 Abdulrahman with Al Ain in 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Omar Abdulrahman Ahmed Al Raaki Al Amoudi[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 20 September 1991 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[2][3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder, winger | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2000–2005 | Al Hilal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2008 | Al Ain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2019 | Al Ain | 142 | (38) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | → Al Hilal (loan) | 5 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2021 | Al Jazira | 21 | (3) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Shabab Al-Ahli | 5 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | Al Wasl | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2010 | United Arab Emirates U20 | 4 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2012 | United Arab Emirates U23 | 15 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2019 | United Arab Emirates | 72 | (11) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10:31, 9 July 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 November 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Omar Abdulrahman Ahmed Al Raaki Al Amoudi (Arabic: عمر عبد الرحمن أحمد الراقي العمودي; born 20 September 1991) is an Emirati professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or a winger for the United Arab Emirates national team.
Coming through the youth system, Abdulrahman made his senior debut for Al Ain in the 2008–09 season. In his first season, he won the Etisalat Cup, President's Cup and Super Cup. Despite suffering a cruciate ligament injury in the following season which sidelined him for over six months, he became a first team regular and helped his club to avoid relegation in the 2010–11 season. He finished the season with 11 goals in 29 appearances, and was voted the most promising player of the year. In the 2011–12 season, Abdulrahman suffered the same injury again and was out for six months, he returned from the injury to see his club crowned champions of the league. After a two-week trial with Manchester City, he returned to Al Ain to become a key player in the 2012–13 season and was voted Emirati Player of the Year, as his side achieved the 2012 Super Cup and league title.
ESPN FC ranked Abdulrahman first in the Top ten Asian players of 2012.[4] In 2013, Abdulrahman was listed by FIFA in the most promising future stars in Asia.[5] Abdulrahman was ranked thirty-nine on the Goal 50 list for the best 50 players of the 2012–13 season.[6][7]
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- ^ "Top ten Asian players of 2012". ESPN FC. Retrieved 2 June 2013.
- ^ "New stars rise on Asian scene". Fifa. Archived from the original on 19 April 2013. Retrieved 2 June 2013.
- ^ "39. Omar Abdul Rahman". Goal.com. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
- ^ "Al Ain's Abdulrahman joins Messi & Ronaldo in world's top 50". Sport360. Archived from the original on 3 August 2013. Retrieved 4 August 2013.