Seif El-Deraa
{{Short description|Egyptian handball player (born 1998)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox handball biography
| name = Seif El-Deraa
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1998|9|6|df=y}}
| birth_place = Cairo, Egypt
| nationality = Egyptian
| height = 1.87 m
| position =
| currentclub = Limoges Handball
| clubnumber = 45
| youthyears1 = 2005–2017
| youthclubs1 = Heliopolis SC
| years1 = 2017–2021
| clubs1 = Heliopolis SC
| years2 = 2021–2022
| clubs2 = Zamalek SC
| years3 = 2022–2025
| clubs3 = Limoges Handball
| years4 = 2025–
| clubs4 = FC Barcelona
| nationalyears1 = 2020–
| nationalteam1 = Egypt
| nationalcaps1 = 71
| nationalgoals1 = 134
| ntupdate =
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalCompetition|African Championship}}
{{MedalGold|2020 Egypt|}}
{{MedalGold|2022 Egypt|}}
{{MedalGold|2024 Egypt|}}
{{MedalCompetition|African Games}}
{{MedalSilver|2019 Rabat|Team}}
{{MedalCompetition|Mediterranean Games}}
{{MedalSilver|2022 Oran|Team}}
{{MedalCompetition|Junior World Championship}}
{{MedalBronze|2019 Spain|}}
}}
Seif El-Deraa (born 19 September 1998) is an Egyptian handball player who plays for Limoges Handball and the Egyptian national team.{{cite web |url=https://www.lh-handball.fr/blog/2022/03/14/seif-elderaa-sengage-en-faveur-du-lh/ |title=Seif Elderaa s’engage en faveur du LH ! |website=lh-handball.fr |language=fr |access-date=2022-03-14}}
Career
He first started handball at Heliopolis SC. then played for Zamalek SC, where he won the Egyptian Handball League in 2022 and 2021 African Supercup. in 2022 he joined Limoges. Summer 2025 he will join Barcelona.{{cite web |url=https://www.fcbarcelona.com/en/handball/first-team/photos/4237999/seif-elderaa-2027 |title=Seif Elderaa 2027 |website=fcbarcelona.com}}
=National Team=
He participated at the 2019 Junior World Championship. With the Egyptian senior national team he won the 2020,2022 and 2024 African championships. He represented Egypt at the 2021 World Championship, and the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.{{Cite web |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/handball/athlete-profile-n1302983-elderaa-seif.htm |title=ELDERAA Seif |work=Tokyo 2020 Olympics |publisher=Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games |access-date=26 July 2021 |archive-date=26 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210726093542/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/handball/athlete-profile-n1302983-elderaa-seif.htm |url-status=dead }} where Egypt finished at a surprising 4th place, 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. At the 2023, 2025 World Championship he reached the quarterfinal with Egypt.
Honours
;Club
Zamalek SC
;International
Egypt
References
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External links
- {{International Handball Federation}}
- {{Olympedia}}
- {{Olympics.com}}
- [https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/seif-elderaa_1928063 Seif El-Deraa] at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
- {{Instagram}}
{{Egypt handball squad 2020 Summer Olympics}}
{{Egypt squad 2021 World Men's Handball Championship}}
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Category:Egyptian male handball players
Category:Olympic handball players for Egypt
Category:Handball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Category:Handball players at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Category:African Games silver medalists for Egypt
Category:African Games silver medalists in handball
Category:Handball players at the 2019 African Games
Category:Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Egypt
Category:Mediterranean Games medalists in handball
Category:Handball players at the 2022 Mediterranean Games
Category:Egyptian expatriate handball players
Category:Egyptian expatriate sportspeople in France
Category:Expatriate handball players in France
Category:Sportspeople from Cairo
Category:21st-century Egyptian sportsmen
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