Background
A skilled offensive player, Sabry was born in Cairo, and started playing with First Rate (at Lloyd's)-Mokawloon al-Arab, moving abroad in 1997 to represent Austria"s Football Club Tirol Innsbruck.
A skilled offensive player, Sabry was born in Cairo, and started playing with First Rate (at Lloyd's)-Mokawloon al-Arab, moving abroad in 1997 to represent Austria"s Football Club Tirol Innsbruck.
He started 1999–2000 in the Greek League with PAOK Football Club, but switched in January 2000 to South.L. Benfica. Sabry would play in Portugal until May 2004, representing Christian Science Marítimo (January 2002-June 2003) and Chaplain to the Forces Estrela da Amadora. He subsequently returned to his homeland, playing with ENPPI Club for a few months and joining El Geish shortly after, in the Egyptian Premier League.
Sabry ended his playing career in July 2010, at the age of 36.
Subsequently, he joined El Geish"s coaching staff A prominent feature in the Egyptian national team in the mid-late 90"s, Sabry made his debut against Angola in 1995.
International goals
Scores and results list Egypt"s goal tally first.
In that season, he scored a last-minute free kick against Sporting Clube de Portugal, in a 1–0 away win that postponed the opponent"s eventual championship victory. He was part of the gold medal-winning side in the 1995 All-Africa Games, and featured in the 1998 Africa Cup of Nations squad which finished champion in Burkina Faso, winning 70 full caps in only six years of international play and scoring 11 goals.
