{{short description|Egyptian footballer (born 1992)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2019}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Omar Gaber | image = Zen-Baz16 (7).jpg | caption = Gaber with Basel in 2016 | full_name = Omar Mahmoud El Sayed Gaber<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.whoscored.com/Players/115283/Show/Omar-Gaber|title=Omar Gaber|website=whoscored.com|access-date=6 June 2022 }}</ref> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1992|1|30|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tournament.fifadata.com/documents/FWC/2018/pdf/FWC_2018_SQUADLISTS.PDF|title=2018 FIFA World Cup Russia: List of players: Egypt|publisher=FIFA|page=9|date=17 June 2018|access-date=17 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180809172227/https://tournament.fifadata.com/documents/FWC/2018/pdf/FWC_2018_SQUADLISTS.PDF|archive-date=9 August 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> | birth_place = Cairo, Egypt | height = 1.74 m<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kicker.de/omar-gaber/spieler|title=Omar Gaber: Verein|trans-title=Omar Gaber: Club|publisher=Kicker|access-date=6 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220422052237/https://www.kicker.de/omar-gaber/spieler|archive-date=22 April 2022 }}</ref> | position = Right-back, Right midfielder | currentclub = Zamalek | clubnumber = 4 | youthyears1 = 1996–2010 | youthclubs1 = Zamalek | years1 = 2010–2016 | clubs1 = Zamalek | caps1 = 114 | goals1 = 10 | years2 = 2016–2018 | clubs2 = Basel | caps2 = 13 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 2018 | clubs3 = → Los Angeles (loan) | caps3 = 7 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 2018–2022 | clubs4 = Pyramids | caps4 = 103 | goals4 = 2 | years5 = 2021 | clubs5 = → Tala'ea El Gaish (loan) | caps5 = 0 | goals5 = 0 | years6 = 2022– | clubs6 = Zamalek | caps6 = 43 | goals6 = 1 | nationalyears1 = 2011 | nationalteam1 = Egypt U20 | nationalcaps1 = 8 | nationalgoals1 = 1 | nationalyears2 = 2011–2012 | nationalteam2 = Egypt U23 | nationalcaps2 = 8 | nationalgoals2 = 1 | nationalyears3 = 2011–2022 | nationalteam3 = Egypt | nationalcaps3 = 33 | nationalgoals3 = 1 | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Country|{{EGY}}}} {{Medal|RU|2017 Gabon|}} | pcupdate = 12 August 2024 | nationalteam-update = 27 September 2023 | upright = 0.9 }}
'''Omar Mahmoud El Sayed Gaber''' ({{langx|ar|عمر محمود السيد جابر}}; born 30 January 1992) is an Egyptian footballer who plays for Egyptian Premier League side Zamalek, mainly as a right-back but sometimes as a right midfielder.<ref>{{cite web|title=Omar Gaber|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/omar-gaber/138942/|work=Soccerway|publisher=Global Sports Media|access-date=15 December 2011}}</ref>
==Club career== [[File:HASSAN_MOHAMED-6.jpg|thumb|Zamalek players; from left to right: Seifeddine Jaziri, Shikabala, Gaber and Zizo in 2021.]]
===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 would pay Zamalek 1.65 million Euros to acquire Gaber's services.<ref name="ahram online 2016-05-10">{{cite web | author=<!--staff writer--> | year = 2016 | url = http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/6/51/216515/Sports/Egyptian-Football/Zamaleks-Omar-Gaber-completes-€-million-move-to-Ba.aspx | title = Zamalek's Omar Gaber completes €1.65 million move to Basel | publisher = ahram online | access-date = 10 May 2016}}</ref>
===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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Basel sign Zamalek's Omar Gaber|url=http://www.kingfut.com/2016/05/05/basel-reach-agreement-omar-gaber/|work=King Fut|date=4 May 2016|access-date=5 May 2016}}</ref> 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.<ref name="fcb-aktuell-2016/17">{{cite web | author-link = | date = 10 May 2016 | url = https://www.fcb.ch/aktuell/news/1-mannschaft/2016/05/der-fc-basel-1893-verpflichtet-omar-gaber | title = Der FC Basel 1893 verpflichtet Omar Gaber | format = | trans-title = FC Basel 1893 signed Omar Gaber | publisher = FC Basel 1893 AG | language = de | access-date = 2022-11-16}}</ref><ref name="kingfut 2016-05-11">{{cite web | first = Mohamed | last = Tosson | year = 2016 | url = http://www.kingfut.com/2016/05/11/omar-gaber-basel-fans-are-really-great/ | title = Omar Gaber: Basel fans' singing reminds me of Egypt | publisher = kingfut.com | access-date = 11 May 2016}}</ref>
[[File:Zen-Baz16 (1).jpg|thumb|210px|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 in his domestic league debut for the club in the St. Jakob-Park on 24 July 2016 in a 3–0 home win against Sion.<ref name="fcb-achiv-2016/17-FCB-Sion">{{cite web | author=<!--staff writer--> | author-link = | date = 24 July 2016 | url = https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/spiele?command=detail&id=31121 | title = FC Basel - FC Sion 3:0 (2:0) | format = | publisher = Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” | access-date = 2022-11-16}}</ref> Under trainer Urs Fischer, Gaber and Basel won the Swiss Super League championship at the end of the 2016–17 Super League season.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.espnfc.com/fc-basel/story/3114640/basel-win-eighth-straight-title-in-swiss-super-league|title=Basel win eighth straight title in Swiss Super League|work=ESPNFC.com|access-date=6 April 2018}}</ref> For the club this was the eighth title in a row and their 20th championship in total.<ref name="fcb-aktuell-2016/17-Saisonabschluss">{{cite web | author=<!