Omar Bugiel

Omar Khalid Chaaban Bugiel[note 1] (/ˈoʊmɑːr buˈɡiːl/; Arabic: عمر خالد شعبان بوغيل‎, Lebanese Arabic: [ˈʕomar ʃaʕˈbeːn]; born 3 January 1994) is a Lebanese professional footballer who plays as a striker for National League club Sutton United.

The paternal family name is Chaaban and the maternal family name is Bugiel.

Omar Bugiel
Bugiel at Forest Green Rovers in 2017
Personal information
Full name Omar Khalid Chaaban Bugiel
Date of birth (1994-01-03) 3 January 1994
Place of birth Berlin, Germany
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
 Sutton United
Number 9
Youth career
0000–2009 1860 Munich
2010–2011 Chichester City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2012 Selsey
2012–2013 Burgess Hill Town
2013 Selsey
2013–2014 Bognor Regis Town
2014–2017 Worthing 103 (45)
2017–2018 Forest Green Rovers 35 (8)
2018 → Bromley (loan) 16 (4)
2018–2019 Bromley 32 (6)
2019– Sutton United 44 (10)
National team‡
2017–2019 Lebanon 7 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:05, 1 February 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 September 2019

Born in Germany, Bugiel began his senior career in England at Selsey in 2011. After a season, he moved to Burgess Hill Town, before moving back to Selsey in 2013. Bugiel then played for Bognor Regis Town in 2013–14, and Worthing—with whom he scored 45 league goals—between 2014 and 2017. In February 2017 Bugiel joined National League side Forest Green Rovers, helping them gain promotion to League Two. After a season in the English fourth tier, Bugiel moved to Bromley—first on loan, then on a permanent deal—before joining Sutton United.

Eligible to represent Lebanon through his father, Bugiel made his international debut in 2017.

Club career

Early career

Bugiel was a youth player at TSV 1860 Munich before moving to England aged 16 with the aim of learning English. He enrolled at Chichester College,[2] and was part of the youth team at Chichester City.[3]

He then joined Selsey, his time there including a short spell at Burgess Hill Town,[4] before transferring to Bognor Regis Town and then Worthing.[5]

Forest Green Rovers
Bugiel celebrates after scoring a goal for Forest Green Rovers in 2017

Promotion and League Two

After prolific goalscoring form over four years at the Rebels, scoring 45 league goals in 103 appearances,[6] he was signed by Forest Green Rovers in February 2017 for an undisclosed fee.[7] Bugiel was part of the Forest Green side that were victorious in the National League play-offs at the end of the season. He made his EFL League Two debut against Barnet on 5 August 2017.

Loan to Bromley

On 4 January 2018, Bugiel joined National League side Bromley on loan for the remainder of the campaign.[8] He was released by Forest Green at the end of the 2017–18 season.[9]

Bromley

On 1 July 2018, it was announced that Bugiel signed for Bromley on a two-year contract.[10]

2019–20 season

On 3 June 2019, Sutton United announced the signing of Bugiel.[11] He scored his first league goal for the club on 26 October 2019, in a 2–3 home defeat to Ebbsfleet United.[12] In December 2019, Bugiel scored in both the first round and the replay of the 2019–20 FA Trophy matches against Dagenham & Redbrige, with his team however failing to qualify to the next round.[13][14] On 21 December 2019, Bugiel scored a hat-trick in the league against Wrexham in a 3–1 home win.[15]

The next matchday, on Boxing Day, he scored a brace against Woking in a 2–0 home win in the league,[16] with his first goal being a 25-yard volley in the first minute.[17] The goal was voted winner of the 2020 Vanarama National League World Cup of Goals on Twitter.[18] Bugiel scored seven goals in the last four matches in all competitions.[19] He ended the season with seven goals in 30 league games—10 in 34 in all competitions.[19]

2020–21 season

Bugiel scored his first goal of the 2020–21 season on 3 October 2020, against Maidenhead United, in a 3–0 win in the first matchday.[20] His first assist of the season came on 27 October, helping his side win 2–1 away from home to Yeovil Town.[21] Bugiel scored in two consecutive matchdays, on 17 and 21 November, against Dagenham & Redbridge and Wealdstone respectively.[22]

International career

Eligible to play for Lebanon through his father,[23] Bugiel was called up by the Lebanon national football team in May 2017 for an AFC Asian Cup qualifier against Malaysia,[24] but did not feature in the 2–1 win. He was called up again for the next qualifier in North Korea on 5 September 2017.

Bugiel made his debut for Lebanon on 9 November 2017, coming on as a substitute, in a 1–0 victory over Singapore. His first goal also came as a substitute, scoring the maiden goal on 6 September 2018 in a friendly against Jordan.

