Saber Eid

Saber Eid
Personal information
Full name Saber Eid Ali Omar
Date of birth (1959-05-01)1 May 1959
Place of birth El Mahalla El Kubra, Egypt
Date of death 29 December 2025(2025-12-29) (aged 66)
Position Centre-back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1977–1993 Ghazl El Mahalla
International career
1989–1991 Egypt 14 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Saber Eid Ali Omar (Arabic: صَابِر عِيد عَلِيّ عُمَر; 1 May 1959 – 29 December 2025) was an Egyptian footballer who played as a centre-back for Ghazl El Mahalla. He played for Egypt in the 1990 FIFA World Cup.

Eid suffered from lung cancer and had tumors in his leg and in his lung. He died on 29 December 2025.

References

  1. ↑ Saber Eid at National-Football-Teams.com
  2. ↑ 1990 FIFA World Cup Italy
  3. 1 2 Wahab, Rania Abdel (29 December 2025). "وفاة صابر عيد نجم المحلة ومنتخب مصر بعد صراع مع المرض" [Saber Eid, Star of Ghazl El Mahalla and the Egypt national team, Passes Away After a Battle with Illness]. Al-Masry Al-Youm (in Arabic). Retrieved 30 March 2026.