Omar Gaber
![]() Gaber plays for Basel in 2016 | ||||||||||
Personal information | ||||||||||
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Full name | Omar Mahmoud El Sayed Gaber[1] | |||||||||
Date of birth | [2] | 30 January 1992|||||||||
Place of birth | Cairo, Egypt | |||||||||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[3] | |||||||||
Position(s) | Right-back, Midfielder | |||||||||
Club information | ||||||||||
Current team | Zamalek | |||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||
1997–2010 | Zamalek | |||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||
2010–2016 | Zamalek | 114 | (10) | |||||||
2016–2018 | Basel | 13 | (0) | |||||||
2018-2018 | Los Angeles | 7 | (0) | |||||||
2018–2022 | Pyramids | 103 | (2) | |||||||
2022– | Zamalek | 0 | (0) | |||||||
National team‡ | ||||||||||
2011–2012 | Egypt U20 | 6 | (1) | |||||||
2011–2014 | Egypt U23 | 20 | (2) | |||||||
2011– | Egypt | 26 | (1) | |||||||
Honours
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 March 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 September 2021 |
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 the Egyptian national team mainly as a right-back but also sometimes as a midfielder.[4]
Club career
Zamalek
Gaber played his youth football at Zamalek. In July 2010 he was called into their first team.[5]
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.[6] On 10 May Basel announced that they had signed Gaber on a four-year deal.[7][8] He made his first team league debut on 24 July 2016 in the 3–0 home win against Sion.[9] Under trainer Urs Fischer Gaber won the Swiss Super League championship at the end of the 2016–17 Super League season.[10] For the club this was the eighth title in a row and their 20th championship title in total.[11] 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.[12]
Los Angeles FC
In January 2018, Gaber joined Los Angeles FC on loan from Basel.
Pyramids FC
On 12 July 2018, MLS expansion side LAFC picked up their option on making Omar Gaber's loan from FC Basel permanent. However, the club immediately completed his transfer to Egyptian Premier League side Pyramids FC.[13]
Return to Zamalek
In September 2022, Gaber returned to his parent club Zamalek, by signing a contract until 2025.[14]
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.[15]
In May 2018 he was named in Egypt's preliminary squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.[16]
Career statistics
International
- Statistics accurate as of match played 15 June 2018.[17]
Egypt | ||
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Year | Apps | Goals |
2011 | 2 | 0 |
2012 | 1 | 0 |
2013 | 4 | 0 |
2014 | 2 | 0 |
2015 | 3 | 0 |
2016 | 6 | 0 |
2017 | 1 | 0 |
2018 | 3 | 0 |
2019 | 5 | 1 |
Total | 27 | 1 |
International goals
- Scores and results list Egypt's goal tally first.[18]
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 15 June 2019 | Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria, Egypt | ![]() |
3–1 | 3–1 | Friendly |
Honours
Club
Zamalek
Basel
International
Egypt
- Africa Cup of Nations Runner-up: 2017
References
- ^ "Omar Gaber". whoscored.com. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
- ^ "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia: List of players: Egypt" (PDF). FIFA. 17 June 2018. p. 9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 August 2018. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
- ^ "Omar Gaber: Verein" [Omar Gaber: Club]. Kicker. Archived from the original on 22 April 2022. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
- ^ "Omar Gaber". Soccerway. Global Sports Media. Retrieved 15 December 2011.
- ^ ahram online (2016). "Zamalek's Omar Gaber completes €1.65 million move to Basel". ahram online. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
- ^ "Basel sign Zamalek's Omar Gaber". King Fut. 4 May 2016. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
- ^ FC Basel 1893 (2016). "Der FC Basel 1893 verpflichtet Omar Gaber". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
- ^ Tosson, Mohamed (2016). "Omar Gaber: Basel fans' singing reminds me of Egypt". kingfut.com. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
- ^ Marti, Caspar (2016). "3:0 GEGEN SION – DER FCB WAR BEIM AUFTAKT PARAT". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
- ^ "Basel win eighth straight title in Swiss Super League". ESPNFC.com. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
- ^ Marti, Casper (2017). "Der Saisonabschluss im Zeitraffer". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
- ^ "Swiss football: FC Basel wins 3–0 over Sion in Geneva; police extra vigilant after game". allaboutgeneva.com. 25 May 2017. Archived from the original on 17 May 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
- ^ "LAFC make Omar Gaber move permanent, transfer him to Pyramids FC". 12 July 2018.
- ^ "OFFICIAL: Omar Gaber completes Zamalek return from Pyramids FC". kingfut.com. 24 September 2022.
- ^ "Omar Gaber". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
- ^ "World Cup 2018: All the confirmed squads for this summer's finals in Russia".
- ^ Omar Gaber at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ "Omar Gaber". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
- ^ "Swiss football: FC Basel wins 3–0 over Sion in Geneva; police extra vigilant after game". allaboutgeneva.com. 25 May 2017. Archived from the original on 17 May 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
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- Living people
- Sportspeople from Cairo
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- Zamalek SC players
- FC Basel players
- Los Angeles FC players
- Expatriate footballers in Switzerland
- Expatriate soccer players in the United States
- Egyptian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
- Egyptian expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Swiss Super League players
- 2011 CAF U-23 Championship players
- Olympic footballers of Egypt
- Footballers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- 2017 Africa Cup of Nations players
- Egyptian Premier League players
- Major League Soccer players
- 2018 FIFA World Cup players
- Egypt international footballers
- Egypt youth international footballers
- Pyramids FC players
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