Tha'er Bawab

Tha'er Fayed Al Bawab (Arabic: ثائر فايد بواب; born 1 March 1985) is a Jordanian former footballer who played as a forward.

Tha'er Bawab
Personal information
Full name Tha'er Fayed Al Bawab
Date of birth (1985-03-01) 1 March 1985
Place of birth Amman, Jordan
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1995–2003 Cornellà
2003–2004 Real Madrid
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2006 Real Madrid C 31 (10)
2006–2007 Real Madrid B 0 (0)
2007 Barcelona B 13 (3)
2007–2008 Hospitalet 27 (2)
2009 Alfaro 14 (3)
2009–2010 Moratalla 28 (3)
2010 Gloria Bistrița 7 (0)
2011–2014 Gaz Metan Mediaș 93 (27)
2014–2015 Universitatea Craiova 44 (12)
2016 Steaua București 8 (1)
2016 Umm Salal 7 (2)
2017–2018 Dinamo București 13 (0)
2017–2018Concordia Chiajna (loan) 27 (1)
2018–2019 Concordia Chiajna 25 (4)
2019–2020 Dunărea Călărași 13 (0)
Total 340 (65)
National team
2005–2017 Jordan 26 (6)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

He spent most of his professional career in Spain and Romania.

Club career

Early years / Real Madrid

Born in Amman of Palestinian descent, Bawab's family moved to Catalonia, Spain when he was a child. He started playing for the youth teams of local UE Cornellà, leaving at the age of 18 to Real Madrid where he completed his development,[1] and scoring 30 goals in his sole season with the Juvenil side.

In 2004, Bawab signed a professional contract with Real Madrid, and the club also agreed to pay a college scholarship for him, as he went on to make his senior debut with the third team in the fourth division. At that time, talks had started where people compared his style of play to Zinedine Zidane (even though they did not play in the same position);[1] first-team coach Mariano García Remón thought about promoting him to the main squad, but eventually did not saying he did not want to put pressure on the youngster.

Barcelona / Journeyman in Spain

Bawab split the 2006–07 season with Real Madrid Castilla – for whom he did not appear officially – and another reserve team, FC Barcelona Atlètic, scoring three goals for the latter as both sides suffered relegation (the former in the second level, the latter in the third).[2][3]

In the following three seasons, he competed in the country's third tier, being relegated with all the clubs – CE L'Hospitalet, CD Alfaro (which he joined in January 2009) and Moratalla CF.[4][5]

Romania

Bawab signed a two-year contract with ACF Gloria 1922 Bistriţa in late June 2010.[6] Midway through the season, as his team would eventually suffer relegation, he joined fellow Romanian Liga I side CS Gaz Metan Mediaş.

On 4 August 2011, Bawab scored two goals against 1. FSV Mainz 05 in the last qualifying round in the UEFA Europa League, one in each leg as Gaz Metan eventually won on penalties.[7][8] On 26 September, he added two more in a 2–1 league home win over FCM Târgu Mureș.[9]

In September 2014, free agent Bawab moved to CS Universitatea Craiova also in Romania's top flight. He remained in the country the following years safe for a very brief spell in the Qatar Stars League with Umm Salal SC, representing FC Steaua București, FC Dinamo București, CS Concordia Chiajna and FC Dunărea Călărași.[10]

International career

Bawab made his debut for Jordan in a friendly with Norway on 28 January 2005, which ended 0–0. He made six appearances for the national team in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, scoring once.[11]

Career statistics

Club

[12][13][14][15]

Club Season League Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Real Madrid C
2004–05 81??81
2005–06 239??239
Total 3110??3110
Real Madrid B
2006–07 000000
Total 0000--00
Barcelona B
2006–07 13300133
Total 13300133
Hospitalet
2007–08 26210272
2008–09 100010
Total 27210282
Alfaro
2008–09 14300143
Total 14300143
Moratalla
2009–10 28300283
Total 28300283
Gloria Bistriţa
2010–11 700070
Total 700070
Gaz Metan Mediaș
2010–11 142142
2011–12 28830623710
2012–13 2510112611
2013–14 16400164
Total 832441629327
Universitatea Craiova
2014–15 25920279
2015–16 1930000193
Total 441220004612
Steaua București
2015–16 81001293
Total 81001293
Umm Salal
2016–17 72000072
Total 72000072
Dinamo București
2016–17 1200010130
2017–18 100010
Total 1300010140
Concordia Chiajna
2017–18 27100271
2018–19 25400254
Total 52500525
Dunărea Călărași
2019–20 1300000130
Total 1300000130
Career total 3406571226235570

