Amro Sherif (born June 14, 1991 in Cairo, Egypt) is an Egyptian basketball player currently playing for Al Gezira of the Egyptian Super League.[1] He is a member of the Egypt national basketball team.

Sherif participated with the senior Egypt national basketball team for the first time at the 2009 FIBA Africa Championship.[2] The 18-year-old saw action off the bench for the team, scoring a team-leading 18 points in an eighth final loss to Libya[3] He also competed for Egypt at the FIBA Under-19 World Championship 2009 after helping the team win the 2008 FIBA Africa U-18 Championship.[4] His 21.8 points per game led all scorers at the U-18 Africa Championship and his 19 points per game made him the fourth highest scorer at the FIBA Under-19 World Championship 2009.[5][6]

References edit

  1. ^ Egypt national basketball team Archived 2013-03-13 at the Wayback Machine at Africabasket.com
  2. ^ Profile Archived 2009-08-17 at the Wayback Machine at FIBA.com
  3. ^ FIBA Archive
  4. ^ "FIBA profile". Archived from the original on 2009-08-17. Retrieved 2009-09-01.
  5. ^ U-18 Tournament Leaders at FIBA.com
  6. ^ U-19 Tournament Leaders at FIBA.com