Personal life

Bugiel's uncle, Kida Khodr Ramadan, is a Lebanese-born German actor.[25]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 22 November 2020
Club Season League FA Cup EFL Cup Other Total Ref.
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Worthing 2013–14 Isthmian League Division One South 12400—00124 [6]
2014–15 Isthmian League Division One South 311230—3[lower-alpha 1]03712 [6]
2015–16 Isthmian League Division One South 311442—2[lower-alpha 1]13717 [6][26]
2016–17 Isthmian League Premier Division 29 15 3 5 — 8[lower-alpha 2] 1 40 21 [6]
Total 103451070 013212654 —
Forest Green Rovers 2016–17 National League 165——1[lower-alpha 3]0175 [19]
2017–18 League Two 19330002[lower-alpha 4]0243 [19]
Total 358300030418 —
Bromley (loan) 2017–18 National League 164——6[lower-alpha 1]1225 [19]
Bromley 2018–19 National League 32620—00346 [19]
Total 48 10 2 0 0 0 6 1 56 11 —
Sutton United 2019–20 National League 30 7 2 1 — 2[lower-alpha 1] 2 34 10 [19]
2020–21 National League 7 3 1 0 — 0 0 8 3 [19]
Total 37 10 3 1 0 0 2 2 42 13 —
Career total 223731880024526586 —
  1. Appearance(s) in FA Trophy
  2. Appearance(s) in FA Trophy and Alan Turvey Trophy
  3. Appearance(s) in National League play-offs
  4. Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy

International
Scores and results list Lebanon's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Bugiel goal.[27]
List of international goals scored by Omar Bugiel
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1 6 September 2018King Abdullah II Stadium, Amman, Jordan Jordan1–01–0Friendly

Honours

Club

Bromley

Personal

Awards

See also

Notes
  1. Commonly known as Omar Bugiel in English, or Omar Chaaban (Arabic: عمر شعبان‎) in Arabic.[1]

References
  1. "عمر شعبان جديد المنتخب اللبناني". lebanonfg.com. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
  2. "Wembley the goal! Omar goes from Chichester College to brink of football league showdown | Chichester News". chichester.news. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
  3. "Brilliant Bosham boys lift the cup". Bognor Regis Observer. Archived from the original on 17 May 2019. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
  4. "Interview with newly promoted @FGRFC_Official star Omar Bugiel @omarbugiel !". Football Debate Room. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
  5. "Hinshelwood Strengthens Rebels". Pitchero Non-League. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
  6. "Worthing | Appearances | Omar Bugiel | 2013–2014 | Football Web Pages". www.footballwebpages.co.uk. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  7. "Bugiel joins Forest Green | Worthing Football Club | Official Website". worthingfc.com. Archived from the original on 6 August 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
  8. "Striker Omar Bugiel joins the Ravens". Bromley Official Site. 4 January 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  9. "Forest Green Rovers: Isaiah Osbourne offered new deal as 12 players depart". BBC Sport. 7 May 2018. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
  10. "National League news – July 2018". BBC Sport. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  11. Farebrother, Dave (3 June 2019). "Welcome to Omar Bugiel". Sutton United Football Club. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  12. "Sutton United 2–3 Ebbsfleet United". 26 October 2019. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
  13. Lane, Dan Bennett at Gander Green. "FA Trophy: Sutton United 1 Dagenham & Redbridge 1". Barking and Dagenham Post. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  14. "Dagenham & Redbridge FC". www.daggers.co.uk. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  15. Griffiths, Rob (21 December 2019). "Sutton United 3 Wrexham AFC 1 - Omar Bugiel hat-trick sees Dragons slump at Us". northwales. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  16. "Woking vs. Sutton United - 26 December 2019 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  17. "Woking 0–2 Sutton United". BBC Sport. 26 December 2019. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
  18. "Presenting the winning strike of The Vanarama National League World Cup of Goals 2020". Twitter. @Vanarama. 7 April 2017. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  19. "O. Bugiel". Soccerway. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
  20. Abou Diab, Rami (5 October 2020). "Lebanese Players Abroad: October 2020, Week 1". FA Lebanon. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  21. Abou Diab, Rami (3 November 2020). "Lebanese Player Abroad: November 2020, Week 1". FA Lebanon. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  22. Mahfoud, Maroun (23 November 2020). "Lebanese Players Abroad: November 2020, week 4". FA Lebanon. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  23. "Omar Bugiel: 'Playing for Lebanon is great and is in our blood'". Arab News. 15 March 2019. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  24. "Lebanon call up for Omar Bugiel / 2017 / First Team News / News / Home". Forest Green Rovers Football Club. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
  25. "„Riberys Fresse ist einzigartig"". 11FREUNDE (in German). Retrieved 27 November 2020.
  26. "Omar Bugiel". Worthing Official Site. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
  27. "Bugiel, Omar". National Football Teams. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
  28. Williams, Adam (20 May 2018). "FA Trophy final: Brackley Town beat Bromley 5–4 on penalties after 1–1 draw". BBC Sport. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
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