Seif El-Deraa
Egyptian handball player
Seif El-Deraa (born 19 September 1998) is an Egyptian handball player who plays for FC Barcelona and the Egyptian national team.
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. in summer 2025 he joined Barcelona.
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. 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.
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