Omar Mahmoud El Sayed Gaber ( ara, عمر محمود السيد جابر; born 30 January 1992) is an Egyptian

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

who plays for Egyptian Premier League side

Zamalek Zamalek ( ar, الزمالك , ''al zamalek'') is an affluent district of western Cairo encompassing the northern portion of Gezira Island in the Nile River. The island is connected with the river banks through three bridges each on the east ...

and the Egyptian national team mainly as a

right-back In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield position whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either s ...

but also sometimes as a

midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

Club career

Zamalek

Gaber played his youth football at

. 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 Fussball Club Basel 1893, widely known as FC Basel, FCB, or just Basel, is a Swiss football club based in Basel, in the Canton of Basel-Stadt. Formed in 1893, the club has been Swiss national champions 20 times, Swiss Cup winners 13 times, a ...

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. On 1 July 2016 Gaber joined Basel's first team for their 2016–17 season under head coach

Urs Fischer Urs Fischer (born 2 May 1973) is a Swiss-born contemporary visual artist living in New York City. Fischer’s practice includes sculpture, installation and photography. Education and early career Born to two doctors as the second of two children ...

. After playing in six test games Gaber played his domestic league debut for the club in the home game in the

St. Jakob-Park St. Jakob-Park () is a Swiss sports stadium in Basel. It is the largest football venue in Switzerland and home to FC Basel. "Joggeli", as the venue is nicknamed by the locals, was originally built with a capacity of 33,433 seats. The capacity w ...

on 24 July 2016 in the 3–0 home win against

Sion Sion may refer to * an alternative transliteration of Zion People * Sion (name) or Siôn, a Welsh and other given name and surname, including a list of people and fictional characters with the name * Shion or Sion, a Japanese given name Pl ...

. Under trainer

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 Pyramids Football Club ( ar, نادي بيراميدز لكرة القدم or ) is an Egyptian professional football club based in Cairo that competes in the Egyptian Premier League, the highest league in the Egyptian football league system. ...

Return to Zamalek

In September 2022, Gaber returned to his parent club Zamalek, by signing a contract until 2025.

International career

Gaber played his debut for Egypt U20 on 17 April 2011 in the 2–0 victory against Lesotho U20. He represented

Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Medit ...

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

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 15 June 2018.''

International goals

:''Scores and results list Egypt's goal tally first.''

Honours

Club

Zamalek * Egyptian Premier League: 2014–15 *

Egypt Cup The Egypt Cup (also known as Egyptian FA Cup, formerly King Farouk Cup) is the main knockout football cup competition in Egypt. List of finals The following table provides a summary of seasons: Notes: * The Winner and Runner-up of 1960–61 Eg ...

2012–13 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or the only entity. 1 is also a numerical digit and represents a single unit of counting or measurement. For example, a line segment of ''unit length'' is a line segment of length 1. I ...

, 2013–14, 2014–15 Basel * Swiss Super League: 2016–17 * Swiss Cup: 2016–17

International

Egypt * Africa Cup of Nations Runner-up:

2017 File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 ("Great American Eclipse"); North Korea tests a s ...

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gaber, Omar 1992 births Living people Sportspeople from Cairo Egyptian footballers Association football midfielders 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 Egyptian expatriate footballers 2019 Africa Cup of Nations players