Omer Damari

Omer Damari
עומר דמארי

Damari with FK Austria Wien in 2014.
Personal information
Full name	Omer Damari
Date of birth	(1989-03-24) 24 March 1989
Place of birth	Rishon LeZion, Israel
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current team	RB Leipzig
Number	13
Youth career
	Maccabi Petah Tikva
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2006–2011	Maccabi Petah Tikva	118	(29)
2011–2014	Hapoel Tel Aviv	101	(56)
2014–2015	Austria Wien	13	(8)
2015–	RB Leipzig	4	(0)
National team‡
2007–2008	Israel U19	10	(3)
2008–2010	Israel U21	10	(0)
2010–	Israel	17	(9)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10 March 2015. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16 November 2014

Omer Damari (Hebrew: עומר דמארי‎, born 24 March 1989) is an Israeli footballer who plays as striker for German 2. Bundesliga club RB Leipzig and the Israel national football team.

Personal Life

Omer Damari is Jewish.

Club career

Maccabi Petah Tikva

Omer grew up in the youth ranks for Maccabi Petah Tikva and made his debut for the senior side in 21 November 2006 in a Toto Cup Al game against F.C. Ashdod.^[1] Due to his speed and ball skills he was deployed in wide midfield mostly but later became the leading striker for Maccabi due to good goalscoring form. He made 140 appearances for Maccabi, starting 88 matches, with 52 substitute appearances and scoring 32 goals.

Hapoel Tel Aviv

On 3 July 2011, Damari moved to Hapoel Tel Aviv costing €1.5 million, where he signed a 5-year contract with €3 million buy-out clause.^[2]

Austria Wien

In July 2014 Damari signed with Austria Wien.

RB Leipzig

In January 2015 Damari signed with RB Leipzig of the 2. Bundesliga.^[3]

International career

During the 2010–11 Israeli Premier League season Damari scored 15 goals and was called up for the national team for the first time. On 17 November 2010 he made his debut in a friendly against Iceland at Bloomfield Stadium in Tel Aviv, scoring two goals in the opening fifteen minutes of a 3–2 win.^[4]

Damari was selected by Eli Guttman for UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying. On 13 October 2014, he scored a hat-trick in a 4–1 away win over Andorra, the first goal coming in the third minute.^[5]

Honours

Hapoel Tel Aviv

• Israel State Cup:2012

Career statistics

As of 10 March 2015

Club	Season	League		Cup		League Cup		Europe		Total
		App	Goals	App	Goals	App	Goals	App	Goals	App	Goals
Maccabi Petah Tikva	2006–07	4	0	2	1	3	0	–	–	9	1
	2007–08	23	3	1	0	4	0	–	–	28	3
	2008–09	29	1	1	0	4	1	–	–	34	2
	2009–10	32	10	3	1	5	0	–	–	40	11
	2010–11	30	15	1	0	4	2	–	–	35	17
	Total	118	29	8	2	20	3	–	–	146	34
Hapoel Tel Aviv	2011–12	36	17	4	2	5	2	10	4	55	25
	2012–13	29	13	3	1	2	0	5	1	39	15
	2013–14	36	26	1	0	0	0	4	5	41	31
	Total	101	56	8	3	7	2	19	10	135	71
Austria Wien	2014–15	13	8	2	2	0	0	0	0	15	10
	Total	13	8	2	2	0	0	0	0	15	10
RB Leipzig	2014–15	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
	Total	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
Career Total		236	93	19	7	27	5	19	10	301	115

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	17 November 2010	Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv, Israel	Iceland	1–0	3–2	Friendly
2				2–0
3	14 November 2012	Teddy Stadium, Jerusalem, Israel	Belarus	1–0	1–2	Friendly
4	1 June 2014	BBVA Compass Stadium, Houston, United States	Honduras	3–1	4–2	Friendly
5	10 October 2014	GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus	Cyprus	1–0	2–1	UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying
6	13 October 2014	Estadi Comunal d'Andorra la Vella, Andorra la Vella, Andorra	Andorra	1–0	4–1	UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying
7				2–1
8				3–1
9	16 November 2014	Sammy Ofer Stadium, Haifa, Israel	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2–0	3–0	UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying

References

RB Leipzig – current squad 1 Coltorti 2 Strauß 3 Jung 5 Ernst 6 Khedira 8 Sebastian 9 Poulsen 10 Rebić 11 Frahn 12 Forsberg 13 Damari 16 Klostermann 17 Kimmich 18 Boyd 19 Kalmár 20 Rodnei 22 Bellot 23 Hoheneder 24 Kaiser 25 Hierländer 27 Dähne 28 Franke 29 Heidinger 31 Demme 33 Compper 34 Reyna 39 Teigl Coach: Beierlorzer