--staff writer--> | author-link = | date = 2 June 2017 | url = https://www.fcb.ch/aktuell/news/1-mannschaft/2017/06/der-saisonabschluss-im-zeitraffer/ | title = Der Saisonabschluss im Zeitraffer | format = | work = The end of the season in fast motion | publisher = FC Basel 1893 AG | language = de | access-date = 2022-11-16}}</ref> 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.<ref name="allaboutgeneva.com">{{cite web|title=Swiss football: FC Basel wins 3–0 over Sion in Geneva; police extra vigilant after game|url=https://allaboutgeneva.com/2017/05/25/swiss-football-fc-basel-wins-3-0-over-sion-in-geneva-police-extra-vigilant-after-game|publisher=allaboutgeneva.com|date=25 May 2017|access-date=25 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190517125506/https://allaboutgeneva.com/2017/05/25/swiss-football-fc-basel-wins-3-0-over-sion-in-geneva-police-extra-vigilant-after-game/|archive-date=17 May 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref>
In the following season Gaber did not have 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.<ref name="fcb-aktuell-Los Angeles-Gaber-loan">{{cite web | author=<!--staff writer--> | author-link = | date = 21 November 2017 | url = https://www.fcb.ch/aktuell/news/1-mannschaft/2017/11/omar-gaber-leihweise-zum-los-angeles-football-club | title = Omar Gaber leihweise zum Los Angeles Football Club | format = | work = Omar Gaber on loan to Los Angeles Football Club | publisher = FC Basel 1893 AG | language = de | access-date = 2022-11-16}}</ref> Gaber did not return to the club. During his short period with Basel, 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.<ref name="fcb-achiv-Omar Gaber">{{cite web | author=<!--staff writer--> | authorlink = | year = 2022 | url = https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/spieler?command=detail&id=9753 | title = Omar Gaber - FCB statistic | format = | publisher = Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” | accessdate = 2022-11-16}}</ref>
===Loan to Los Angeles FC=== In January 2018, Gaber joined Los Angeles FC on loan from Basel, with Los Angeles having an option to take the player permanently. In his first 6 months Gaber played seven games in the Major League Soccer.
===Pyramids FC=== On 12 July 2018, Los Angeles picked up their option on making Omar Gaber's loan from FC Basel permanent. Basel confirmed the deal on the same day. <ref name="fcb-aktuell-Los Angelas-Gaber-definitiv">{{cite web | author=<!--staff writer--> | author-link = | date = 12 July 2018 | url = https://www.fcb.ch/aktuell/news/1-mannschaft/2018/07/los-angeles-fc-uebernimmt-omar-gaber-definitiv | title = Los Angeles FC übernimmt Omar Gaber definitiv | format = | work = Los Angeles FC will definitely take on Omar Gaber | publisher = FC Basel 1893 AG | language = de | access-date = 2022-11-16}}</ref> However, Los Angeles immediately transferred him to Egyptian Premier League side Pyramids FC.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kingfut.com/2018/07/12/lafc-gaber-transfer-pyramids/|title = LAFC make Omar Gaber move permanent, transfer him to Pyramids FC|date = 12 July 2018}}</ref>
===Return to Zamalek=== In September 2022, Gaber returned to his original club Zamalek, signing a contract until 2025. He won the CAF Confederation Cup in 2024 with Zamalek.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.kingfut.com/2022/09/24/omar-gaber-zamalek-return/ |title=OFFICIAL: Omar Gaber completes Zamalek return from Pyramids FC |website=kingfut.com |date=24 September 2022 }}</ref>
==International career== Gaber made 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 made his debut for Egypt U23 on 27 November of the same year in the 1–0 victory against Gabon U23. He made his debut for the Egyptian men's national football team in 2011.<ref name="NFT"/> In 2012, he was part of the Egyptian team at the Summer Olympics.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Omar Gaber at Olympics.com |url=https://olympics.com/en/athletes/omar-gaber |access-date=14 December 2024 |website=Olympics.com}}</ref>
In May 2018 he was named in Egypt's preliminary squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.<ref>{{cite web|title= World Cup 2018: All the confirmed squads for this summer's finals in Russia|url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/440833652018}}{{dead link|date=September 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
==Career statistics== ===International=== :''Statistics accurate as of match played 27 September 2022.''<ref name="NFT">{{NFT player|id=44926|accessdate=27 September 2022}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" !colspan="3"|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.''<ref name="NFT"/>
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:100%;" ! No. !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition |- | 1. || 15 June 2019 || Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria, Egypt || {{fb|GUI}} || align=center | '''3'''–1 || align=center | 3–1 || Friendly |}
==Honours== '''Zamalek''' *Egyptian Premier League: 2014–15, 2025–26 *Egypt Cup: 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2024–25 * CAF Confederation Cup: 2023–24 *CAF Super Cup: 2024
'''Basel''' * Swiss Super League: 2016–17 * Swiss Cup: 2016–17<ref name="allaboutgeneva.com"/>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category}} * {{FIFA player}} * {{UEFA player}} * {{Olympics.com}} * {{Olympedia}}
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