Omar Marmoush

Omar Marmoush
Marmoush with Egypt at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations
Personal information
Full name Omar Khaled Mohamed Abd Elsala Marmoush[1]
Date of birth (1999-02-07) 7 February 1999 (age 25)[1]
Place of birth Cairo, Egypt
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Eintracht Frankfurt
Number 7
Youth career
0000–2016 Wadi Degla
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2017 Wadi Degla 16 (2)
2017–2020 VfL Wolfsburg II 36 (11)
2020–2023 VfL Wolfsburg 41 (5)
2021 → FC St. Pauli (loan) 21 (7)
2021–2022 → VfB Stuttgart (loan) 21 (3)
2023– Eintracht Frankfurt 37 (21)
International career‡
2017 Egypt U20 2 (0)
2019 Egypt U23 4 (0)
2021– Egypt 34 (6)
Medal record
Representing  Egypt
Men's football
Africa Cup of Nations
Runner-up 2021 Cameroon
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 October 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 October 2024

Omar Khaled Mohamed Abd Elsalam Marmoush (Arabic: عمر خالد محمد عبد السلام مرموش, born 7 February 1999) is an Egyptian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt and the Egypt national team.

Club career

Marmoush made his professional debut for Wadi Degla in the Egyptian Premier League on 8 July 2016, coming on as a substitute in the match against Al Ittihad Alexandria Club, which finished as a 3–2 win. In total, he made sixteen league appearances for Wadi Degla and scored two goals, before moving to VfL Wolfsburg II in 2017.[2]

VFL Wolfsburg

On 26 May 2020, Marmoush made his professional debut for Wolfsburg in their 4–1 win over Bayer Leverkusen in the Bundesliga at the BayArena. Marmoush signed his first professional contract for the club on 23 June. On 5 August 2020, Marmoush made his European debut in a 3–0 defeat (5–1 agg) against Shakhtar Donetsk in the UEFA Europa League round of 16. Marmoush returned to Wolfsburg after his breakthrough Bundesliga season with Stuttgart and was handed the number 33 shirt. On 30 July 2022, Marmoush scored his first goal for the club in a 1–0 first round DFB-Pokal match against Carl Zeiss Jena. Marmoush scored his first Bundesliga goal for the club in a 3–2 win over his former loan club VFB Stuttgart. On 24 January 2023, Marmoush scored his first goal in 2023 in a 5–0 rout over relegation strugglers Hertha BSC. Marmoush haunted his former club Stuttgart again as he scored the only goal in a 1-0 win at the MHPArena. Marmoush finished the season with 36 appearances, 6 goals and 1 assist in all competitions.

FC St. Pauli (loan)

On 5 January 2021, Marmoush was loaned to FC St. Pauli for the remainder of the season.[3] He played 21 games and scored 7 goals for the club. On 9 January, He scored his career goal against Holstein Kiel

VfB Stuttgart (loan)

On 30 August 2021, Marmoush was loaned out to VfB Stuttgart until the end of the season.[4] He scored a last minute equalizer against Eintracht Frankfurt on his debut. He was later named Bundesliga rookie of the month for September 2021. On 11 December 2021, Marmoush faced his parent club Wolfsburg and assisted Konstantinos Mavropanos's goal and in the 79th minute, Marmoush stepped up to take a penalty and he missed by hitting his panenka attempt off the crossbar. Marmoush was also named Bundesliga Rookie of the Month for March 2022.[5] He completed his loan spell having scored 3 goals in 21 games.

