Omer Damari
Damari with Red Bull Salzburg, 2015
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| Personal information | |||
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| 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) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Maccabi Haifa | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| 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) |
| 2015–2016 | → Red Bull Salzburg (loan) | 16 | (4) |
| 2016 | → New York Red Bulls (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2017– | → Maccabi Haifa (loan) | 9 | (2) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2007–2008 | Israel U19 | 10 | (3) |
| 2008–2010 | Israel U21 | 10 | (0) |
| 2010– | Israel | 20 | (9) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 January 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 31 January 2017 |
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Omer Damari (Hebrew: עומר דמארי, born 24 March 1989) is an Israeli footballer who plays for Israeli Premier League club Maccabi Haifa and for the Israel national team as a striker.
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. 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 146 appearances for Maccabi, starting 88 matches, with 58 substitute appearances and scoring 34 goals.
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. Damari helped Hapoel to the Israel State Cup during his first year at the club. He made 101 league appearance for Hapoel, scoring 56 goals in the process. During the 2013/14 season he scored a career high 26 league goals and 31 in all competitions. His fine play during the season led to interest from various clubs throughout Europe.
In July 2014 Damari signed with Austria Wien. On 9 August 2014 Damari made his first appearance for the club scoring the opening goal for Wien in a 2-2 draw with SC Wiener Neustadt. He ended the season scoring 10 goals in 15 appearances.
In January 2015 Damari signed with RB Leipzig of the 2. Bundesliga.
On 30 July 2015 Damari was loaned to sister club FC Red Bull Salzburg for one season. Damari established himself as a starter for Salzburg but was limited to 16 league games due to injury in which he managed to score 4 goals and provide 4 assists. He helped the club to the league and cup title during his loan spell.
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