Omar Marmoush

Omar Khaled Mohamed Marmoush (Arabic: عمر خالد محمد مرموش‎; born 7 February 1999) is an Egyptian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Bundesliga club VfB Stuttgart on loan from Wolsburg.

Omar Marmoush
Personal information
Full name Omar Khaled Mohamed Marmoush[1]
Date of birth (1999-02-07) 7 February 1999
Place of birth Cairo, Egypt
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 VfB Stuttgart (on loan from Wolfsburg)
Number 17
Youth career
–2016 Wadi Degla
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2017 Wadi Degla 16 (2)
2017– VfL Wolfsburg II 36 (11)
2020– VfL Wolfsburg 8 (0)
2021 → FC St. Pauli (loan) 21 (7)
2021– → VfB Stuttgart (loan) 4 (1)
National team‡
2017 Egypt U20 2 (0)
2019 Egypt U23 4 (0)
2021– Egypt 2 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 October 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 8 October 2021

Club career

Marmoush made his professional debut for Wadi Degla in the Egyptian Premier League on 8 July 2016, coming on as a substitute in the match against Al-Ittihad, which finished as a 3–2 win. In total, he made sixteen league appearances for Wadi Degla and scored two goals, before moving to VfL Wolfsburg II in 2017.[3]

On 5 January 2021, Marmoush was loaned to FC St. Pauli for the remainder of the season.[4]

On 30 August 2021, Marmoush was loaned out to VfB Stuttgart until the end of the season.[5] He scored a last minute equalizer vs Eintracht Frankfurt on his debut. He was later named Bundesliga rookie of the month for September 2021 after bagging 1 goal, 1 assist and 10 shots on target in 4 games.

International career

Marmoush was included in Egypt's squad for the 2017 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations in Zambia. He made two appearances during the tournament, in which Egypt were eliminated in the group stage.[2]

Marmoush is also a Canadian citizen[6] and was eligible for the Canadian national team[7] before becoming cap-tied with the Egyptian national team in October 2021.

On 8 October 2021, Marmoush made his debut for the Egypt national team and scored the only goal in a 1-0 victory over Libya.[8]

References
  1. "Total U-20 Africa Cup of Nations Zambia 2017 – Egypt" (PDF). CAFonline.com. Confederation of African Football. 2017. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 February 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  2. Omar Marmoush at WorldFootball.net
  3. Al-Awadi, Hani (11 April 2019). "حوار في الجول – عمر مرموش يوضح لماذا فضل فولفسبورج على دورتموند.. وكيف تألق مع دجلة" [Conversation with FilGoal – Omar Marmoush explains why he favoured Wolfsburg over Dortmund... and how he starred with Degla]. FilGoal.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  4. "Loaned to St. Pauli". VfL Wolfsburg. 5 January 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  5. "Omar Marmoush joins VfB on loan". VfB Stuttgart. 30 August 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  6. https://www.fcstpauli.com/en/news/published/new-boy-omar-marmoush-on-his-start-at-fcsp/
  7. "Omar Khaled Mohamed Marmoush".
  8. "Egypt - Libya 1:0 (WC Qualifiers Africa 2019-2021, Group F)". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 8 October 2021.


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