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Omar Al-Ghamdi
Personal information
Full name	Omar Abdullah Al-Ghamdi
Date of birth	11 April 1979 (age 45)
Place of birth	Mecca, Saudi Arabia
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Youth career
1995–1999	Al Hilal
Senior career*
Years	Team
1998–2010	Al Hilal
2010–2015	Al-Shabab
International career‡
2000–2008	Saudi Arabia
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 August 2017; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 August 2017

Omar Abdullah Al-Ghamdi (Arabic: عُمر الغامدي) (born 11 April 1979) is a retired Saudi Arabian football player who played as defensive midfielder and played at left back.

Club career edit

Al-Hilal edit

In 1997, Al Hilal signed Omar Al-Ghamdi, he was part of Al-Hilal team that won the Asian Super Cup and Asian Champions League in 2000. He won every trophy at Al-Hilal. On 14 March 2010, Omar played his last match for Al-Hilal which was against Al Shabab which ended 2–1 win for Al-Hilal.^[1] He left in 2010.

Al-Shabab edit

On 21 June 2010, Omar went to Al Shabab from Al Hilal as part of a swap deal which Al-Hilal got Waleed Al-Gizani from Al-Shabab.^[2] On 14 August 2010, he played his league debut against Al-Raed which Al-Shabab lost 2–1.^[3] On 29 September 2011, Omar made his first assist for Al-Shabab against Al-Raed which he assisted Hassan Muath in the 40th minute which was a reason why they won 2–1. On 30 November 2011, Omar assisted Fahad Hamad in the 61 minute which made Al-Shabab win 1–0 against Al-Ettifaq. On 2 February 2012, Omar was sent off against Ittihad in the 38 minute for a second yellow card, but Al-Shabab still won 2–0. In 2012, he won the first and only Saudi Professional League for Al-Shabab. In 2014, Omar won the King Cup and the Super Cup for Al-Shabab. On 26 March 2017, Omar announced that he will retire at the end of the season.^[4] On 17 April 2015, Omar played his last league match against Al-Taawoun which Al-Shabab drew 1-1. On 23 August 2015, Omar officially retired from football after a playing career that lasted 17 years.^[5]

International career edit

Omar made his play debut for the Saudi Arabia national team at the 2000 AFC Asian Cup. He is a member of the Saudi Arabia national team and was called up to the squad for the 2002 FIFA World Cup and 2006 FIFA World Cup. On 6 September 2008, Omar played his last match for the national team which was against Iran which he replaced Mohammad Al-Shalhoub in the 67th minute, the match ended 1-1.^[6] After 78 caps for the Saudi national team, he retired in 2008.

Hounors edit

Club edit

Al-Hilal edit

Saudi Professional League (4): 1997–98, 2001–02, 2004–05, 2009–10
Saudi Crown Prince Cup (7): 1999–2000, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10
Prince Faisal bin Fahd Cup (3): 2000, 2005, 2006
Saudi Founder's Cup (1): 1999
AFC Champions League (1): 1999–2000
Asian Cup Winners' Cup (1): 2001–02
Asian Super Cup (1): 2000

Al-Shabab edit

References edit

^ http://slstat.com/spl2009-2010ar/matchdet.php?id=126 ^{[bare URL]}
^ "مقابل انتقال اللاعب وليد الجيزاني ... لاعب الهلال عمر الغامدي ينتقل للشباب | صحيفة عاجل الإلكترونية". ajel.sa. Archived from the original on 8 May 2017.
^ http://slstat.com/spl2010-2011ar/matchdet.php?id=1 ^{[bare URL]}
^ http://prosports.mbc.net/ar/championships/jameel-league/articles/رسميا---عمر-الغامدي-يعلن-اعتزال-الساحرة-المستديرة.html ^{[dead link]}
^ "عمر الغامدي يودع الملاعب في حفل تكريم برعاية الأمير عبدالله بن مساعد – صحيفة سبورت السعودية".
^ "المنتخب السعودي".