Finally, he made his debut the following year on the national team and has since become arguably hockey's most prolific goalscorer of all time.
He struggled for form in 199899 scoring 11 goals before he became a regular goalscorer in 19992000.
He has also become the season's top goalscorer three times (in 1995, 1997, and 1998), which is also an unbeaten record.
He also ranked, at one time, the club's second all-time top goalscorer, thanks in part to his excellent penalty-taking ability.
He finished that season as the fourth top goalscorer, with 23 goals.
His natural and favorite position was that of attacking midfielder, but he could also play as a forward, being an exceptional goalscorer.
Aboutrika was the top goalscorer of the competition with 4 goals.
He was surprisingly small (5 feet 5 inches in height) in an era of big centre forwards, yet he was a prolific goalscorer.
