Oumed Oukri

Oumed Oukri (Amharic: ዑመድ ዑክሪ; born 5 October 1990) is an Ethiopian footballer.[1] He currently plays as a striker for the Egyptian side Aswan SC in the Egyptian Premier League. His name is often spelt as Oumed Oukuri or Omod Okwury.

Oumed Oukri
Personal information
Date of birth (1990-10-05) 5 October 1990
Place of birth Gambela Region, Ethiopia
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
 Aswan SC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2012 Defence Force
2012–2014 Saint George SC
2014–2015 Al Ittihad Alexandria 4 (7)
2015–2016 ENPPI
2016–2017 El Entag El Harby (11)
2017–2019 Smouha SC
2019– Aswan SC
National team‡
2009– Ethiopia 37 (11)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 March 2012
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 June 2017

Career

Oumed was born in Gambela National Regional state, one of the federal regions of Ethiopia, which is located in the south western part of Ethiopia near to the border of Sudan. Oumed has scored three goals for his club, Defence Force F.C. in six Ethiopian premier league games that club played this year 2010 (2003 Ethiopian calendar). He is becoming the rising star in the domestic games. Oumed Oukri has been named the Best Sportsman according to the weekly Capital Ethiopia's Top 30 List for the 2003 Ethiopian Calendar. In the summer of 2012, Oumed was transferred to reigning premier league champions, Saint George SC. He scored his first official goal, on 17 October 2012, in a penalty-shootout loss against arch-rivals Ethiopian Coffee FC. His goalscoring attracted attention of some Egyptian clubs, but St. George declined to release him. In spite of all this, he continued to play well and shared the title of league champions with his team in the 2013–14 season. Consequently, the Ethiopian champions allowed him move to a foreign league.

On 21 May 2014, Oumed signed a three-year deal with the Egyptian side Al Ittihad.[2] However, he transferred to ENPPI in 2015, then he played for El Entag El Harby and Smouha SC. On 16 September 2019, Oumed joined Aswan SC.[3]

International career

Oumed made a debut for Ethiopia on 30 November 2009, in a match against Djibouti, and he immediately scored two goals. The final result was 5-0 for Ethiopia. His third goal came in an African cup qualifiers against Guinea, in September 2010.

Oumed also scored two goals against Malawi and Zambia and two goals against Uganda in the 2010 CECAFA Cup tournament, held in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

In January 2014, coach Sewnet Bishaw, invited him to be a part of the Ethiopia squad for the 2014 African Nations Championship.[4] The team was eliminated in the group stages after losing to Congo, Libya and Ghana.[5][6][7]

International goals
Scores and results list Ethiopia's goal tally first.[8]
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.30 November 2009Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi Djibouti
4–0
5–0
2009 CECAFA Cup
2.
5-0
3.5 September 2010Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa Guinea
1–0
1–4
2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
4.4 December 2010National Stadium, Dar es Salaam Malawi
1–1
1–1
2010 CECAFA Cup
5.7 December 2010National Stadium, Dar es Salaam Zambia
2–0
2–1
2010 CECAFA Cup
6.12 December 2010National Stadium, Dar es Salaam Uganda
1–0
3–4
2010 CECAFA Cup
7.
2–1
8.8 October 2011Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa Madagascar
1–1
4–2
2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
9.16 November 2011Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa Somalia
1–0
5–0
2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
10.15 October 2014Stade du 26 Mars, Bamako Mali
1–1
3–4
2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
11.15 November 2014Stade Mustapha Tchaker, Blida Algeria
1–0
1–3
2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

References
  1. "Ethiopia Football: Oumed Oukri, a star in the making". Ethiosports. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  2. "Umed joins Al Ittihad in Egypt". Collins Okinyo. Ethiosports. 21 May 2014. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
  3. "OFFICIAL: Ethiopia's Oumed Oukri joins Aswan". kingfut.com. 16 September 2019.
  4. "2014 CHAN - Ethiopia Team Profile". mtnfootball.com/. Archived from the original on 24 February 2014. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
  5. "LIVE: Ghana v Ethiopia (CHAN 2014 Group C Match Day 3)". modernghana.com. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
  6. "CHAN 2014: Congo earn victory over Ethiopia". bbc.com. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
  7. "CHAN 2014: Ghana and Libya book last-eight spots". bbc.com. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
  8. "Ukuri, Umed". National Football Teams. Retrieved 19 February 2018.


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