Abdelhakim Omrani

Abdelhakim Omrani (born 18 February 1991) is a French-Algerian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder.[1]

Abdelhakim Omrani
Personal information
Full name Abdelhakim Omrani
Date of birth (1991-02-18) 18 February 1991
Place of birth Freyming-Merlebach, France
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1997–2002 SO Merlebach
2002–2005 Metz
2005–2007 Nancy
2007–2009 Lens
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2012 Lens 4 (0)
2013 Le Mans 13 (1)
2013–2015 Nîmes 28 (4)
2015–2016 Chamois Niortais 18 (0)
2016–2017 Sedan 10 (1)
2017–2018 Oldham Athletic 8 (0)
2018 Virton ? (?)
2019 Dunărea Călărași 1 (0)
National team
2010 France U19 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10 July 2019

Club career

Omrani began his career playing for Metz. He later left the club for Nancy, where he spent six years before heading north to RC Lens. Omrani received his first call up to the senior squad for the team's match against Angers on 6 March 2009. He made his professional debut in that match appearing as a substitute in the 72nd minute. The match finished 2–2 with Lens scoring their goals in the 88th minute and the 92nd minute.[2] The following week, Omrani made another substitute appearance in a 1–0 defeat to Ajaccio. In August 2011, Omrani went on trial to German club Bayern Munich.[3] However, despite impressing, the two clubs could not agree to terms and Omrani remained at Lens.[4][5] In December 2012, Omrani went on trial with Newcastle United.[6] However, he failed to impress manager Alan Pardew and returned to Lens.[7] On 14 February 2012, Lens announced that Omrani had left the club.[8]

In November 2013, Omrani signed a two-year contract with Nîmes Olympique, after Le Mans suffered relegation to the lower divisions for financial reasons.[9]

On 5 September 2017, Omrani signed a one-year contract, with an option for a further year, with League One side Oldham Athletic.[10] He was released by Oldham at the end of the 2017–18 season, following their relegation.[11] He went on to the Belgian amateur level and R.E. Virton.

International career

After previously representing France at the under-19 level, Omrani switched his allegiance to Algeria in September 2011 after being called up to the Algerian Under-23 National Team by coach Azzedine Aït Djoudi for a four-day training camp in Sidi Moussa.[12] He was convinced to make the switch by Algerian international Antar Yahia.

Personal life

Omrani was born in Freyming-Merlebach in the Moselle department to parents of Algerian descent.[13] He comes from an athletic family, which consists of six children. The eldest, Yasmina, is a professional heptathlete. Omrani also has two younger brothers who play football. Billel, 26, plays for CFR Cluj and is a French youth international while Nabil, 28, currently plays in the youth system of a local club in Marseille.[14]

Career statistics
As of match played 16 September 2017[15]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Domestic Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Lens 2008–09 Ligue 2 2000000020
2010–11 Ligue 1 2000000020
Lens 4000000040
Le Mans 2012–13 Ligue 2 131000000131
Nîmes 2013–14 Ligue 2 213100000223
2014–15 7111000082
Nîmes 284210000305
Chamois Niortais 2015–16 Ligue 2 180001100191
Sedan 2016–17 National 101200000121
Oldham Athletic 2017–18 League One 0000000000
Career totals 736411100788

References
  1. Fratele lui Omrani vine în Liga 1! Cu ce club a semnat şi prima reacţie a mijlocaşului. telekomsport.ro (in Romanian)
  2. "Angers v. Lens Match Report". Ligue de Football Professionnel. 6 March 2009. Archived from the original on 2 May 2009. Retrieved 9 July 2010.
  3. Le Lensois Omrani à Munich Archived 28 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine; L'Equipe, 14 August 2011 (in French)
  4. Essai concluant pour Omrani au Bayern Archived 2 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine; MadeinLens.com, 13 August 2011 (in French)
  5. Pourquoi Omrani n'a pas signé au Bayern ?; Lensois.com, 12 September 2011 (in French)
  6. Transferts : Abdelhakim Omrani à l'essai à Newcastle Archived 15 January 2012 at the Wayback Machine; DZFoot, 12 January 2012.
  7. Algerian starlet “returns home” after Newcastle trial Archived 20 January 2012 at the Wayback Machine; Sportsbyte Sunderland, 16 January 2012.
  8. Toufik O. (14 February 2012). "Abdelhakim Omrani libéré par le RC Lens". DZFoot. Archived from the original on 18 March 2012. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
  9. "Le Mans FC : Abdelhakim Omrani a signé à Nîmes" [Le Mans FC : Abdelhakim Omrani signs with Nîmes] (in French). lemainelibre.fr. 12 November 2013. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
  10. "SIGNING: Omrani Signs For Latics". Retrieved 6 September 2017.
  11. "Oldham Athletic release seven after relegation to League Two". BBC Sport. 8 May 2018. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
  12. Début du stage de Sidi Moussa; Le Buteur, 12 September 2011 (in French)
  13. Mondial des jeunes: deux Algériens s'illustrent Archived 12 October 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  14. "Omrani, la famille en or". Le Républicain Lorrain. 8 May 2010. Archived from the original on 9 May 2010. Retrieved 9 July 2010.
  15. "Abdelhakim Omrani". footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
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