Tha'er Bawab
Tha'er Fayed Al Bawab (Arabic: ثائر فايد بواب; born 1 March 1985) is a Jordanian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Romanian club FC Dunărea Călărași.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Tha'er Fayed Al Bawab | ||
| Date of birth | 1 March 1985 | ||
| Place of birth | Amman, Jordan | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position(s) | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Dunărea Călărași | ||
| Number | 11 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2001–2003 | Cornellà | ||
| 2003–2004 | Real Madrid | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2004–2006 | Real Madrid C | 31 | (10) |
| 2006–2007 | Real Madrid B | 0 | (0) |
| 2007 | Barcelona B | 13 | (3) |
| 2007–2008 | Hospitalet | 27 | (2) |
| 2009 | Alfaro | 14 | (3) |
| 2009–2010 | Moratalla | 28 | (3) |
| 2010 | Gloria Bistrița | 7 | (0) |
| 2011–2014 | Gaz Metan Mediaș | 93 | (27) |
| 2014–2015 | Universitatea Craiova | 44 | (12) |
| 2016 | Steaua București | 8 | (1) |
| 2016 | Umm Salal | 7 | (2) |
| 2017–2018 | Dinamo București | 13 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | → Concordia Chiajna (loan) | 27 | (1) |
| 2018–2019 | Concordia Chiajna | 25 | (4) |
| 2019– | Dunărea Călărași | 12 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2005– | Jordan | 25 | (6) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 February 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 28 March 2017 | |||
He spent most of his professional career in Spain and Romania.
Club career
Early years / Real Madrid
Born in Amman of Palestinian descent, Bawab's family moved to Catalonia, Spain when he was a child. He started playing for the youth teams of local UE Cornellà, leaving at the age of 18 to Real Madrid where he completed his formation,[1] and scoring 30 goals in his sole season with the Juvenil side.
In 2004, Bawab signed a professional contract with Real Madrid, and the club also agreed to pay a college scholarship for him, as he went on to make his senior debut with the third team in the fourth division. At that time, talks had started where people compared his style of play to Zinedine Zidane (even though they did not play in the same position);[1] first-team coach Mariano García Remón thought about promoting him to the main squad, but eventually did not saying he did not want to put pressure on the youngster, who was just 19.
Barcelona / Journeyman in Spain
Bawab split the 2006–07 season with Real Madrid Castilla – for whom he did not appear officially – and another reserve team, FC Barcelona Atlètic, scoring three goals for the latter as both sides suffered relegation (the former in the second level, the latter in the third).[2][3]
In the following three seasons, he competed in the country's division three, being relegated with all the clubs – CE L'Hospitalet, CD Alfaro (which he joined in January 2009) and Moratalla CF.[4][5]
Romania
In late June 2010, Bawab signed a two-year contract with Romanian club ACF Gloria 1922 Bistriţa.[6] Midway through the season, as his team would eventually suffer relegation from Liga I, he joined fellow league side CS Gaz Metan Mediaş.
On 4 August 2011, Bawab scored two goals against 1. FSV Mainz 05 in the last qualifying round in the UEFA Europa League, one in each leg as Gaz Metan eventually won on penalties.[7][8] On 26 September, he added two more in a 2–1 league home win over FCM Târgu Mureș.[9]
In September 2014, free agent Bawab moved to CS Universitatea Craiova also in Romania's top flight. He remained in the country the following years safe for a very brief spell in the Qatar Stars League with Umm Salal SC, representing FC Steaua București, FC Dinamo București, CS Concordia Chiajna and FC Dunărea Călărași.[10]
International career
Bawab made his debut for Jordan in a friendly with Norway on 28 January 2005, which ended 0–0. He made six appearances for the national team in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, scoring once.[11]
Career statistics
Club
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Real Madrid C | |||||||||||||
| 2004–05 | 8 | 1 | ? | ? | – | – | – | 8 | 1 | ||||
| 2005–06 | 23 | 9 | ? | ? | – | – | – | 23 | 9 | ||||
| Total | 31 | 10 | ? | ? | – | – | – | – | – | – | 31 | 10 | |
| Real Madrid B | |||||||||||||
| 2006–07 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| Barcelona B | |||||||||||||
| 2006–07 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 13 | 3 | ||||
| Total | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 13 | 3 | |
| Hospitalet | |||||||||||||
| 2007–08 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 27 | 2 | ||||
| 2008–09 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 27 | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 28 | 2 | |
| Alfaro | |||||||||||||
| 2008–09 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 14 | 3 | ||||
| Total | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 14 | 3 | |
| Moratalla | |||||||||||||
| 2009–10 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 28 | 3 | ||||
| Total | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 28 | 3 | |
| Gloria Bistriţa | |||||||||||||