Eintracht Frankfurt

On 15 May 2023, it was announced that Marmoush would join Eintracht Frankfurt on a free transfer ahead of the 2023–24 season, and wear the number 7 shirt.[6] On 13 August 2023, Marmoush scored his first goal for Frankfurt in a 7–0 win over 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig in the first round of the DFB-Pokal. On 27 August 2023, Marmoush scored his first Bundesliga goal for the club in a 1–1 draw against 1. FSV Mainz 05. On 21 September, he scored his first goal in European competitions from a penalty in a 2–1 win over Aberdeen during the Europa Conference League.[7] Marmoush had a brilliant debut season as he scored 16 goals in 37 appearances in all competitions. He attracted transfer interest from Premier League clubs such as Arsenal, Liverpool, Newcastle and Tottenham thanks to his magnificent debut season for Die Adler.[8] Marmoush scored a brace in Frankfurt's 3–3 draw with Borussia Dortmund and a goal in their thumping 5–1 win against Bayern. With 12 goals in the 2023–24 Bundesliga season, Marmoush became the third-highest African goal scorer.[9]

International career

Marmoush was included in Egypt's squad for the 2017 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations in Zambia. He made two appearances during the tournament, in which Egypt were eliminated in the group stage.[10]

Marmoush was also eligible to play for Canada,[1][11] before becoming cap-tied with the Egyptian national team in October 2021.

On 8 October 2021, Marmoush made his debut for the Egypt national team and scored the only goal in a 1–0 victory over Libya.[12]

On 29 December 2021, Marmoush was named in Egypt's 28-man squad for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations.[13] He played in all three group stage matches, as well as all four knockout ties en route to the final against Senegal which ended in a 4–2 loss on penalties for Egypt.[14]

On 19 March 2022, Marmoush was called up for Egypt's 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification third round matches against Senegal.[15] He played in both matches as Egypt were defeated 3–1 on penalties and knocked out of World Cup contention.[16] On 27 September, Marmoush scored the opening goal as Egypt beat Liberia 3–0 in a friendly match.[17]

On 24 March 2023, Marmoush scored the second goal for Egypt in a 2–0 victory over Malawi during the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification.[18] Four days later, he scored in a 4–0 away victory over the same opponent.[19] At the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations, Marmoush scored the equaliser in a 2–2 draw against Ghana to help Egypt qualify for the last 16.[citation needed]

Personal life

Besides his Egyptian citizenship, Marmoush holds Canadian citizenship through his Egyptian Canadian parents who lived in Canada for six years before resettling in Cairo where Marmoush was raised and started playing youth football with Wadi Degla youth academy.[20]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 30 October 2024[21][22]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Wadi Degla 2015–16 Egyptian Premier League 1 0 0 0 — 1 0
2016–17 15 2 2 1 — 17 3
Total 16 2 2 1 — 18 3
VfL Wolfsburg II 2017–18 Regionalliga Nord 14 1 — — 14 1
2018–19 5 0 — — 5 0
2019–20 15 9 — — 15 9
2020–21 2 1 — — 2 1
Total 36 11 — — 36 11
VfL Wolfsburg 2019–20 Bundesliga 5 0 1 0 1[b] 0 7 0
2020–21 1 0 2 0 — 3 0
2021–22 2 0 0 0 — 2 0
2022–23 33 5 3 1 — 36 6
Total 41 5 6 1 1 0 48 6
FC St. Pauli (loan) 2020–21 2. Bundesliga 21 7 0 0 — 21 7
VfB Stuttgart (loan) 2021–22 Bundesliga 21 3 0 0 — 21 3
Eintracht Frankfurt 2023–24 Bundesliga 29 12 3 1 9[c] 4 41 17
2024–25 8 9 2 1 3[b] 1 13 11
Total 37 21 5 2 12 5 54 38
Career total 172 49 13 4 13 5 198 58
  1. ^ Includes Egypt Cup, DFB-Pokal
  2. ^ a b Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  3. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League

International

As of match played 15 October 2024[23]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Egypt 2021 2 1
2022 13 1
2023 9 2
2024 10 2
Total 34 6

Scores and results list Egypt's goal tally first.[23]

