Egyptian giants Zamalek have reached a deal to sign 22-year-old Palestinian striker Omar Faraj from Sweden’s AIK.
Zamalek finalized the deal with the player and he is expected to join the club after completing international duty with the Palestinian national team.
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, scoring seven goals in 41 games since then.
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.
Faraj received his first call-up to the Palestine national team for the World Cup qualifiers and featured against Lebanon and Australia to help his country reach the third round as well as the 2027 AFC Asian Cup.