- Mohammad Omar (footballer)
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Mohamed Omar Personal information Full name Mohammed Omar Mohammed Ahmed Al-Shaddadi Date of birth 11 November 1976 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.
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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
- ^ "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
UnknownUAE captain
2002–2008Succeeded by
Ismail MatarPro-League Top Scorers Categories:- United Arab Emirati footballers
- Living people
- Al Jazira Club players
- Al Wasl FC players
- Al Ain FC players
- 1976 births
- People from Dubai
- United Arab Emirati football biography stubs
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