Ahmed Gaafar ( Arabic: أحمد جعفر; born December 21, 1985) is an Egyptian

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. He is known for playing with Zamalek.

Career

In 2008–09 Egyptian Premier League season, Gaafar scored 11 goalsEgyptian League Scorers 2008/2009
egyptianfootball.net, retrieved 26 March 2010 for Itesalat making him the top goal scorer of his team. However, those goals were not enough to save Itesalat from relegation to the second division that season. As a result, he transferred to Zamalek before the beginning of the 2009/2010 season. In season 2009/2010 he scored 9 goals beginning his first season with zamalek. Even with the return of

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from his loan move from

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, and the arrival of 3 strikers: Ivorian Abou Kone, Iraqi Emad Mohammed, and Algerian

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in the 2010/2011 season, Gaafar remained the first choice striker for Zamalek under the coaching of Hossam Hassan. In that season, Gaafar was among the league's top scorers finishing with 11 goals making him the second top scorer for Zamalek that season with 11 goals, where

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had finished first in Zamalek with 13. On April 23, 2012, Gaafar revealed that Turkish Besiktas and Belgian

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and several other European clubs were interested in his services and looking to acquire him in the 2012 summer transfer window.

Honors

;Zamalek SC: * Egypt Cup (3):

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;Individual: * Egypt Cup Top Goalscorer:

(5 goals)

References

1985 births Living people Egyptian men's footballers Egyptian expatriate men's footballers Zamalek SC players ENPPI SC players Petrojet SC players Misr Lel Makkasa SC players Tala'ea El Gaish SC players Tersana SC players ZED FC players Zamalek FC (UAE) players Egyptian Premier League players UAE Third Division League players Expatriate men's footballers in the United Arab Emirates Egyptian expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates Men's association football forwards People from Monufia Governorate {{Egypt-footy-forward-stub