Omar Al Soma
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| Personal information | |||
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| Date of birth | 28 March 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Deir ez-Zor, Syria | ||
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Al Ahli | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Al-Futowa | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2008–2011 | Al Futowa | 39 | (43) |
| 2011–2014 | Al Qadsia | 68 | (74) |
| 2014– | Al Ahli | 60 | (67) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2007–2008 | Syria U-20 | 2 | (1) |
| 2008–2012 | Syria U-23 | 12 | (5) |
| 2012 | Syria | 4 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 27 January 2017. |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 27 January 2017.
Omar Al Somah (Arabic: عمر السومة; born 28 March 1989 in Deir ez-Zor) is a Syrian football player who is currently playing for Al Ahli in the Saudi Professional League.
Nicknamed in Syria as Al-ʿAqqid (Arabic: العكيد) which is a historical civil character in Damascus known for participating in the resistance against occupiers and for being courageous, helpful and generous, he is also called Al-ʿAqīd (Arabic: العقيد).
On July 2012 he participated in three games with Nottingham Forest F.C., scoring once in a trial of month. He impressed manager Sean O'Driscoll enough that the club were looking to sign him on a permanent basis but he was denied a work permit and the club wasn't able to sign him.
Al Somah began his football career at the age of 12 joining the youth academy of Al-Futowa (Deir ez-Zor) which won in 2007/2008 the title of the Syrian Under 18 top division, Al Somah won the top scorer of the league that season with 29 goals and he also got his first international goal with Syria U-19 against Iraq in 2008 AFC U-19 Championship.
he became a regular in the first team at the age of 17 scoring 12 goals making him the third top scorer in his debut season in Syrian Premier League 2008–09, in 2009/2010 Al Somah helped the relegated Al Fotuwa to win the title of the Syrian second division north and promoted back to top division. he scored 5 goals in the 2010–11 The season was suspended at the half of March and after a few months Al-Somah had joined Al Qadsia from Kuwaiti Premier League.
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