Omar Marmoush
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| Full name | Omar Khaled Mohamed Marmoush[1] | |||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 7 February 1999 | |||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Cairo, Egypt | |||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[2] | |||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Forward | |||||||||||||||
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Current team | VfB Stuttgart (on loan from VfL Wolfsburg) | |||||||||||||||
| Number | 17 | |||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||
| –2016 | Wadi Degla | |||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | Wadi Degla | 16 | (2) | |||||||||||||
| 2017–2020 | VfL Wolfsburg II | 36 | (11) | |||||||||||||
| 2020– | VfL Wolfsburg | 8 | (0) | |||||||||||||
| 2021 | → FC St. Pauli (loan) | 21 | (7) | |||||||||||||
| 2021– | → VfB Stuttgart (loan) | 13 | (2) | |||||||||||||
| National team‡ | ||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Egypt U20 | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||||
| 2019 | Egypt U23 | 4 | (0) | |||||||||||||
| 2021– | Egypt | 9 | (1) | |||||||||||||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 January 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 6 February 2022 | ||||||||||||||||
Omar Khaled Mohamed Abd Elsala Marmoush (Arabic: عمر خالد محمد مرموش; born 7 February 1999) is an Egyptian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Bundesliga club VfB Stuttgart, on loan from VfL Wolfsburg, and the Egypt national team.
Club career[]
Marmoush made his professional debut for Wadi Degla in the Egyptian Premier League on 8 July 2016, coming on as a substitute in the match against Al-Ittihad, which finished as a 3–2 win. In total, he made sixteen league appearances for Wadi Degla and scored two goals, before moving to VfL Wolfsburg II in 2017.[3]
On 5 January 2021, Marmoush was loaned to FC St. Pauli for the remainder of the season.[4]
On 30 August 2021, Marmoush was loaned out to VfB Stuttgart until the end of the season.[5] He scored a last minute equalizer vs Eintracht Frankfurt on his debut. He was later named Bundesliga rookie of the month for September 2021[6] after bagging 1 goal, 1 assist and 10 shots on target in 4 games.[citation needed]
International career[]
Marmoush was included in Egypt's squad for the 2017 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations in Zambia. He made two appearances during the tournament, in which Egypt were eliminated in the group stage.[2]
Marmoush is also a Canadian citizen[7] and was eligible for the Canadian national team[8] before becoming cap-tied with the Egyptian national team in October 2021.
On 8 October 2021, Marmoush made his debut for the Egypt national team and scored the only goal in a 1-0 victory over Libya.[9]
On 29 December 2021, Marmoush was named in Egypt's 28-man squad for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations.[10] He played in all three group stage matches, as well as all four knockout ties en route to the final against Senegal which ended in a 4-2 loss on penalties for Egypt.[11]
International goals[]
Scores and results list Egypt's goal tally first.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 8 October 2021 | Borg El Arab Stadium, Borg El Arab, Egypt |  Libya
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1–0 | 1–0 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
Honours[]
VfL Wolfsburg II
Egypt
- Africa Cup of Nations runner-up: 2021[12]
References[]
- ^ "Total U-20 Africa Cup of Nations Zambia 2017 – Egypt" (PDF). CAFonline.com. Confederation of African Football. 2017. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 February 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
- ^ a b Omar Marmoush at WorldFootball.net
- ^ Al-Awadi, Hani (11 April 2019). "حوار في الجول – عمر مرموش يوضح لماذا فضل فولفسبورج على دورتموند.. وكيف تألق مع دجلة" [Conversation with FilGoal – Omar Marmoush explains why he favoured Wolfsburg over Dortmund... and how he starred with Degla]. FilGoal.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 16 May 2020.
- ^ "Loaned to St. Pauli". VfL Wolfsburg. 5 January 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
- ^ "Omar Marmoush joins VfB on loan". VfB Stuttgart. 30 August 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
- ^ "Bundesliga-Rookies aus Cannstatt". vfb.de/de (in German). vfb.de/de. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
- ^ "New boy Omar Marmoush on his start at FCSP". FC St. Pauli.
- ^ "Omar Khaled Mohamed Abd Elsala Marmoush | VfB Stuttgart | Player Profile | Bundesliga". www.bundesliga.com.
- ^ "Egypt - Libya 1:0 (WC Qualifiers Africa 2019-2021, Group F)". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
- ^ Ali, Ahmad Gamal (29 December 2021). "Mohamed Salah leads Egypt squad for the Africa Cup of Nations". KingFut. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
- ^ Football, CAF-Confedération Africaine du. "CAFOnline.com". CAFOnline.com. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
- ^ "Afcon 2021: Senegal beat Egypt on penalties to win first-ever Nations Cup". BBC Sport. 6 February 2022. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
External links[]
- Omar Marmoush at DFB (also available in German)
- Omar Marmoush at kicker (in German)
- Omar Marmoush at Soccerway
- Omar Marmoush at FilGoal.com (in Arabic)
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