Amouri.. The story of the Emirati white rhythm officer

One of the best playmakers in Asia, he is distinguished by passing accuracy and penetrating defenses, has a superior ability to put the striker in front of the goal in a state of complete isolation, has an insight into distribution and passing under pressure, a highly skilled leftist who masters set-pieces, corners, and penalty kicks, who was called Maradona of the Gulf.

He is the Emirati star Omar Abdul Rahman Ahmed Al Raqi Al Amoudi, who was born on September 20, 1991, to his father, the former football player Abdul Rahman Ahmed Al Raqi.

Omar’s passion for football started at a young age, as he was playing with his brothers in Malaz Square in Riyadh, until scout Abdul Rahman Issa noticed him and asked him for which club he plays, so he told him that he does not play in any club, so Issa asked to communicate with his family, after which he participated in tournaments and courses. In 2000, he went through an experience with the Saudi Al Hilal Club, during which he was graded from buds to juniors and continued until 2005.

After a communication from the honorary member of Al Ain Club, Sheikh Nasser bin Thaloub with Abdul Rahman Issa, as he was looking for talented young players, Issa nominated him and joined Al Ain Club. Among the top ten players in Asia, and in 2016 he won the Asian Player of the Year award.

Espanyol coach Luis Planagorn was impressed by Omar Abdel Rahman’s playing and expressed his desire to join the club, but the deal did not take place due to the desire of Espanyol to buy his card permanently and Al Ain Club to loan him only.

In 2007, Abdul Rahman joined Al Ain Club Academy School, at first he played for the under-16 category, then under 18, then under 19, and the reserve team, and after German coach Winfried Schaefer watched him in 2009 during the Al Ain U-17 Championship he included him in the first team.

Abdul Rahman’s first match was against Al-Ahly in the Telecom Cup tournament, and he was named the best player in the Al Ain International U-17 Championship for the years 2008 and 2009.

In 2009 he won the title of best young player and returned and won the title in 2011. He played with the club in the UAE Arabian Gulf Cup for the 2008-2009 season and won the cup. He remained in the first team’s reserve team for five seasons, during which he scored 6 goals and made five and the last match with the Reserve team was in 2012 against victory.

The club also won the UAE Super Cup for the 2009, 2012, and 2015 seasons, and the UAE President’s Cup for the 2008-2009 season, the 2013-2014 season, and the 2017-2018 season.

Abdul Rahman played with Al Ain Club in the Arab Gulf League, and won the cup in the 2011-2012, 2012-2013, 2014-2015, and 2017-2018 seasons. He also played with the UAE youth team in the 2010 Arabian Gulf Cup U-23.

On August 6, 2012, Amouri announced on his personal account on Twitter that he was about to join Manchester City for the experiment, in which he lived with the team for two weeks, during which he played friendly matches and the report came out well, but because of the team’s classification and Al Ain’s refusal to loan him, the deal was not completed.

At the international level, he was called for the first time for the youth team gathering in September 2008, in preparation for the Asian Youth Cup finals, but he was injured and was excluded, but he participated with the Olympic team for the first time in the 2010 Gulf Cup, participated in all confrontations and won the title, then was called up for the youth team in the 2010 Asian Cup, to be his first continental participation, he later won the Asian Games silver with the Olympic team.

Omar Abdel Rahman joined the first team in the 2011 Asian Cup, as the youngest player in the Emirati Al-Abyad squad, and the seventh in the list of the youngest in the tournament. He played his first official match against North Korea in a confrontation that ended in a goalless draw, and the UAE was eliminated from the first round.