941–42 Cairo League and 1944 Egypt Cup final. Sakr is the all-time goal scorer of the Cairo derby with a record of 19 goals (9 for Zamalek and 10 for Al Ahly), which hasn’t been broken to date.[4] In 1945, He was offered a £40,000 contract to play for Huddersfield Town but he refused and returned to Egypt with his fellow player Mohamed El-Guindi. Sakr played for Zamalek for 14 consecutive seasons, he achieved an impressive record with the team, and scored over 100 goals for Zamalek in all competitions.[5][6]
International career
He represented Egypt in the 1936 Summer Olympics when he was 17 years old, scoring Egypt's only goal in the tournament. He also represented his country in the 1948 Summer Olympics. Sakr played almost 26 international caps with his country and scored 14 international goals.
Honours
Zamalek
- Egypt Cup: 1941, 1943, 1944, 1952
- Cairo League: 1939–40, 1940–41, 1943–44, 1944–45, 1946–47, 1948–49, 1950–51, 1951–52, 1952–53
- King's Cup: 1941
References
- ^ "Zamalek.sc". zamalek.sc. Archived from the original on March 20, 2016.
- OlyMADMen. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
- ^ "عبدالكريم صقر - نجوم لا تنسى - Zamalek.Sc". Archived from the original on 2014-10-15. Retrieved 2014-09-22.
- ^ "ذكرى رحيل عبد الكريم صقر هداف مباريات القمة بين الأهلى والزمالك اليوم". اليوم السابع (in Arabic). 2024-03-06. Retrieved 2024-03-17.
- ^ "Abdel-Karim Sakr". Olympedia. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
- ^ صافي المعايرجي (13 June 2021). "عبدالكريم صقر.. حين بكى ساحر الكرة المصرية من «إهانة الزمالك»".
External links
- Abd El-Karim Sakr at Olympedia
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