Mohammad Omar (footballer)

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)
Playing position(s) Forward
Club 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)
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)
‡ 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.

Honors

Clubs

Al Wasl FC
  • UAE League : UAE Football League 1996–97

Al Ain FC

International
  • Gulf Cup of Nations : 2007 (Champions).

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

References
  1. http://www.albayan.ae/sports/first/2011-06-13-1.1454907
  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.
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Zuhair Bakheet		 UAE captain
2002–2008		 Succeeded by
Ismail Matar
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