Cairo giants Zamalek have officially announced the signing of 22-year-old Palestinian striker Omar Faraj from Swedish club AIK.
The deal is said to be worth around $1.1m, with the player signing a three-year deal that will keep him at the club until June 2027.
There is also a sell-on clause that would allow the Swedish club to earn 15% of any future transfer fee Zamalek receives for the player.
The international registration card of the player has been sent to Zamalek to formally complete the deal and Faraj will join the club after the international break.
Capped twice by Palestine, Faraj was an unused sub as the Fedayeen earned a historic point against South Korea in Seoul in the opening game of the AFC World Cup qualifiers.
Faraj, born in Stockholm, Sweden, started his career at IF Brommapojkarna, before moving to Levante in Spain in 2021, playing mainly for the B team while featuring just once for the first team in a La Liga win over Rayo Vallecano in May 2022.
Searching for more playing time, Faraj returned to Sweden through top-tier club Degerfors IF on loan, before completing a permanent move to AIK in the winter of 2023 through AIK.
This season, Faraj scored once and assisted twice in 13 games for AIK in the Allsvenskan as the team currently sit fifth on the league table.
He was linked with a move to Zamalek’s arch-rivals Al Ahly earlier this summer, before head coach Marcel Koller opted for different names up top.
Born to parents of Palestinian descent, Faraj made his full international debut for Sweden in January 2023 in friendly wins against Finland and Iceland, before deciding to represent Palestine just last June.