| 2010–11 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 7 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7 | 0 | |
| Gaz Metan Mediaș | |||||||||||||
| 2010–11 | 14 | 2 | – | – | – | – | 14 | 2 | |||||
| 2011–12 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 0 | – | 6 | 2 | – | 37 | 10 | |||
| 2012–13 | 25 | 10 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 26 | 11 | ||||
| 2013–14 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 16 | 4 | ||||
| Total | 83 | 24 | 4 | 1 | – | – | 6 | 2 | – | – | 93 | 27 | |
| Universitatea Craiova | |||||||||||||
| 2014–15 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | 27 | 9 | ||||
| 2015–16 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 19 | 3 | |||
| Total | 44 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 46 | 12 | |
| Steaua București | |||||||||||||
| 2015–16 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – | – | 9 | 3 | |||
| Total | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | – | 9 | 3 | |
| Umm Salal | |||||||||||||
| 2016–17 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 7 | 2 | |||
| Total | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 7 | 2 | |
| Dinamo București | |||||||||||||
| 2016–17 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 13 | 0 | |||
| 2017–18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 14 | 0 | |
| Concordia Chiajna | |||||||||||||
| 2017–18 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 27 | 1 | ||||
| 2018–19 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 25 | 4 | ||||
| Total | 52 | 5 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 52 | 5 | |
| Career total | 327 | 65 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | – | – | 342 | 70 | |
International goals
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 26 March 2008 | Olympic Stadium, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan |  | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2010 World Cup qualification |
| 2 | 16 October 2012 | Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat, Oman |  | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2014 World Cup qualification |
| 3 | 4 February 2014 | Jalan Besar, Kallang, Singapore |  | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2015 Asian Cup qualification |
| 4 | 5 March 2014 | International Stadium, Amman, Jordan |  | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2015 Asian Cup qualification |
| 5 | 2–0 | |||||
| 6 | 23 March 2017 | King Abdullah II, Amman, Jordan |  | 4–0 | 4–0 | Friendly |
Honours
References
- Thaer: "El Barça sigue apostando más por la cantera que el Madrid" (Thaer: "Barça still bet more on their youth system than Madrid"); Sport, 12 November 2013 (in Spanish)
- El exazulgrana Thaer, a las puertas de su "mayor sueño" (Former azulgrana Thaer, at the gates of his "biggest dream"); Sport, 12 November 2013 (in Spanish)
- La última plantilla que descendió con el Castilla. ¿Qué fue de ellos? (The last squad to be relegated with Castilla. What happened to them?); Vavel, 26 November 2013 (in Spanish)
- El curioso caso de Tha’er Al Bawab (The curious case of Tha’er Al Bawab); Panenka, 13 December 2013 (in Spanish)
- La maravilla de un canterano del Real Madrid en la liga rumana (The wonder of a Real Madrid youth player in the Romanian league); Marca, 25 November 2014 (in Spanish)
- Thaer Fayez Bawab a semnat cu Gloria (Thaer Fayez Bawab signed with Gloria) Archived 3 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine; Gloria Bistrita, 29 June 2010 (in Romanian)
- Gaz Metan-Mainz 1–1, 5–4 la penalty-uri (in tur: 1–1) / Revelatia Bundesligii, invinsa de un iordanian: Bawab! (Gaz Metan-Mainz 1–1, 5–4 on penalties (first leg: 1–1) / Bundesliga revelation, prey of a Jordanian: Bawab!); Ofsaid, 4 August 2011 (in Romanian)
- Bawab nu se teme de Austria Viena: ”Mergem în grupe” (Bawab does not fear Austria Vienna: ”We are a group”); Gazeta Sporturilor, 6 August 2011 (in Romanian)
- Scîrţîie scaunul lui Sabău » Gaz Metan – Tg Mureş 2–1 (Sabău's squeaky chair » Gaz Metan – Tg Mureş 2–1); Gazeta Sporturilor, 26 September 2011 (in Romanian)
- Dunărea Călăraşi dă o nouă lovitură. Tha'er Bawab a semnat cu echipa preluată de Cristi Pustai (Dunărea Călăraşi strikes a new blow. Tha'er Bawab has signed with team led by Cristi Pustai); ProSport, 2 July 2019 (in Romanian)
- Tha'er Bawab – FIFA competition record
- "Tha'er Al Bawab". Soccerway. Retrieved 24 October 2014.
- Tha'er Bawab at FootballDatabase.eu
- "Tha'er Al Bawab – Matches". Soccerway. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
- VIDEO+FOTO Super-Bawab! Steaua e prima finalistă a Cupei Ligii, după ce a învins Astra, scor 2–0 (VIDEO+PHOTO Super-Bawab! Steaua are first League Cup finalists, after defeating Astra, 2–0 the score); Gazeta Sporturilor, 13 April 2016 (in Romanian)
- VIDEO+FOTO » Dinamo a câștigat Cupa Ligii fără emoții! Al 34-lea trofeu din vitrina "câinilor" (VIDEO+PHOTO » Dinamo won unexciting League Cup! 34th trophy in the "dogs" cabinet); Gazeta Sporturilor, 20 May 2017 (in Romanian)
External links
- Tha'er Bawab at BDFutbol
- Tha'er Bawab at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian) and StatisticsFootball.com
- Tha'er Bawab at National-Football-Teams.com