Omar Gaber

Omar Gaber (Arabic: عمر جابر‎; born 30 January 1992) is an Egyptian footballer who plays for Egyptian Premier League side Pyramids and the Egyptian national team mainly as a right-back but also sometimes as a midfielder.[2]

Omar Gaber
Gaber in 2016
Personal information
Full name Omar Mahmoud El Sayed Gaber
Date of birth (1992-01-30) 30 January 1992
Place of birth Cairo, Egypt
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) Right-back, Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Pyramids
Number 4
Youth career
1997–2010 Zamalek
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2016 Zamalek 117 (10)
2016–2018 Basel 13 (0)
2018 → Los Angeles (loan) 7 (0)
2018 Los Angeles 0 (0)
2018– Pyramids 42 (1)
National team‡
2011–2012 Egypt U20 6 (1)
2011–2014 Egypt U23 20 (2)
2011– Egypt 27 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:23, 14 February 2019 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16:58, 26 March 2019 (UTC)

Club career

Zamalek

Gaber played his youth football at Zamalek. In July 2010 he was called into their first team.[3]

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.[4] On 10 May Basel announced that they had signed Gaber on a four-year deal.[5][6] He made his first team league debut on 24 July 2016 in the 3–0 home win against Sion.[7] Under trainer Urs Fischer Gaber won the Swiss Super League championship at the end of the 2016–17 Super League season.[8] For the club this was the eighth title in a row and their 20th championship title in total.[9] 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.[10]

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.[11]

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.[12]

In May 2018 he was named in Egypt's preliminary squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.[13]

Career statistics

International
Statistics accurate as of match played 15 June 2018.[14]
Egypt
YearAppsGoals
201120
201210
201340
201420
201530
201660
201710
201830
201951
Total271

International goals
Scores and results list Egypt's goal tally first.[15]
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.15 June 2019Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria, Egypt Guinea3–13–1Friendly

Honours

Club

Zamalek

Basel

International

Egypt

References
  1. "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.
  2. "Omar Gaber". Soccerway. Global Sports Media. Retrieved 15 December 2011.
  3. ahram online (2016). "Zamalek's Omar Gaber completes €1.65 million move to Basel". ahram online. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
  4. "Basel sign Zamalek's Omar Gaber". King Fut. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  5. FC Basel 1893 (2016). "Der FC Basel 1893 verpflichtet Omar Gaber". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
  6. Tosson, Mohamed (2016). "Omar Gaber: Basel fans' singing reminds me of Egypt". kingfut.com. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  7. Marti, Caspar (2016). "3:0 GEGEN SION – DER FCB WAR BEIM AUFTAKT PARAT". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  8. "Basel win eighth straight title in Swiss Super League". ESPNFC.com. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  9. Marti, Casper (2017). "Der Saisonabschluss im Zeitraffer". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  10. "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.
  11. https://www.kingfut.com/2018/07/12/lafc-gaber-transfer-pyramids/
  12. "Omar Gaber". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  13. "World Cup 2018: All the confirmed squads for this summer's finals in Russia".
  14. Omar Gaber at National-Football-Teams.com
  15. "Omar Gaber". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
  16. "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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