Tha'er Bawab

Tha'er Bawab

Personal information
Full name	Tha'er Fayez 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
Team information
Current team	Concordia Chiajna
Number	10
Youth career
2001–2003	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)
2017–2018	→ Concordia Chiajna (loan)	27	(1)
2018–	Concordia Chiajna	0	(0)
International career‡
2005–	Jordan	25	(6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 June 2018 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 March 2017

Tha'er Fayed Al Bawab (Arabic: ثائر فايد بواب; born 1 March 1985) is a Jordanian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Romanian club Concordia Chiajna.

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 formation, 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 debuts 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); first-team coach Mariano García Remón thought about promoting to the main squad, but eventually did not saying he did not want to put pressure on the youngster, who was just 19.

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).

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

Romania

In late June 2010, Bawab signed a two-year contract with Romanian club ACF Gloria 1922 Bistriţa. Midway through the season, as his team would eventually suffer relegation from Liga I, he joined fellow league 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. On 26 September, he added two more in a 2–1 league home win over FCM Târgu Mureș.

In September 2014, free agent Bawab moved to CS Universitatea Craiova also in Romania's top flight.

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.

Statistics

Club

As of 8 April 2018

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	8	1	?	?	–		–		–		8	1
	2005–06	23	9	?	?	–		–		–		23	9
Total		31	10	?	?	–	–	–	–	–	–	31	10
Real Madrid B
	2006–07	0	0	0	0	–		–		–		0	0
Total		0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	-	-	0	0
Barcelona B
	2006–07	13	3	0	0	–		–		–		13	3
Total		13	3	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	13	3
Hospitalet
	2007–08	26	2	?	?	–		–		–		26	2
	2008–09	1	0	?	?	–		–		–		1	0
Total		27	2	?	?	–	–	–	–	–	–	27	2
Alfaro
	2008–09	14	3	?	?	–		–		–		14	3
Total		14	3	?	?	–	–	–	–	–	–	14	3
Moratalla
	2009–10	28	3	?	?	–		–		–		28	3
Total		28	3	?	?	–	–	–	–	–	–	28	3
Gloria Bistriţa
	2010–11	7	0	0	0	–		–		–		7	0
Total		7	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	7	0
Gaz Metan Mediaș
	2010–11	14	2	–		–		–		–		14	2
	2011–12	28	8	3	0	–		6	2	–		37	10
	2012–13	25	10	1	1	–		–		–		26	11
	2013–14	16	4	0	0	–		–		–		16	4
Total		83	24	4	1	–	–	6	2	–	–	93	27
Universitatea Craiova
	2014–15	25	9	2	0	–		–		–		27	9
	2015–16	19	3	0	0	0	0	–		–		19	3
Total		44	12	2	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	46	12
Steaua București
	2015–16	8	1	0	0	1	2	–		–		9	3
Total		8	1	0	0	1	2	–	–	–	–	9	3
Umm Salal
	2016–17	7	2	0	0	0	0	–		–		7	2
Total		7	2	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	7	2
Dinamo București
	2016–17	12	0	0	0	1	0	–		–		13	0
	2017–18	1	0	0	0	0	0	–		–		1	0
Total		13	0	0	0	1	0	–	–	–	–	14	0
Concordia Chiajna
	2017–18	19	1	0	0	0	0	–		–		19	1
Total		19	1	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	19	1
Career total		294	61	6	1	2	2	6	2	–	–	308	66

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	26 March 2008	Olympic Stadium, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan	Turkmenistan	2–0	2–0	2010 World Cup qualification
2	16 October 2012	Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat, Oman	Oman	1–2	1–2	2014 World Cup qualification
3	4 February 2014	Jalan Besar, Kallang, Singapore	Singapore	1–0	3–1	2015 Asian Cup qualification
4	5 March 2014	International Stadium, Amman, Jordan	Syria	1–0	2–1	2015 Asian Cup qualification
5				2–0
6	23 March 2017	King Abdullah II, Amman, Jordan	Hong Kong	4–0	4–0	Friendly

Honours

Club

Steaua București

• Cupa Ligii: 2015–16

Dinamo București

• Cupa Ligii: 2016–17

External links

• Tha'er Bawab at BDFutbol
• Tha'er Bawab at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
• Tha'er Bawab at National-Football-Teams.com
• Tha'er Bawab at Soccerway