Omar Ennafatti

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Position	Defence
Shoots	Right
Height Weight	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 218 lb (99 kg/15 st 8 lb)
EIHL Team F. teams	Manchester Phoenix Idaho Steelheads
Nationality	Hungary
Born	August 16, 1980 (1980-08-16) (age 27), Toronto, ON, CAN
Pro career	1997 – present

Omar Ennafatti (born August 16, 1980 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Hungarian professional ice hockey player, currently playing for the Manchester Phoenix in the EIHL. Ennafatti began his career playing for the North Bay Centennials, a junior team in the OHL. He spent two years as a Centennials player and made more than 100 appearances before moving on to the Mississauga Ice Dogs, again of the OHL. During the same season, Ennafatti played in his first senior games, for the now-defunct Greenville Grrrowl, then of the ECHL.

Ennafatti would again play for the Ice Dogs the following year, before moving to senior level as a defenseman for the New Orleans Brass, another ECHL team. He made just two appearances in his first regular season in New Orleans, but featured in the play offs as a regular. His play off appearances impressed, and helped him to force his way into the first team for the 2000/01 season, playing on more than 30 occasions and weighing in with his fair share of points, totalling 11 during that time.

Ennafatti would begin his University career the year after, lining up for St. Francis Xavier University for three and a half seasons. Ennafatti split the 2004/05 season between his time at the university and three ECHL appearances for the Idaho Steelheads. For the following season, Ennafatti would play for Alba Volan Szekesfehervar at both Hungarian and International League standard. During this time, Ennafatti took Hungarian nationality, despite actually being born in Canada.

After two seasons in Hungary, Ennafatti moved to sign for the Manchester Phoenix of the EIHL alongside fellow ex-Greenville players Scott Fankhouser and Brian Passmore. Ennafatti is a regular in the Phoenix squad, and has started the season well, proving to be solid defensively as well as showing some talent in the offensive zone.