International goals

[16]

#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
126 March 2008Olympic Stadium, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan Turkmenistan2–02–02010 World Cup qualification
216 October 2012Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat, Oman Oman1–21–22014 World Cup qualification
34 February 2014Jalan Besar, Kallang, Singapore Singapore1–03–12015 Asian Cup qualification
45 March 2014International Stadium, Amman, Jordan Syria1–02–12015 Asian Cup qualification
52–0
623 March 2017King Abdullah II, Amman, Jordan Hong Kong4–04–0Friendly

Honours

Real Madrid C

Steaua București

Dinamo București

References

  1. Thaer: "El Barça sigue apostando más por la cantera que el Madrid" (Thaer: "Barça still bet more on their youth system than Madrid"); Sport, 12 November 2013 (in Spanish)
  2. El exazulgrana Thaer, a las puertas de su "mayor sueño" (Former azulgrana Thaer, at the gates of his "biggest dream"); Sport, 12 November 2013 (in Spanish)
  3. La última plantilla que descendió con el Castilla. ¿Qué fue de ellos? (The last squad to be relegated with Castilla. What happened to them?); Vavel, 26 November 2013 (in Spanish)
  4. El curioso caso de Tha’er Al Bawab (The curious case of Tha’er Al Bawab); Panenka, 13 December 2013 (in Spanish)
  5. La maravilla de un canterano del Real Madrid en la liga rumana (The wonder of a Real Madrid youth player in the Romanian league); Marca, 25 November 2014 (in Spanish)
  6. Thaer Fayez Bawab a semnat cu Gloria (Thaer Fayez Bawab signed with Gloria) Archived 3 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine; Gloria Bistrita, 29 June 2010 (in Romanian)
  7. Gaz Metan-Mainz 1–1, 5–4 la penalty-uri (in tur: 1–1) / Revelatia Bundesligii, invinsa de un iordanian: Bawab! (Gaz Metan-Mainz 1–1, 5–4 on penalties (first leg: 1–1) / Bundesliga revelation, prey of a Jordanian: Bawab!); Ofsaid, 4 August 2011 (in Romanian)
  8. Bawab nu se teme de Austria Viena: ”Mergem în grupe” (Bawab does not fear Austria Vienna: ”We are a group”); Gazeta Sporturilor, 6 August 2011 (in Romanian)
  9. Scîrţîie scaunul lui Sabău » Gaz Metan – Tg Mureş 2–1 (Sabău's squeaky chair » Gaz Metan – Tg Mureş 2–1); Gazeta Sporturilor, 26 September 2011 (in Romanian)
  10. Dunărea Călăraşi dă o nouă lovitură. Tha'er Bawab a semnat cu echipa preluată de Cristi Pustai (Dunărea Călăraşi strikes a new blow. Tha'er Bawab has signed with team led by Cristi Pustai); ProSport, 2 July 2019 (in Romanian)
  11. Tha'er BawabFIFA competition record
  12. "Tha'er Al Bawab". Soccerway. Retrieved 24 October 2014.
  13. Tha'er Bawab at FootballDatabase.eu
  14. Tha'er Bawab at BDFutbol
  15. Tha'er Bawab at WorldFootball.net
  16. "Tha'er Al Bawab – Matches". Soccerway. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  17. VIDEO+FOTO Super-Bawab! Steaua e prima finalistă a Cupei Ligii, după ce a învins Astra, scor 2–0 (VIDEO+PHOTO Super-Bawab! Steaua are first League Cup finalists, after defeating Astra, 2–0 the score); Gazeta Sporturilor, 13 April 2016 (in Romanian)
  18. VIDEO+FOTO » Dinamo a câștigat Cupa Ligii fără emoții! Al 34-lea trofeu din vitrina "câinilor" (VIDEO+PHOTO » Dinamo won unexciting League Cup! 34th trophy in the "dogs" cabinet); Gazeta Sporturilor, 20 May 2017 (in Romanian)
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