Omega Roberts

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Omega Roberts
Personal information
Full nameOmega Alamadine Roberts
Date of birth (1989-12-12) 12 December 1989
Place of birthMonrovia, Liberia
Height1.92 m (6 ft 3 1⁄2 in)
Playing positionCentre-back
Club information
Current clubRed Star Belgrade
Number30
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2005–2006Gedi & Sons15(0)
2007Séwé Sports19(0)
2008–2009Tiko United21(0)
2009Diables Noirs10(0)
2009–2011Cercle Olympique39(5)
2011–2012Sloboda Užice14(0)
2012–2013Smederevo14(0)
2013–Red Star Belgrade2(0)
National team‡
2006–Liberia5(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:00, 6 Oktober 2013 (UTC).

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23 June 2013

Omega Alamadine Roberts (born 12 December 1989) is an Liberian football player who plays for Serbian SuperLiga club Red Star Belgrade and the Liberian national football team. He most often plays as a marking central defender, and is occasionally referenced as Robert Omega or Omega in some sources.

Club career

Early career

During his time at Gedi & Sons Football Club, a youthfull club he helped to reach the promotion into the 2006 Liberian Premier League. His good displays along with the national team call, made him earn a move to Ivory Coast in early 2007 to play with Séwé Sports de San Pedro[1] with whom he played in the 2007 CAF Champions League.[2] After that season he moved to Cameroon in 2009 where he played with Tiko United being one of the most important players for the club in their historical achievement of winning the 2009 Cameroon Première Division.[3] After that impressive season he played with Diables Noirs in the Republic of Congo in 2009 where, along with one national title, he also won the title of the best foreign player of the league.[4][5] At end of 2009 he moved to Malian Cercle Olympique de Bamako where he played two seasons until 2011. During this period in Mali, he was nicknames as the "Liberian Rio Ferdinand", due to his playing intelligence, technique, composure and physical structure.[6] While playing with COB along his national team mate Melvin Kicmett, he won the Top Four Trphy in 2009 and the Malien Cup in 2011, along with another top continental competition presence by playing in the 2010 CAF Confederation Cup.

Sloboda Užice

In early August 2011 he arrived to Serbia to be on trial with FK Sloboda Užice[7] ending up signing a definitive contract with the club on 24 August.[8] this way achieving his long time desire to archive a move to Europe.[9] His debut in official matches was on 21 September 2011, in a 2011–12 Serbian Cup match against FK Teleoptik,[10] and his league debut was 3 days later, on 24 September, as a starter in a match of the round 6 against Javor.[11]

Smederevo

In July 2012, Roberts moved to another Serbian SuperLiga side FK Smederevo on a free transfer. He made his competitive debut in the first round of the Serbian SuperLiga against FK Vojvodina in Novi Sad. He received a red card in the 69th minute. The match finished 0–0.

Red Star Belgrade

After terminating his contract with Smederevo, Omega joined Red Star Belgrade in June 2013. He made his competitive debut for Red Star on September 25, 2013, in a 3-0 victory away against FK Proleter Novi Sad in the Serbian Cup.

International career

He is also a member of the Liberia national football team. He made his international debut for his country in 2006.[12] He also played on the senior level in the 2008 Nations Cup qualifiers when a deplete Lone Star squad lost away to Equatorial Guinea 2–1.[citation needed]

In summer 2012, after a half season in Serbia where he was a regular with Sloboda, he received a new call and played on 10 June against Angola for the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifications.[13] A week afterwords he played against Namibia for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations qualifications.[14] He scored his first goal for the national team on 8 September 2012 against Nigeria.[15]

Honours

Club:

Tiko United
  • Cameroon Première Division: 2008–09
Diables Noirs
Olympique Bamako
  • Malien Cup: 2011

Individual:

International goals

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 8 September 2012 Paynesville  Nigeria 2–2 Draw 2013 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

References

  1. ↑ ASEC aim for eight straight titles at FIFA.com
  2. ↑ Liberian international defender Omega Roberts shine in Mali at africansoccerunion.com
  3. ↑ Liberian international defender Omega Roberts shine in Mali at africansoccerunion.com
  4. ↑ Three players invited to Scotland at liberiansoccer.com (Diables Noirs names differently)
  5. ↑ Liberian international defender Omega Roberts shine in Mali at africansoccerunion.com
  6. ↑ Liberian international defender Omega Roberts shine in Mali at africansoccerunion.com
  7. ↑ Pobeda Slobode het trik Kasalice at Sportski žurnal
  8. ↑ Omega potpisao za Slobodu PS at Sportski žurnal
  9. ↑ Liberian international defender Omega Roberts shine in Mali at africansoccerunion.com
  10. ↑ Match report at Transfermarkt
  11. ↑ Match report at Transfermarkt
  12. ↑ Omega Roberts at National-Football-Teams.com
  13. ↑ Liberia vs Angola match report at FIFA.com
  14. ↑ Namibia held by Liberia as the latter progresses at CAF official website, 17 June 2012
  15. ↑ Channels Television – Lone Stars hold Super Eagles 2–2 in Monrovia Retrieved 8 September 2012.

External links

Red Star Belgrade – current squad
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