Ahmed Shoukry Abdelraouf Aly Khalifa ( ar, أحمد شكري عبد الرؤوف علي خليفة) (born July 7, 1989) is an Egyptian

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who plays as an

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for Al Mokawloon Al Arab. He has been dubbed as the new

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for his technical skill, speed and left foot.

Career

Shoukry has made his debut with

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in 2009–10

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on 19 October 2009 Against

Petrojet Petrojet Sporting Club ( ar, نادي بتروجيت الرياضي) is an Egyptian sports club based in Suez, Egypt. The club is related to Petrojet, a construction company specialized in oil, gas and petrochemical industries. Petrojet is mainly ...

. Due to the absences of many stars like Mohamed Abo-Treika, Shoukry played in very important matches against Ismaily and Zamalek and he proved he is a great player and can fill in the role of Abo-Treika. Shoukry scored his first goal against Ittihad El-Shorta after coming on as a substitute to help Al Ahly win the game 4–2. Shoukry scored his second goal on the CAF Champions league 2010 in the second leg against Gunners in Cairo to help Al Ahly win the game 2–0. In July 2011, he moved to

Telephonat Bani Sweif Telephonat Beni Suef Sporting Club ( ar, نادي تليفونات بني سويف الرياضي), sometimes referred to as TE Beni Suef, is an Egyptian sports club based in Beni Suef, Egypt. The club currently plays in the Egyptian Second Divis ...

on a loan deal, scoring 4 goals in 15 games, in the uncompleted 2011–12 Egyptian League. Shoukry started 2013 with Al Ahly as a substitute, but after the arrival of Mohamed Youssef the new coach Shoukry was put in the starting line up against Telephonat Beni Suef and scored his first goal this season with Al Ahly from a shot the match after Shoukry was in the starting line up against ENPPI and scored from a volley and played a match against

Ghazl El Mahalla Ghazl El Mahalla Sporting Club ( ar, نادي غزل المحلة الرياضي), commonly referred to as El Mahalla or simply Mahalla, is an Egyptian football club based in El Mahalla El Kubra. They compete in the Egyptian Premier League, the to ...

but couldn't score and had chance in the post. Shoukry later played for

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, Al Masry, and ENPPI, before joining Al Mokawloon Al Arab in November 2020.

International career

Shoukry was a regular member of Egypt U-20 National team and participate in

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scoring 2 goals in the tournament and against Italy U-20 leading Egypt to a 4–2 win. After arriving late to France to join the Under-23 squad in their preparations for the

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, Shoukry ended up being benched for the entire tournament. After returning from France, he insulted the coaching staff and head coach

Hany Ramzy Hany Guda Ramzy ( ar, هانى جودة رمزى ) (born 10 March 1969) is an Egyptian football coach and former defender. Early life Ramzy was born in Abdeen region of Cairo to Coptic Orthodox parents. He has one sister, Miriam. Ramzy be ...

in public television. He criticized his techniques and accused him of being unfair. Ramzy later omitted him from the squad stating that Shoukry would never play in the

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