Personal information | |||
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Full name | Aboubakar Oumarou | ||
Date of birth | 4 January 1987 | ||
Place of birth | Yaoundé, Cameroon | ||
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Playing position | Forward | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Shenzhen | ||
Number | 14 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2006 | Yanbian FC | 4 | (0) |
2007–2008 | Changsha Ginde | 52 | (7) |
2008–2009 | Red Star Belgrade | 13 | (2) |
2009–2010 | OFK Beograd | 23 | (3) |
2010–2013 | Vojvodina | 86 | (31) |
2013–2015 | Waasland-Beveren | 39 | (3) |
2015–2016 | Partizan | 13 | (3) |
2016– | Shenzhen | 32 | (17) |
National team | |||
2012– | Cameroon | 3 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Aboubakar Oumarou (born 4 January 1987) is a Cameroonian footballer who plays for Shenzhen F.C. in the China League One. He is most often deployed as a forward. Having started his professional career in China, he has played in four different Serbian clubs. Oumarou has been capped by the national team of Cameroon.
Oumarou started his professional career in China with Yanbian Baekdu Tigers F.C. before moving to Changsha Ginde where he played in the 2007 and 2008 Chinese Super League. In the 2009 winter transfer window, Milan Živadinović discovered Oumarou in China and after that he was sold to Serbian club Red Star Belgrade. Oumarou stayed there for only six months before he signed for another city club OFK Beograd, for the 2009–10 season.
After playing an entire season with OFK, Oumarou moved to FK Vojvodina in the summer of 2010. In Vojvodina he was elected three times in a row as Vojvodina Supporters' Player of the Year for the 2010–11, 2011–12 and 2012–13 seasons by the unofficial club fansite fkvojvodina.com.
His first match of the 2012/13 season was against Lithuanian club Sūduva on 19 July 2012, in Second qualifying round for UEFA Europa League. In that game he scored a goal in last minute of the match in a 1–1 home draw. A week later he also scored against Sūduva and enrolled assists in the away victory 4-0. A week later after win against Suduva 4-0, he scored a goal against the Rapid Wien and so helped the Vojvodina to win rapid and closer to the play-off of the UEFA Europa League. His first goal of the new season of Serbian SuperLiga scored on 28 October 2012 against Javor Matis. Oumarou was scored the goal in the 77th minute of the match on penalty shootout. On 1 December 2012, he scored twice against his former club Red Star Belgrade. On 31 January 2013, thanks to his much-needed contribution to the club over the years, Oumarou signed a new one-year contract with Vojvodina.