Yehia El-Deraa

Yehia El-Deraa
Personal information
Born (1995-07-17) 17 July 1995 (age 29)
Cairo, Egypt
Nationality Egyptian
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Playing position Left back/Centre back
Club information
Current club ONE Veszprém
Number 39
Senior clubs
Years Team
0000–2016
Heliopolis
2016–2017
Al Ahly
2017–2018
Ribe-Esbjerg HH
2018–2022
Zamalek
2022–
ONE Veszprém
National team
Years Team Apps
Egypt 145
Medal record
African Championship
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tunisia
Gold medal – first place 2022 Egypt
Gold medal – first place 2024 Egypt
Mediterranean Games
Silver medal – second place 2022 Oran Team

Yehia Mohamed Yehia El-Deraa (Arabic: يحيى محمد يحيى الدرع; born 17 July 1995) is an Egyptian handball player for ONE Veszprém and the Egyptian national team.[1]

He represented Egypt at the World Men's Handball Championship in 2015, 2017, 2019,[2][3] and 2021, and in the 2016 Summer Olympics.

At the 2020 African Men's Handball Championship, he won the gold medal and was elected Most Valuable Player.

  1. ^ 2015 World Championship Roster (PDF), IHF, retrieved 15 January 2015
  2. ^ 2019 World Men's Handball Championship roster
  3. ^ "إعلان قائمة مصر النهائية لمونديال اليد". kooora.com. 7 January 2019.