Mohammad Omar (footballer, born 1976)

Mohammed Omar Mohammed Ahmed Al-Shaddadi, known as Mohammad Omar (Arabic: محمد عمر, born November 11, 1976 in Dubai, UAE) is a retired [1] Emirati footballer, serving as the CEO for Mumbai Tigers F.C. in India.[2] He was the captain of the UAE national football team from 2002-2008. During his professional football career which spanned over 20 years he has played for many clubs including Al Wasl, Al Ain, Al Jazira, Al Dhafra, Al-Nasr, and Ajman Club. In Summer 2010, Omar announced that he would move back to the club that he started with, Al Wasl FC to play a final season and retire.[3] 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 game which they eventually lost to neighbor's, Al-Nasr.

Mohammad Omar
Personal information
Full name Mohammed Omar Mohammed Ahmed Al-Shaddadi
Date of birth (1976-11-11) 11 November 1976
Place of birth Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Mumbai Tigers (Chief Executive Officer)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1992–2001 Al Wasl 93 (57)
2002 Dhofar 1 (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)
2010–2011 Al Wasl
Total 237 (132)
International career‡
1996–2009 UAE 102 (28)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17/7/2010 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17/7/2010 (UTC)

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

International goals
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.14 April 2001Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Brunei2–012–02002 FIFA World Cup qualification
2.5–0
3.16 August 2006Amman International Stadium, Amman, Jordan Jordan1–02–12007 AFC Asian Cup qualification
4.11 October 2006Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat, Oman Oman1–21–2
5.15 November 2006Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, UAE Pakistan2–13–2
6.3–2
7.21 January 2009KLFA Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Malaysia1–05–02011 AFC Asian Cup qualification
8.2–0

Honors

Clubs

Al Wasl FC

Al Ain FC

International

Individual

See also

References
  1. "الوصل يشكر 4 لاعبين انتهت عقودهم".
  2. Upadhyay, Somesh (2012-05-27). "Dodsal FC gearing up to enter Indian football in style". Indian Football Blog. Retrieved 2018-05-28.
  3. "Mohammad Omar Joins Al Wasl in few days". alittihad.ae (in Arabic). 2010-07-17.
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