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Omar Gaber
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Gaber with Basel in 2016
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-01-30) 30 January 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth Cairo, Egypt
Height 1.74 m
Playing position Right-back, Right midfielder
Club information
Current club Zamalek
Number 4
Youth career
1996–2010 Zamalek
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2016 Zamalek 114 (10)
2016–2018 Basel 13 (0)
2018 Los Angeles (loan) 7 (0)
2018–2022 Pyramids 103 (2)
2021 → Tala'ea El Gaish (loan) 0 (0)
2022– Zamalek 43 (1)
National team
2011 Egypt U20 8 (1)
2011–2012 Egypt U23 8 (1)
2011–2022 Egypt 33 (1)
Honours
Representing  Egypt
Runner-up 2017 Gabon
  • Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 August 2024.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 27 September 2023

Omar Mahmoud El Sayed Gaber (Arabic: عمر محمود السيد جابر; born 30 January 1992) is an Egyptian footballer who plays for Egyptian Premier League side Zamalek and mainly as a right-back but also sometimes as a right midfielder.

Club career

Zamalek

Gaber played his youth football at Zamalek. In the 2009/10 season he advanced to their first team and soon played for them regularly. On 10 May 2016 it was announced that he would move to Switzerland. Egyptian media reports said Basel will pay Zamalek 1.65 million euros to acquire Gaber's services.

Basel

In May 2016, FC Basel had reached an agreement with Zamalek to transfer Gaber during the summer transfer window. He was assigned the number 4 shirt. The 24-year-old Gaber became the fourth Egyptian player to join Basel in less than five years, after signing a four-year contract with the Swiss side. On 10 May Basel confirmed the four-year deal.

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Gaber plays for Basel in 2016

On 1 July 2016 Gaber joined Basel's first team for their 2016–17 season under head coach Urs Fischer. After playing in six test games Gaber played his domestic league debut for the club in the home game in the St. Jakob-Park on 24 July 2016 in the 3–0 home win against Sion. Under trainer Urs Fischer Gaber won the Swiss Super League championship at the end of the 2016–17 Super League season. For the club this was the eighth title in a row and their 20th championship title in total. They also won the Swiss Cup for the twelfth time, which meant they had won the double for the sixth time in the club's history. Gaber played in three cup games.

In the following season Gaber was not gaining much playing time and so the club looked for another solution. On 21 November 2017 Basel announced that Gaber would be loaned out to Los Angeles Football Club so that he could obtain match practice in the North American professional league. Gaber was not to return to the club. During his short period with RotBlau, Gaber played a total of 30 games for Basel without scoring a goal. 13 of these games were in the Swiss Super League, six in the Swiss Cup, one in the Champions League and ten were friendly games.

Loan to Los Angeles FC

In January 2018, Gaber joined Los Angeles FC on loan from Basel, with an option of taking over the player on a definitive basis. In his first 6 months Gaber played seven games in the Major League Soccer.

Pyramids FC

On 12 July 2018, MLS expansion side LAFC picked up their option on making Omar Gaber's loan from FC Basel permanent. Basel confirmed the deal on the same day. However, the club immediately completed his transfer to Egyptian Premier League side Pyramids FC.

Return to Zamalek

In September 2022, Gaber returned to his parent club Zamalek, by signing a contract until 2025. He won with Zamalek the CAF Confederation Cup in 2024.

International career

Gaber played his debut for Egypt U20 on 17 April 2011 in the 2–0 victory against Lesotho U20. He represented Egypt at the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Colombia.

Gaber played his debut for Egypt U23 on 27 November of the same year in the 1–0 victory against Gabon U23. He played his debut for Egypt in 2011.

In May 2018 he was named in Egypt's preliminary squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.

Career statistics

International

Statistics accurate as of match played 27 September 2022.
Egypt
Year Apps Goals
2011 2 0
2012 0 0
2013 3 0
2014 1 0
2015 3 0
2016 6 0
2017 1 0
2018 3 0
2019 4 1
2020 0 0
2021 3 0
2022 7 0
Total 33 1

International goals

Scores and results list Egypt's goal tally first.
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 15 June 2019 Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria, Egypt  Guinea 3–1 3–1 Friendly

Honours

Zamalek

  • Egyptian Premier League: 2014–15
  • Egypt Cup: 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15
  • CAF Confederation Cup: 2023–24
  • CAF Super Cup: 2024

Basel

See also

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