Omar Khaled Mohamed Abdel Salam Marmoush (Arabic: عُمَر خَالِد محمد عبد السلام مَرْمُوش;[2] born 7 February 1999) is an Egyptian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Premier League club Manchester City and the Egypt national team.
Marmoush made his professional debut for Wadi Degla in the Egyptian Premier League on 8 July 2016, coming on as a substitute in the match against Al Ittihad Alexandria Club, which finished as a 3–2 win.
In total, he made sixteen league appearances for Wadi Degla and scored two goals, before moving to VfL Wolfsburg II in 2017.
[citation needed] On 30 July 2022, Marmoush scored his first goal for Wolfsburg in a 1–0 first round DFB-Pokal match against Carl Zeiss Jena.
[citation needed] On 15 May 2023, it was announced that Marmoush would join Eintracht Frankfurt on a free transfer ahead of the 2023–24 season, and wear the number seven shirt.
He attracted transfer interest from Premier League clubs such as Arsenal, Liverpool, Newcastle and Tottenham thanks to his magnificent debut season for Die Adler.
[10] Marmoush scored a crucial penalty against RB Leipzig to tie the match 2–2 to help Frankfurt qualify for the 2024–25 Europa League.
[12] During that month, he scored a brace in a 2–1 victory against his former club VfL Wolfsburg,[13] and provided decisive goals in matches against Borussia Mönchengladbach and Holstein Kiel, overtaking Harry Kane as the league's top scorer during this period.
[16] On 23 January 2025, Premier League club Manchester City announced the signing of Marmoush on a four-and-a-half-year deal for a reported fee of £59 million.
[24] He played in all three group stage matches, as well as all four knockout ties en route to the final against Senegal, which ended in a 4–2 loss on penalties for Egypt.