# Omar Abdullahi Mohamed (Cumar Cabdullahi Maxamed)

> Omar Abdullahi Mohamed (b.1996): Mogadishu-born Somalia international footballer.

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## Who is he?

Omar Abdullahi Mohamed is a Somali professional footballer who plays for the Somalia national team ([Wikipedia, Omar Mohamed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar_Mohamed)). He was born in Mogadishu on 5 May 1996, moved with his family to Cairo at six, and in 2005 to the United States, where he grew up in [Columbus](/en/diaspora/columbus/), Ohio (same source).

## Club career

He started organised football at 12 with FC Blast in Columbus and joined the Columbus Crew academy at 16 ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar_Mohamed)). He signed for FC Cincinnati in January 2016, then played for [Portland](/en/diaspora/lewiston-portland-maine/) Timbers 2 (2017), Des Moines Menace, and Greenville Triumph (2019–2020), before joining Menemenspor in Turkey in January 2021 (same source).

## Somalia

He was called up for Somalia's 2022 World Cup qualifiers against Zimbabwe in September 2019 ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar_Mohamed)). He made his debut in Somalia's 1–0 win on 5 September 2019 and scored his first international goal in the second leg on 10 September (same source).

## In short

A Mogadishu-born, Ohio-raised footballer who scored for Somalia in the 2019 World Cup qualifiers.

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