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Omar Abdullahi Mohamed (Cumar Cabdullahi Maxamed)
Omar Abdullahi Mohamed (born 5 May 1996) is a Somali footballer who plays for the Somalia national team. Born in Mogadishu, he grew up in Cairo and Columbus, Ohio, played in the US USL leagues, and scored for Somalia against Zimbabwe in a 2022 World Cup qualifier in September 2019.
Omar Abdullahi MohamedCumar Cabdullahi Maxamed · Omar Mohamed
- Lived
- 1996-05-05 to today
- Known as one of
- Sport
- Places
- Muqdisho and Banaadir
- Era
- Rebuilding without a state, 1991 to 2012; Who holds power, 2012 to now
- Sources
- 1 sources
Who is he?
Omar Abdullahi Mohamed is a Somali professional footballer who plays for the Somalia national team (Wikipedia, 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, 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). He signed for FC Cincinnati in January 2016, then played for Portland 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). 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.
Sources
- Wikipedia, Omar Mohamed · en.wikipedia.org
Omar Abdullahi MohamedCumar Cabdullahi Maxamed · Omar Mohamed
- Lived
- 1996-05-05 to today
- Known as one of
- Sport
- Places
- Muqdisho and Banaadir
- Era
- Rebuilding without a state, 1991 to 2012; Who holds power, 2012 to now
- Sources
- 1 sources
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