| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ahmed Abdel Azim Fathy Gaafar | ||
| Date of birth | (1985-12-21)December 21, 1985 (age 40) | ||
| Place of birth | El-bagour,Monufia,Egypt | ||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Position | Center forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Sers Ellian | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2006–2008 | Menouf | ?? | (??) |
| 2008–2009 | Itesalat | 30 | (11) |
| 2009–2014 | Zamalek | 133 | (44) |
| 2014–2015 | ENPPI | 21 | (7) |
| 2015–2016 | Petrojet | 28 | (13) |
| 2016–2017 | Zamalek | 8 | (1) |
| 2017 | Misr Lel Makkasa | ||
| 2017–2018 | Petrojet | ||
| 2018–2019 | Tala'ea El Gaish | 17 | (2) |
| 2019–2020 | Al-Tersana | ||
| 2021 | ZED | ||
| 2021–2022 | Zamalek (UAE) | ||
| 2022–2023 | Diamond | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| Egyptian Military Team | 1 | (5) | |
| 2013– | Egypt | 6 | (2) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 8 November 2008 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 19 November 2008 | |||
Ahmed Gaafar (Arabic: أحمد جعفر; born December 21, 1985)[1] is an Egyptianfootballer. He is known for playing withZamalek.
In2008–09 Egyptian Premier League season, Gaafar scored 11 goals[2] forItesalat making him the top goal scorer of his team. However, those goals were not enough to save Itesalat from relegation to the second division that season. As a result, he transferred toZamalek before the beginning of the 2009/2010 season. In season 2009/2010 he scored 9 goals beginning his first season with zamalek. Even with the return ofAmr Zaki from his loan move fromHull City A.F.C., and the arrival of 3 strikers: IvorianAbou Kone, IraqiEmad Mohammed, and AlgerianMohamed Amine Aoudia in the 2010/2011 season, Gaafar remained the first choice striker for Zamalek under the coaching ofHossam Hassan. In that season, Gaafar was among the league's top scorers finishing with 11 goals making him the second top scorer for Zamalek that season with 11 goals, whereShikabala had finished first in Zamalek with 13. On April 23, 2012, Gaafar revealed that TurkishBesiktas and BelgianAnderlecht and several other European clubs were interested in his services and looking to acquire him in the 2012 summer transfer window.
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