Abd El-Karim Sakr

Career

Sakr joined Al Ahly, he scored hattrick in his first match against Zamalek to be the second player to score hattrick in the history of the Cairo Derby in 1937, the match ended 5-0 for Al Ahly and El Tetsh scored the other two goals.

In 1939, Sakr moved to Zamalek from Al Ahly for the then a record amount of 50 Egyptian pound. He achieved an outstanding record with the team. He won with Zamalek the Cairo League title for nine seasons, and four titles of the Egypt Cup and the King Fouad Cup once. Sakr 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 (10 for Zamalek and 9 for Al Ahly), a record which hasn’t been broken to date. He spent almost fifteen years at the White Castle, scoring many goals for his club. He achieved 14 titles with Zamalek, winning the Egypt Cup in (1940-41, 1942-43, 1943-44, 1951-52), the Cairo League (1939-40, 1940-41, 1943-44, 1944-45, 1946-47, 1948-49, 1950-51, 1951-52, 1952-53), and the King Fouad Cup in (1940-41).

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.

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

Al Ahly Egypt Cup: 1936–37 Cairo League: 1935–36, 1936–37, 1937–38, 1938–39 Sultan Hussein Cup: 1937–38

Zamalek Egypt Cup: 1940–41, 1942–43, 1943–44, 1951–52 Cairo League: 1939–40, 1940–41, 1943–44, 1944–45, 1946–47, 1948–49, 1950–51, 1951–52, 1952–53 King Fouad Cup: 1940–41