List of international goals scored by Omar Marmoush
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 8 October 2021 Borg El Arab Stadium, Borg El Arab, Egypt  Libya 1–0 1–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
2 27 September 2022 Borg El Arab Stadium, Borg El Arab, Egypt  Liberia 1–0 3–0 Friendly
3 24 March 2023 30 June Stadium, Cairo, Egypt  Malawi 2–0 2–0 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
4 28 March 2023 Bingu National Stadium, Lilongwe, Malawi  Malawi 2–0 4–0 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
5 18 January 2024 Felix Houphouet Boigny Stadium, Abidjan, Ivory Coast  Ghana 2–2 2–2 2023 Africa Cup of Nations
6 6 September 2024 Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt  Cape Verde 2–0 3–0 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

Honours

VfL Wolfsburg II

Egypt

Individual

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Omar Marmoush". DFL Deutsche Fußball Liga. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
  2. ^ Al-Awadi, Hani (11 April 2019). "حوار في الجول – عمر مرموش يوضح لماذا فضل فولفسبورج على دورتموند.. وكيف تألق مع دجلة" [Conversation with FilGoal – Omar Marmoush explains why he favoured Wolfsburg over Dortmund... and how he starred with Degla]. FilGoal.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  3. ^ "Loaned to St. Pauli". VfL Wolfsburg. 5 January 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Omar Marmoush joins VfB on loan". VfB Stuttgart. 30 August 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  5. ^ a b "Bundesliga-Rookies aus Cannstatt". vfb.de/de (in German). vfb.de/de. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
  6. ^ "Omar Marmoush joins Eintracht". Eintracht Frankfurt. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
  7. ^ "Egypt Marmoush scores in Frankfurt's Conference League win over Aberdeen". Ahram Online. 21 September 2023.
  8. ^ "Arsenal, Liverpool join interest in Eintracht Frankfurt striker Marmoush". Tribal Football. 15 September 2024.
  9. ^ "Top African Goal Scorers In Bundesliga 2023/2024". African Folder. 21 May 2024.
  10. ^ Omar Marmoush at WorldFootball.net Edit this at Wikidata
  11. ^ "New boy Omar Marmoush on his start at FCSP". FC St. Pauli.
  12. ^ "Egypt - Libya 1:0 (WC Qualifiers Africa 2019-2021, Group F)". WorldFootball.net. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  13. ^ Ali, Ahmad Gamal (29 December 2021). "Mohamed Salah leads Egypt squad for the Africa Cup of Nations". KingFut. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
  14. ^ Football, CAF-Confedération Africaine du. "CAFOnline.com". CAFOnline. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  15. ^ Soliman, Seif (19 March 2022). "Afsha returns, Sherif excluded as Egypt squad for Senegal World Cup qualifiers revealed". KingFut. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  16. ^ "Senegal vs. Egypt - Football Match Summary - March 29, 2022". ESPN. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
  17. ^ "Egypt vs. Liberia". Soccerway. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  18. ^ Khaled, Mahmoud (25 March 2023). "Two first-half goals see Egypt beat Malawi in AFCON qualifiers". KingFut. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
  19. ^ "LIVE: Malawi v Egypt (2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers)". Ahram Online. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
  20. ^ "Omar Marmoush: Who is Eintracht Frankfurt's Egyptian striker with links to Mo Salah and Alphonso Davies?". Bundesliga. 30 September 2024. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
  21. ^ "Omar Marmoush". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
  22. ^ "Omar Marmoush | Football Stats". Soccer Base. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
  23. ^ a b Omar Marmoush at National-Football-Teams.com Edit this at Wikidata
  24. ^ Soliman, Seif (14 May 2019). "Omar Marmoush's VfL Wolfsburg II crowned Regionalliga Nord champions". KingFut. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  25. ^ "Afcon 2021: Senegal beat Egypt on penalties to win first-ever Nations Cup". BBC Sport. 6 February 2022. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  26. ^ "Omar Marmoush named Bundesliga's Player of the Month for September 2024!". Bundesliga. 18 October 2024. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
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