Abdel-Karim Sakr

Abd El-Karim Sakr

Personal information
Full name	Abd El-Karim Ezzat Sakr
Date of birth	8 November 1918
Place of birth	Cairo, Egypt
Date of death	March 6, 1994 (aged 75)[1]
Playing position	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1935-1938	Ahly
1938-1945	Al-Mokhtalat / Farouk
National team
	Egypt
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Abd El-Karim Sakr (Arabic: عبد الكريم صقر‎‎) (born 8 November 1918 – 6 March 1994) was an Egyptian football forward who played for Egypt & Farouk (Zamalek SC now).^[2]

International career

He represented Egypt in the 1936 Summer Olympics, scoring Egypt's only goal in the tournament. This goal was scored on 5 August 1936, when he was just 15 years and 113 days old. This made him the youngest international goalscorer ever, a record which stood until the year 2000.^[3] He also represented his country in the 1948 Summer Olympics.

References

1. https://zamalek.sc/new/print.php?id=215 Archived March 20, 2016, at the Wayback Machine.
2. http://zamalek.sc/new/article125.htm
3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-07-16. Retrieved 2015-07-18.