Omer Damari
 Damari with FK Austria Wien in 2014. | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Omer Damari | ||
| Date of birth | 24 March 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Rishon LeZion, Israel | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | FC Red Bull Salzburg | ||
| Number | 16 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Maccabi Petah Tikva | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2006–2011 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 118 | (29) |
| 2011–2014 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 101 | (56) |
| 2014–2015 | Austria Wien | 13 | (8) |
| 2015– | RB Leipzig | 10 | (0) |
| 2015– | → Red Bull Salzburg (loan) | 15 | (4) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2007–2008 | Israel U19 | 10 | (3) |
| 2008–2010 | Israel U21 | 10 | (0) |
| 2010– | Israel | 17 | (9) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 February 2016 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 November 2014 | |||
Omer Damari (Template:Lang-he, born 24 March 1989) is an Israeli footballer who plays as striker for Austrian Football Bundesliga club FC Red Bull Salzburg and the Israel national football team.
Club career
Maccabi Petah Tikva
Omer grew up in the youth ranks for Maccabi Petah Tikva and made his debut for the senior side on 21 November 2006 in a Toto Cup Al game against F.C. Ashdod.[1] Due to his speed and ball skills he was deployed in wide midfield mostly but later became the leading striker for Maccabi due to good goalscoring form. He made 140 appearances for Maccabi, starting 88 matches, with 52 substitute appearances and scoring 32 goals.
Hapoel Tel Aviv
On 3 July 2011, Damari moved to Hapoel Tel Aviv costing €1.5 million, where he signed a 5-year contract with €3 million buy-out clause.[2]
Austria Wien
In July 2014 Damari signed with Austria Wien.
RB Leipzig
In January 2015 Damari signed with RB Leipzig of the 2. Bundesliga.[3]
FC Red Bull Salzburg
On 30 July 2015 Damari signed with FC Red Bull Salzburg.[4]
International career
During the 2010–11 Israeli Premier League season Damari scored 15 goals and was called up for the national team for the first time. On 17 November 2010 he made his debut in a friendly against Iceland at Bloomfield Stadium in Tel Aviv, scoring two goals in the opening fifteen minutes of a 3–2 win.[5]
Damari was selected by Eli Guttman for UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying. On 13 October 2014, he scored a hat-trick in a 4–1 away win over Andorra, the first goal coming in the third minute.[6]
Honours
Club
- Hapoel Tel Aviv
- Israel State Cup:2012
Career statistics
- As of 10 March 2015
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Europe | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | ||
| Maccabi Petah Tikva | 2006–07 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 9 | 1 |
| 2007–08 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | – | 28 | 3 | |
| 2008–09 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | – | – | 34 | 2 | |
| 2009–10 | 32 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | – | – | 40 | 11 | |
| 2010–11 | 30 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | – | – | 35 | 17 | |
| Total | 118 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 20 | 3 | – | – | 146 | 34 | |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | 2011–12 | 36 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 55 | 25 |
| 2012–13 | 29 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 39 | 15 | |
| 2013–14 | 36 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 41 | 31 | |
| Total | 101 | 56 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 135 | 71 | |
| Austria Wien | 2014–15 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 10 |
| Total | 13 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 10 | |
| RB Leipzig | 2014–15 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Total | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Career Total | 236 | 93 | 19 | 7 | 27 | 5 | 19 | 10 | 301 | 115 | |
International goals
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 17 November 2010 | Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv, Israel |  Iceland |
1–0 | 3–2 | Friendly |
| 2 | 2–0 | |||||
| 3 | 14 November 2012 | Teddy Stadium, Jerusalem, Israel |  Belarus |
1–0 | 1–2 | Friendly |
| 4 | 1 June 2014 | BBVA Compass Stadium, Houston, United States |  Honduras |
3–1 | 4–2 | Friendly |
| 5 | 10 October 2014 | GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus |  Cyprus |
1–0 | 2–1 | UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying |
| 6 | 13 October 2014 | Estadi Comunal d'Andorra la Vella, Andorra la Vella, Andorra |  Andorra |
1–0 | 4–1 | UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying |
| 7 | 2–1 | |||||
| 8 | 3–1 | |||||
| 9 | 16 November 2014 | Sammy Ofer Stadium, Haifa, Israel |  Bosnia and Herzegovina |
2–0 | 3–0 | UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying |
References
- ^ Profile at One!
- ^ Hapoel Presents Damari
- ^ "WECHSEL PERFEKT! OMER DAMARI IST AB SOFORT EIN LEIPZIGER BULLE!" (in German). Retrieved 14 January 2015.
- ^ "RBL-Kurzpass". redbulls. Retrieved 2015-06-30.
- ^ "Israel 3-2 Iceland". UEFA. 17 November 2010. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
- ^ "Damari treble does job for Israel in Andorra". UEFA. 13 October 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
- 1989 births
- Israeli Jews
- Living people
- Israeli footballers
- Jewish sportspeople
- Israel under-21 international footballers
- Maccabi Petah Tikva F.C. players
- Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C. players
- FK Austria Wien players
- RB Leipzig players
- FC Red Bull Salzburg players
- Israeli Premier League players
- Austrian Football Bundesliga players
- 2. Bundesliga players
- Association football forwards
- Israeli expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Austria
- Expatriate footballers in Germany
- Israeli expatriates in Austria
- Israeli expatriates in Germany
- Israeli people of Yemeni-Jewish descent
- Football players from Rishon LeZion
- People from Rishon LeZion