Omar Sahnoun

Personal information
Omar Sahnoun
Date of birth	18 August 1955
Place of birth	Guerrouma, Algeria
Date of death	May 21, 1980 (aged 24)
Place of death	Bordeaux, France
Height	175cm
Playing position	Defender, Midfielder
Youth clubs
1967-1972	AS Beauvais
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1972-1979 1979-1980	FC Nantes Girondins de Bordeaux
National team
1977-1878	France	6 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Omar Sahnoun (Arabic: عمر سحنون‎) (born August 18, 1955 in Guerrouma, Algeria- died May 21, 1980 in Bordeaux, France) was a French professional football (soccer) defender and midfielder.

A talented player who revealed himself at FC Nantes under Jean Vincent's coaching, son of a harki and proud to be it, he played for the France national football team before FIFA World Cup 1978 but was not called because of a cardiac alert at the end of 1977. He then died of a heart attack during a training with Girondins de Bordeaux in 1980.He left a son, Nicolas Sahnoun, who currently plays for Dijon FCO.