Musa Al-Taamari
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Mousa Suleiman Al-Tamari | ||
Date of birth | 10 June 1997 | ||
Place of birth | Amman, Jordan | ||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Winger | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | OH Leuven | ||
Number | 11 | ||
Youth career | |||
Shabab Al-Ordon | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2016–2018 | Shabab Al-Ordon | 19 | (5) |
2017–2018 | → Al-Jazeera (loan) | 17 | (3) |
2018–2020 | APOEL | 49 | (12) |
2020– | OH Leuven | 23 | (2) |
National team‡ | |||
2017–2019 | Jordan U23 | 9 | (3) |
2016– | Jordan | 39 | (8) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 27 July 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 June 2021 |
Mousa Suleiman Al-Tamari (Arabic: موسى سليمان التعمري, born 10 June 1997) is a Jordanian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Belgian side OH Leuven and the Jordan national team.
Club career[]
Shabab Al-Ordon[]
He started his career in Shabab Al-Ordon, he was notoriously rapid, had great skills and amazing footwork, he got called up by the senior national team after his first 6 matches, he achieved the 2016 Jordan FA Shield.
Al-Jazeera (loan)[]
In September 2017, he was loaned to Al-Jazeera,[1] He participated in the AFC Cup 2018 and scored many important goals for his team, he achieved the 2017–18 Jordan FA Cup.
APOEL[]
On 28 May 2018, Al-Taamari signed a three–year contract for a fee of €400 thousand with Cypriot club APOEL.[2] He won the 2019 Cypriot Super Cup title, 2018–19 Cypriot First Division title and became known as one of the best players in Cyprus. He also ended up winning the MVP (Most Valuable Player) of the Cypriot League.[3]
OH Leuven[]
On 5 October 2020, Al-Taamari joined Belgian First Division A club OH Leuven on a three–year contract, for a reported transfer fee of €1.1 million.[4]
International career[]
Al-Taamari's first international match was a friendly against Lebanon on 31 August 2016, which ended in a 1–1 draw. Al-Taamari was only 19 years old at the time. He went on to make six more international appearances during 2016. In 2017, he scored his first goal for Jordan in a friendly match against Hong Kong.[5] Al-Taamari was named in Jordan's squad for the 2019 AFC Asian Cup, he played three matches, scored one goal and made two assists at the tournament.
Style of play[]
Being a left-footed right winger, Al-Taamari has a general tendency to cut inside and take on players with his fantastic dribbling ability. His ability to keep the ball close to his feet even in tight spaces is what makes him very dangerous when attacking defences. Al-Taamari's pace, trickery and general style of play have seen him compared to Liverpool winger Mohamed Salah.[6][7][8][9]
Career statistics[]
Club[]
- As of 18 April 2021[10]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Shield | Super Cup | Continental | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Shabab Al-Ordon | 2016–17 | Jordan League | 19 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 | – | – | – | – | 29 | 7 |
Al-Jazeera (loan) | 2017–18 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 32 | 18 | |
Total | 36 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 61 | 25 | ||
APOEL | 2018–19 | Cypriot First Division | 24 | 9 | 4 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 37 | 10 |
2019–20 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 35 | 3 | ||
2020–21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
Total | 49 | 12 | 6 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 80 | 13 | ||
OH Leuven | 2020–21 | Belgian First Division A | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 22 | 1 |
Career total | 107 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 6 | 163 | 39 |
International[]
- As of 15 June 2021[5]
Jordan | ||
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Year | Apps | Goals |
2016 | 7 | 0 |
2017 | 9 | 3 |
2018 | 5 | 1 |
2019 | 11 | 3 |
2020 | 2 | 0 |
2021 | 5 | 1 |
Total | 39 | 8 |
International goals[]
- Scores and results list Jordan's goal tally first.[5]
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 23 March 2017 | King Abdullah II Stadium, Amman, Jordan | ![]() |
3–0 | 4–0 | Friendly |
2. | 28 March 2017 | ![]() |
6–0 | 7–0 | 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification | |
3. | 25 December 2017 | ![]() |
1–0 | 1–1 | Friendly | |
4. | 28 December 2018 | Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar | ![]() |
1–0 | 1–1 | |
5. | 10 January 2019 | Khalifa bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates | ![]() |
1–0 | 2–0 | 2019 AFC Asian Cup |
6. | 7 June 2019 | Anton Malatinský Stadium, Trnava, Slovakia | ![]() |
1–0 | 1–5 | Friendly |
7. | 10 September 2019 | Amman International Stadium, Amman, Jordan | ![]() |
1–0 | 2–4 | |
8. | 24 March 2021 | Theyab Awana Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates | ![]() |
1–0 | 1–0 |
Honours[]
Shabab Al-Ordon
- Jordan FA Shield: 2016
Al-Jazeera[10]
APOEL[10]
Individual
References[]
- ^ "Musa loaned to Al-Jazeera Club". gitsport (in Arabic).
- ^ "APOEL FC Official Website - Συμφωνία με Shabab Al-Ordon Club για Μusa Al-Taamari".
"Al-Taamari going to APOEL". - ^ a b "Musa Al Taamari named MVP of Cyprus Championship". the-AFC.
- ^ "OHL strikt razendsnelle winger". www.ohleuven.com.
- ^ a b c "Al-Tamari, Moussa". National Football Teams. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
- ^ "Ones to Watch: Musa Al Taamari (Jordan)".
- ^ "Musa Al tamari skills".
- ^ "Al-Taamari Jordanian talent with Maradona and Messi specifications".
- ^ "Los cinco jóvenes a seguir en la Copa Asia 2019". AS.com (in Spanish). AS. 3 January 2019.
- ^ a b c Musa Al-Taamari at Soccerway
External links[]
- Musa Al-Taamari at Soccerway
- Musa Al-Taamari at National-Football-Teams.com
- Musa Al-Taamari at Goalzz.com (also in Arabic at Kooora.com)
- Musa Al-Taamari at APOEL
- 1997 births
- Living people
- People from Amman
- Jordanian people of Palestinian descent
- Jordanian footballers
- Association football wingers
- Shabab Al-Ordon Club players
- Al-Jazeera (Jordan) players
- APOEL FC players
- Oud-Heverlee Leuven players
- Jordanian Pro League players
- Cypriot First Division players
- Belgian First Division A players
- Jordanian expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Cyprus
- Expatriate footballers in Belgium
- Jordanian expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus
- Jordanian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
- Jordan international footballers
- 2019 AFC Asian Cup players