Mohammad Omar (footballer)

Mohamed Omar

Personal information
Full name	Mohammed Omar Mohammed Ahmed Al-Shaddadi
Date of birth	11 November 1976 (1976-11-11) (age 35)
Place of birth	Dubai, UAE
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Forward
Club information
Current club	Al Wasl FC
Number	7
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1992–2001	Al Wasl	93	(57)
2002	Dhofar	?	(1?)
2002–2005	Al Ain	47	(29)
2005–2007	Al-Jazira	59	(29)
2008	Al-Dhafra	9	(2)
2008–2009	Al-Nasr	21	(13)
2009–2010	Ajman	8	(2)
2010–Present	Al Wasl
National team‡
1996–2009	UAE	102	(28)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17/7/2010 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17/7/2010 (UTC)

Mohammed Omar Mohammed Ahmed Al-Shaddadi, known as Mohamed Omar (Arabic: محمد عمر‎, born November 11, 1976 in Dubai, UAE) is a professional Emirati footballer, who currently plays in Al Wasl FC and he was the former captain of the UAE national football team. Previous clubs he played for are Al Wasl, Al Ain, Al Jazira, Al Dhafra, Al-Nasr, and Ajman Club. In Summer 2010, Omar announced that he will move back to the club that he started with, Al Wasl FC to play a final season and retire.^[1] In 2002 he joined Omani club, Dhofar and competed with them in the final of the Sultan Qaboos Cup, and scored the only goal for the team in a final which they eventually lost to neighbor's, Al-Nasr.

Mohammed Omar is the younger brother of the UAE's football legend Zuhair Bakhit.

Honors

Clubs

Al Wasl FC

• UAE League : UAE Football League 1996–97

Al Ain FC

• UAE League : 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04.
• AFC Champions League : 2002–03.
• UAE Super Cup: 2002/2003

International

• Gulf Cup of Nations : 2007 (Champions).

Individual

• UAE League : the second Top goalscorer 2008–09.
• Gulf Cup of Nations as captain.

Trivia

• He is the player who scored the only goal in an Al Ain FC friendly game against Juventus which ended 1-0.
• He scored the winning goal in the AFC Champions League Final in 2003 which was won by Al Ain FC.
• He scored Al Ain FC's 1000th League goal during the 2003/2004 season.
• He was the first Emarati Player to lift the Gulf Cup of Nations as captain when the United Arab Emirates national football team won the tournament in 2007.
• He holds the title of the UAE player who has moved to the biggest number of clubs, 7, throughout his career.
• He holds the title for the UAE player who has won the biggest number of tournaments with the different clubs he represented.

References

1. ^ "Mohammad Omar Joins Al Wasl in few days" (in Arabic). alittihad.ae. 2010-07-17. http://www.alittihad.ae/details.php?id=43872&y=2010. 

Sporting positions
Preceded by Unknown	UAE captain 2002–2008	Succeeded by Ismail Matar

Persondata
Name	Omer, Mohamed
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	November 11, 1976
Place of birth	Dubai, UAE
Date of death
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