Hamza Abdelkarim to extend his FC Barcelona contract until 2030 after an already impressive start

An agreement that keeps Hamza Abdelkarim at the club for the long term

FC Barcelona and Hamza Abdelkarim have reached an agreement to extend the Egyptian forward's contract until 30 June 2030. The announcement places the player in the Club's plans for several seasons, only a few months after his arrival in Barcelona. The official page presents this extension as the result of a journey that began as a loan move and gathered pace very quickly throughout 2026.

This extension is among the news highlighted by FC Barcelona on its news page, alongside first-team fixtures and other Club updates. The message is clear: Hamza Abdelkarim extends until 2030. For a forward who arrived at the start of the year, that deadline gives his integration into the blaugrana environment a long-term dimension.

Signing scheduled for 15 September

The contract extension is set to be signed on Tuesday 15 September at 5.00pm. The ceremony will take place in the office of FC Barcelona president Joan Laporta. The programme released by the Club then includes remarks from Hamza Abdelkarim to the media in FC Barcelona's commercial room.

This public event follows the agreement between the Club and the player. It will give the Egyptian forward the opportunity to speak after his new contract is formalised. The announcement gives no further details about the content of his remarks, but it already sets out the location, time and sequence planned around the signing.

A loan move that became a fast-tracked journey

Hamza Abdelkarim joined FC Barcelona on 1 February 2026, initially on loan until the end of the season. His first steps therefore came in a temporary setting. A few months later, Barça exercised the purchase option before the player took part in pre-season training with the first team under Hansi Flick.

The player's journey now connects several consecutive stages: an arrival on loan, his debut with the U19s, the exercise of the purchase option, pre-season with the first team and then a first official appearance. The extension announced until 2030 comes after this rapid progress. It gives new continuity to the path begun in February.

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An efficient start with the U19s

The Egyptian forward made his U19 debut on 8 March, away to Huesca. He scored a goal in that first appearance. That start was followed by a series of attacking performances that quickly gave substance to his spell in FC Barcelona's youth team.

Hamza Abdelkarim scored six goals in nine league matches. His tally notably included a hat-trick in the 9-0 win over Montecarlo. That match was also the one in which the Blaugrana secured the league title, linking the forward's individual performance with an important collective moment of the season.

The figures from his U19 start show how quickly his name entered the Club's news. A goal on his first outing, six goals in nine league matches and a hat-trick in the title-clinching game are the factual markers of this first stage before joining the first-team group.

Four goals during pre-season with the first team

In summer 2026, after the purchase option was exercised, Hamza Abdelkarim began pre-season training with the first team. He did so under Hansi Flick. The forward finished this period as the group's top scorer with four goals.

That efficiency during pre-season came before his official first-team debut. The Club does not specify the details of each of his four goals in its announcement, but it notes that the total enabled him to finish alone at the top of the scoring charts for this training period before the season began.

An official debut against Rayo Vallecano

On 31 August, Hamza Abdelkarim made his official debut for FC Barcelona's first team in the match against Rayo Vallecano at Spotify Camp Nou. The appearance came after his performances with the U19s and his summer preparation in Hansi Flick's group.

FC Barcelona's homepage features the extension announcement among the first-team news. It recalls that the Egyptian forward extends his contract with the Club until 30 June 2030. The 15 September signing will therefore formalise a decision already announced, after a year marked by his arrival, his goals with the U19s and his official debut.