Sherif Ekramy

Sherif Ekramy Ahmed Ahmed El-Shahat (Arabic: شَرِيف إِكْرَامِيّ أَحْمَد أَحْمَد الشَّحَّات; born 10 July 1983) is an Egyptian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Pyramids FC. He has also played for the Egypt national team.

Sherif Ekramy

Ekramy with Feyenoord in 2007
Personal information
Full name	Sherif Ekramy Ahmed Ahmed El-Shahat
Date of birth	(1983-07-10) 10 July 1983 (age 41)[1]
Place of birth	Cairo, Egypt
Height	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)[2]
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Pyramids
Number	22
Youth career
1992–2003	Al Ahly
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2003–2005	Al Ahly	2	(0)
2005–2009	Feyenoord	7	(0)
2008–2009	→ MKE Ankaragücü (loan)	0	(0)
2009	El Gouna	9	(0)
2010–2020	Al Ahly	151	(0)
2020–	Pyramids	51	(0)
International career
2001–2003	Egypt U20	5	(0)
2006–2018	Egypt	22	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 May 2024

An Al Ahly youth product, Ekramy moved to Dutch club Feyenoord in 2005. At Feyenoord he received little playing time and was loaned to Ankaragücü in 2008. After four years at Feyenoord he returned to Egypt signing with El Gouna FC, whom he helped win promotion to the top flight for the 2009–10 season. He returned to Al Ahly in 2010, where he stayed for ten years. In 2020, he joined Pyramids FC.

Ekramy participated in two successive World Youth cups, the 2001 in Argentina, where he was part of the bronze-medal team, and the 2003 instalment in the United Arab Emirates.^[3] He is the son of Ekramy El-Shahat.

Club career

Al Ahly

Ekramy 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

Ekramy's spell in the Netherlands was not very successful. Although signed as a great talent, he was usually a reserve keeper.^[4]

On 11 February 2007, he played his first Eredivisie match for Feyenoord against FC Twente.^[5] With the club he only played seven matches in three years helping them to win the 2007–08 KNVB Cup in his last season.^{[citation needed]}

Return to Al-Ahly

Ekramy rejoined Al-Ahly in 2010 until 2020, where he managed to win 21 domestic and continental titles.^[6]

Pyramids

In June 2020, Ekramy joined Egyptian Premier League club Pyramids FC.^[7]

International career

In May 2018, he was named in Egypt’s preliminary squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.^[8]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League		Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		App	Goals	App	Goals	App	Goals	App	Goals	App	Goals
Al Ahly	2003–04	2	0	0	0	0	0	—		2	0
Feyenoord	2005–06[9]	3	0	0	0	0	0	—		3	0
	2006–07[9]	3	0	0	0	0	0	—		3	0
	2007–08[9]	1	0	0	0	0	0	—		1	0
	Total	7	0	0	0	0	0	—		7	0
El Gouna	2009–10	9	0	0	0	—		—		9	0
Al Ahly	2009–10	7	0	5	0	9	0	0	0	21	0
	2010–11	7	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	10	0
	2011–12	14	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	28	0
	2012–13	15	0	0	0	17	0	1	0	33	0
	2013–14	22	0	3	0	7	0	1	0	33	0
	2014–15	18	0	4	0	5	0	1	0	28	0
	2015–16	26	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	31	0
	2016–17	30	0	2	0	14	0	1	0	47	0
	2017–18	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
	2018–19	8	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	10	0
	Total	154	0	16	0	72	0	6	0	248	0

International

As of match played 15 June 2018^[10]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Egypt	2006	1	0
	2012	2	0
	2013	9	0
	2014	4	0
	2015	1	0
	2016	1	0
	2017	4	0
	2018	1	0
	Total	23	0

Honours and achievements

Feyenoord

• KNVB Cup: 2007–08

Al Ahly

• Egyptian Premier League: 2009–10, 2010–11, 2013–14, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20
• Egypt Cup: 2016–17, 2019–20
• Egyptian Super Cup: 2010, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018
• CAF Champions League: 2012, 2013
• CAF Confederation Cup: 2014
• CAF Super Cup: 2013, 2014

Pyramids

• Egypt Cup: 2023–24