The Morocco international centre-back switches from the Egyptian Premier League to Sweden’s top flight in a straight loan transfer, with no permanent fee disclosed in the available data.
The 26-year-old defender arrives in Kalmar with a current market value listed at €1.20m, underlining the profile of player the Swedish club is adding to its back line.
The deal sees Dari remain under contract with Al Ahly while spending the second half of the 2025–26 campaign in Scandinavia, after which he is due to return to the Cairo club at the end of the loan on 2026-06-30.
Dari’s move to Kalmar is the latest step in a career that has already taken him through several leagues across Africa and Europe.
Developed at Wydad Athletic Club Casablanca, progressing from the U19s to the reserve team and then the first team, he established himself in Morocco before earning a transfer to Ligue 1 side Stade Brestois 29.
From Brest, he experienced Belgian football with Royal Charleroi SC on loan, then returned to the French club before making a permanent switch to Al Ahly, one of Africa’s most decorated and high-pressure environments.
The Cairo stint has been accompanied by a gradual downward trend in his market value, from around €2.50m at his peak with Brest to the current €1.20m mark recorded with Al Ahly.
Even so, the loan to Kalmar FF indicates that there is still solid demand for his services, especially for a tall, right-footed centre-back standing at 1.88 m, with experience in Morocco’s top tier, France’s Ligue 1, Belgium’s top division, and the Egyptian Premier League.
For Kalmar, the arrival of a defender with that breadth of experience represents a notable boost to their defensive options in the Allsvenskan. Dari’s background with clubs regularly competing for titles and continental football, particularly Wydad Casablanca and Al Ahly, offers the Swedish side a player accustomed to high-stakes matches and intense scrutiny.
The loan structure also gives Kalmar flexibility, as they can reassess their long-term plans at the conclusion of the deal, while Al Ahly retain his rights and the option to integrate him again or consider further moves once he returns from Sweden.
The loan is already mapped out in his transfer history, which records the agreement as a confirmed active loan transfer from Al Ahly to Kalmar FF. Once the spell ends, the data also show that Dari is expected to go back to Cairo, highlighting the temporary nature of the arrangement rather than an immediate long-term exit. With his contract at Kalmar fixed only for the loan period, his medium-term future beyond the return date remains open, leaving room for further transfer developments or a potential change in his status at Al Ahly.
Born in Casablanca on 06 May 1999 and representing Morocco, Dari’s latest move reinforces his established pattern of playing abroad rather than in his homeland’s league. After emerging from Wydad’s youth structure, he has spent recent years in France, Belgium, Egypt and now Sweden, adding the Allsvenskan to an already diverse CV. If Kalmar FF can harness his experience and physical presence, this short-term deal could help stabilise their defence while offering the Moroccan centre-back another platform to reassert his value on the European stage and potentially shape the next phase of his career when he returns to Al Ahly at the end of the loan.
