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Islam Shokry
Personal information
Full name	Islam Shokry Farag
Date of birth	October 1, 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth	Cairo, Egypt
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	Tersana
Youth career
	Arab Contractors
Senior career*
Years	Team
2004–2005	Arab Contractors
2005–2006	Ismaily
2006–2008	El-Olympi
2008– 2010	Lierse S.K.
2009	→ KVV Turnhout (loan)
2010– present	Tersana
International career
2003	Egypt U-21
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 September 2008

Islam Shokry (Arabic: إسلام شكري; born 1 January 1983) is an Egyptian footballer currently playing with Egyptian club Tersana. He was a member of the Egyptian U-21 youth team that won the 2003 African Youth Championship and participated in the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship held in the UAE.

Career

Shokry witnessed the golden age of Arab Contractors FC winning the 2003-04 Egyptian Cup against the African club of century Al Ahly, followed by the 2004 Egyptian Super Cup title against the other Egyptian giant Zamalek.

In August 2008, Shokry joined Lierse SK, which was competing in the Belgian Second Division at the time.^[1] He had a short spell with Lierse SK in Belgium. Although he managed to score many goals in the pre-seasons, he had tough time getting regular first-time football competing the team's captain Jurgen Cavens and former Fulham F.C. striker Tomasz Radzinski. So he moved on loan to K.V. Turnhout for the rest of the 2008-09 season.^[2] Scoring a debut goal and following it with many other goals.