Published on 6/23/2026
The Spanish club Barcelona announced in an official statement, today, Tuesday, that it has signed a contract with the young Egyptian striker, Hamza Abdel Karim, on a three-year contract, in a move that confirms the Catalan club’s confidence in the player’s abilities and his promising future.
The club explained that the 18-year-old striker will become a permanent player in the team’s ranks, after the clause to buy his contract from Al-Ahly club was activated, to permanently join the club’s sports project.
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Hamza Abdel Karim initially moved to Barcelona on loan during the last winter transfer period, coming from Al-Ahly club, with a clause allowing the Spanish club to buy his contract at the end of the season.
During his loan period, the player succeeded in clearly demonstrating his offensive capabilities, as he scored 6 goals in 11 matches with the under-19 team, which strengthened the club management’s conviction of the necessity of keeping him permanently.
The club’s official statement confirmed that the final contract decision came after careful monitoring of his technical level and rapid development since joining the team.
Long term contract
Under the new agreement, Hamza Abdel Karim will sign a contract extending until June 30, 2029, in a move that reflects Barcelona’s vision of investing in young talent and building a team for the future.
This contract comes within the club’s policy, which relies on giving emerging players the opportunity to prove themselves within the club’s technical system, especially in the different age groups, which are the gateway to the first team.
On the international level, the young player continues his remarkable presence with the Egyptian national team in the 2026 World Cup, where he participated in two matches against the Belgium and New Zealand national teams in the group stage competitions.
His international participation at an early age is seen as a clear indication of the amount of confidence he enjoys within the national team’s technical staff, in addition to his being one of the most prominent rising faces in Egyptian football during the current period.
Hamza Abdel Karim is one of the names that caught attention during the last period, whether at the level of the Sunni groups or through his participation with the national team, which made him the subject of increasing media and public follow-up.
The signing of the new contract represents an important milestone in the career of the young Egyptian player, who is moving from the stage of experience to the stage of technical stability within one of the largest clubs in the world, in a step that may open broader horizons for him in the coming years.
