Adam Hamza Jihad Ahmad Kaied (; born 2 March 2002) is a professional

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who plays as a

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for

Egyptian Premier League The Egyptian Premier League (), also known as the Nile League () for sponsorship reasons, after the addition of title sponsor Nile Developments, is a professional association football league in Egypt and the highest level of the Egyptian football ...

club

Zamalek Zamalek ( , ''al zamalek'') is a ''qism'' (ward) within the West District (''hayy gharb'') in the Western Area of Cairo, Egypt. It is an affluent district on a man-made island which is geologically a part of the west bank of the Nile River, wit ...

. Born in Sweden, he plays for the Palestine national team.

Early life

Kaied was born in

Helsingborg Helsingborg (, , ), is a Urban areas in Sweden, city and the seat of Helsingborg Municipality, Scania County, Scania (Skåne), Sweden. It is the second-largest city in Scania (after Malmö) and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, ninth ...

, Sweden to Palestinian parents, originally from Tira and

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Club career

Kaied joined

Helsingborgs IF Helsingborgs Idrottsförening, commonly referred to as Helsingborgs IF, Helsingborg or (especially locally) HIF (), is a Swedish professional football club located in Helsingborg. They play in the Swedish second tier, Superettan, following releg ...

at the age of 10, and made his way into the senior team. Making his unofficial debut in a friendly match in January 2020, his official debut came one year later in the 2020–21 Svenska Cupen. Before the end of the summer transfer window of 2022, he was acquired on loan by Norwegian club Stabæk with an option to buy. Winning re-promotion to the first tier, Stabæk did not exercise the option. Just before the end of the winter 2023 transfer window, Kaied signed for

NAC Breda NAC Breda (), often simply known as NAC, is a Dutch professional football club, based in Breda, Netherlands. NAC Breda play in the Rat Verlegh Stadium, named after their most important player, Antoon 'Rat' Verlegh. They play in the Eredivisi ...

. On 20 July 2025, Kaied signed a three-year contract with Egyptian side

International career

Kaied represented Sweden at various youth international levels before choosing to play for the Palestine national team. On 20 March 2025, he made his senior debut for Palestine in a

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against

Jordan Jordan, officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia. Jordan is bordered by Syria to the north, Iraq to the east, Saudi Arabia to the south, and Israel and the occupied Palestinian ter ...

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* * * 2002 births Living people Footballers from Helsingborg Palestinian men's footballers Palestine men's international footballers Swedish men's footballers Sweden men's youth international footballers Swedish people of Palestinian descent Men's association football wingers Helsingborgs IF players Stabæk Fotball players NAC Breda players Zamalek SC players Eerste Divisie players Superettan players Allsvenskan players Norwegian First Division players Swedish expatriate men's footballers Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Norway Swedish expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Egypt Palestinian expatriate sportspeople in Egypt Expatriate men's footballers in Norway Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands Expatriate men's footballers in Egypt 21st-century Swedish sportsmen {{Palestine-footy-bio-stub