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Omar Jama (Cumar Jaamac)
Omar Hassan Jama (born 21 May 1998) is a Finnish-born footballer who plays for Somalia. A midfielder, he has played for PS Kemi, Ekenäs IF, IF Gnistan and JäPS in Finland, and made his Somalia debut against Oman in an Arab Cup qualifier on 20 June 2021.
Who is he?
Omar Hassan Jama is a footballer born in Finland on 21 May 1998 who represents Somalia (Wikipedia, Omar Jama). He plays as a midfielder (same source). See Somalis in Finland.
Clubs
He joined PS Kemi from Klubi 04 in January 2017, spent 2019 at Ekenäs IF, and moved to IF Gnistan in 2020 (Wikipedia). Wikipedia lists his current club as JäPS in the Ykkönen (same source).
Somalia
He played for Finland at junior levels before Somalia called him up in 2021 (Wikipedia). He made his debut on 20 June 2021 in an Arab Cup qualifier against Oman (same source).
In short
A Finnish-born midfielder who chose to play for Somalia in 2021.
Sources
- Wikipedia, Omar Jama · en.wikipedia.org
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