Stephan Kareem El Shaarawy (arabic ستيفان كريم الشعراوي‎; born 27 October 1992), is an italian professional footballer, who plays as a striker for Serie A club Milan and the Italy national team. He is nicknamed Il Faraone (The Pharaoh). El Shaarawy started his career at Genoa, and was signed by Milan due to a successful loan at Padova. He has become a key player for Milan since the move of Zlatan Ibrahimović to Paris Saint-Germain. In 2012, El Shaarawy was listed 52nd in The 100 best footballers in the world by the guardian
El Shaarawy has represented the Italy national team and Italy U21 national team, and also played for the Italy U17 national team and Italy U19 national team. He made his senior international debut in August 2012, in a friendly match against England. Three months after his international debut, El Shaarawy scored his first international goal against France in November 2012.