Aboud Omar

Aboud Omar (born 9 September 1992) is a Kenyan professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Greek Super League 2 club Ionikos and the Kenya national team.[1]

Aboud Omar
Personal information
Full name Aboud Omar Khamis
Date of birth (1992-09-09) 9 September 1992
Place of birth Mombasa, Kenya
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Left-back
Club information
Current team
 Ionikos
Number 66
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2013 Admiral 38 (8)
2011–2013 → Bandari (loan) 63 (5)
2013–2015 Tusker 73 (3)
2015–2016 Panegialios 14 (0)
2016–2018 Slavia Sofia 59 (0)
2018 Cercle Brugge 8 (0)
2019 Sepsi OSK 8 (0)
2020– Ionikos 0 (0)
National team‡
2013– Kenya 32 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 May 2019
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 09:19, 1 December 2018 (UTC)

Career

Born in Mombasa, Aboud Omar began his career at local side Admiral in the second tier of Kenyan football. In early 2011, he was loaned to Kenyan Premier League club Bandari.[2]

In June 2013, Omar joined Kenyan Premier League defending Champions Tusker where he won 2013 Kenyan Super Cup (post-season).[3]

After two years at Tusker, Omar signed with Greek club Panegialios in August 2015.[4] He made his debut in a 0–0 home draw against Acharnaikos on 27 September. Omar played half of the season, appearing 15 times in the league.

Slavia Sofia

On 9 February 2016, Omar signed a contract with Bulgarian side Slavia Sofia, after a successful trial period with the club.[5] He made his competitive debut against Botev Plovdiv on 3 March, playing the full 90 minutes.[6] As a result, he became the first Kenyan footballer to play in the Bulgarian top league.

On 30 June 2016, Omar marked his European debut with an assist for a Serder Serderov goal in a 1–0 home win against Zagłębie Lubin in their 2016–17 Europa League first qualifying round first leg tie.

On 20 April 2018, Omar was sacked by Slavia with immediate effect. In a statement, Slavia president Ventseslav Stefanov alleged that Omar had insulted his teammates and disrespected Bulgaria.[7] Omar said he wanted to refer the matter to FIFA.[8]

Cercle Brugge

On 15 June 2018, Omar signed with Belgian club Cercle Brugge.[9]

Career statistics

International
As of 1 December 2018
Kenya national team
YearAppsGoals
201370
201470
201520
201650
201750
201860
Total320

Honours

Club
Bandari
  • Labour Day Cup: 2013
Tusker
Slavia Sofia

International
Kenya

References
  1. Sepsi, ziua şi transferul! Şi-a întărit apărarea cu un internaţional kenyan. prosport.ro (in Romanian)
  2. "Tusker FC seeking services of Aboud Omar". michezoafrika.com. 13 June 2013.
  3. "Kenya Super Cup: Gor Mahia – Tusker FC". futaa.com. 14 December 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-12-14. Retrieved 2016-06-28.
  4. "Aboud Omar joins Greek second division side Panegialios". soka25east.com. 30 August 2015.
  5. "Kenyan International Aboud Omar pens deal at Bulgarian side Slavia Sofia". soka25east.com. 19 February 2016.
  6. "Botev Plovdiv 0–1 Slavia Sofia". soccerway.com. 3 March 2016.
  7. "Kenya's Omar sacked by Bulgarian club for insulting team-mates". BBC. 20 April 2018. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
  8. "Kenya's Aboud Omar wants to take Bulgarian sacking to Fifa". BBC Sport. 25 April 2018. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  9. "Welkom Abud Omar!" (in Dutch). cerclebrugge.be. 15 June 2018.
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