- Omar Jarun
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Omar Jarun 
Personal information Full name Omar Jarun Date of birth 10 December 1983 Place of birth Kuwait City, Kuwait Height 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Playing position Central defender Club information Current club Arka Gdynia Number 6 Youth career 2002–2003 Memphis Tigers 2004–2005 Dayton Flyers Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 2004 Fort Wayne Fever 6 (1) 2005 Chicago Fire Premier 2 (0) 2006–2007 Atlanta Silverbacks 45 (1) 2008 Vancouver Whitecaps 24 (1) 2009–2010 Flota Świnoujście 32 (1) 2010 Pogoń Szczecin 12 (0) 2011 FC Tampa Bay 7 (0) 2011– Arka Gdynia 0 (0) National team‡ 2007– Palestine 6 (0) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of May 21, 2011.
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of July 29, 2011Omar Jarun (Arabic: عمر جارون; born 10 December 1983 in Kuwait City) is a Palestinian international footballer, who currently plays for Arka Gdynia in the Polish I Liga.
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Career
Club career
Jarun played college soccer for the University of Memphis and the University of Dayton, combining his studies with an amateur career in the PDL with teams such as Fort Wayne Fever and Chicago Fire Premier. Jarun graduated in 2006, turning professional that same year with the Atlanta Silverbacks, where he spent two seasons. Jarun spent the 2008 season with the Vancouver Whitecaps, before moving to Polish club Flota Świnoujście in January 2009. In January 2010 he moved to current club Pogoń Szczecin.[1] [2] He was released by Pogon on March 1, 2011.[3]
Jarun signed with FC Tampa Bay of the North American Soccer League on 29 March 2011.[4]
Jarun after brief spell with FC Tampa Bay, came back to Poland, signing contract with Arka Gdynia, under Petr Nemec, who was the manager that brought Jarun to Poland when he was the Flota Świnoujście manager.[5]
International career
Jarun earned his first cap for the Palestinian national side, in a FIFA World Cup qualifying game against Singapore in October 2007.[6] He earned a second cap in February 2011, in a friendly match against Tanzania.[7]
Personal
Born in in Kuwait City, Kuwait to Palestinian parents, Jarun was raised in Peachtree City, Georgia. He consequently holds Kuwaiti, Palestinian and American nationalities.[8]
References
- ^ Omar Jarun at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ Transfermarkt
- ^ Omar Jarun odchodzi z Pogoni 1.03.2011, pogonszczecin.info
- ^ http://www.nasl.com/index.php?id=3&newsid=238
- ^ Jarun zagra w Arce Gdynia 10.07.2011, futbol.pl
- ^ Omar Jarun – FIFA competition record
- ^ "Tanzazia vs. Palestine match report". Scoresway. http://www.scoresway.com/index.php?sport=soccer&language_id=en&page=match&view=summary&id=1075437.
- ^ Omar Jarun career stats at playerhistory.com
Arka Gdynia – current squad 1 Juszczyk · 3 Strzelecki · 4 Łągiewka · 6 Jarun · 7 Wilczyński · 8 Płotka (c) · 9 Czoska · 10 Budziński · 11 Kuklis · 13 Kowalski · 16 Kasperkiewicz · 17 Siebert · 19 Bułka · 20 Radzewicz · 21 Arifović · 22 Krajanowski · 23 Niedziela · 24 Rysiewski · 25 Mazurkiewicz · 26 Szlaga · 27 Ivanovski · 28 Żołnierewicz · 29 Surdykowski · 30 Szromnik · 39 Zoch · Robakowski · Benát · Manager: Němec
Categories:- 1983 births
- Living people
- University of Memphis alumni
- Memphis Tigers men's soccer players
- Dayton Flyers men's soccer players
- Palestinian footballers
- Palestine international footballers
- Atlanta Silverbacks (USL First Division) players
- Chicago Fire Premier players
- Fort Wayne Fever players
- Vancouver Whitecaps (USL First Division) players
- FC Tampa Bay players
- Flota Świnoujście players
- Pogoń Szczecin players
- Arka Gdynia players
- USL First Division players
- USL Premier Development League players
- Expatriate footballers in Poland
- Palestinian expatriates in Poland
- North American Soccer League (2011) players
- West Asian football biography stubs
- Palestinian people stubs
- Palestinian sport stubs
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