Omar Bully Drammeh

Omar Bully Drammeh
Personal information
Full name	Omar Bully Drammeh
Date of birth	21 November 2002 (age 22)
Place of birth	Oslo, Norway
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Vålerenga
Number	31
Youth career
2014–2017	Romsås
2017	Vålerenga
2018	Lillestrøm
Senior career*
Years	Team
2019–2022	Grorud
2023–	Vålerenga 2
2023–	Vålerenga
	* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 29 August 2024

Omar Bully Drammeh (born 21 November 2002) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as midfielder for the Norwegian club Vålerenga.

Career

Drammeh started playing football for local side Romsås at the age of twelve.^[4] Later he would continue his youth career at Vålerenga Fotball, however he later left the club due to reported "lack of seriousness".^[5] He then went to play for rival club Lillestrøm, but also this spell was short-lived due to similar reasons.^[6]

In 2019, he returned to Oslo to play for Grorud. Despite getting his league debut for the club on the 20 July, he mainly spent the first season with the reserve team.^[7] In the following seasons he established himself as a first team player, but due to several injuries he was never able to play a full season.^[8]

On 16 November 2022, Drammeh returned to his childhood club Vålerenga, signing a four-year contract.^[9] He got his first team debut on 24 September 2023, playing the last 13 minutes in a 4–2 loss against Bodø-Glimt.^[10]

References

^ "Omar Bully Drammeh" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Football Federation. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
^ "Omar Bully Drammeh". Vålerenga Fotball. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
^ "Omar Bully Drammeh". Vålerenga Fotball. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
^ "– Vil bevise at folk fra østkanten også er fine mennesker med gode holdninger". www.aftenposten.no (in Norwegian Bokmål). 15 February 2023. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
^ AS, TV 2 (27 December 2022). "- Jeg vil bevise at det går an å lykkes for en ungdom fra Oslo øst". TV 2 (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 16 February 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ Wahl, Stian Andrè De (16 November 2022). "Vålerenga kjøper Grorud-juvelen Omar Bully Drammeh". Nettavisen (in Norwegian). Retrieved 16 February 2024.
^ Fotballforbund, Norges. "Omar Bully Drammeh - Statistikk". fotball.no - Norges Fotballforbund (in Norwegian). Retrieved 16 February 2024.
^ "Grorud-stjerneskuddet Omar Bully nærmer seg vålerenga: – De er jo en av Norges største klubber". www.eurosport.no. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
^ NRK (16 November 2022). "Vålerenga hentet tilbake stortalent – fikk kontrakt på fire år". NRK (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 16 February 2024.
^ Fotballforbund, Norges. "Bodø/Glimt - Vålerenga - 24.09.2023 17.00". fotball.no - Norges Fotballforbund (in Norwegian). Retrieved 16 February 2024.