Aboubakar Oumarou

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Aboubakar Oumarou
Personal information
Full name Aboubakar Oumarou
Date of birth (1987-01-04) 4 January 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth Yaoundé, Cameroon
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Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Partizan
Number 15
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006 Yanbian FC 5 (0)
2007–2008 Changsha Ginde 51 (7)
2008-2009 Red Star Belgrade 13 (2)
2009–2010 OFK Beograd 23 (3)
2010–2013 Vojvodina 86 (31)
2013–2015 Waasland-Beveren 39 (3)
2015– Partizan 13 (3)
International career
2012– Cameroon 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Aboubakar Oumarou (born 4 January 1987) is a Cameroonian footballer who plays for the Serbian SuperLiga club Partizan. He is most often deployed as a forward. Having started his professional career in China, he has played in four different Serbian clubs. Oumarou has been capped by the national team of Cameroon.

Club career

Early career

Oumarou started his professional career in China with Yanbian Baekdu Tigers F.C.[1] before moving to Changsha Ginde where he played in the 2007 and 2008 Chinese Super League. In the 2009 winter transfer window, Milan Živadinović discovered Oumarou in China and after that he was sold to Serbian club Red Star Belgrade. Oumarou stayed there for only six months before he signed for another city club OFK Beograd, for the 2009–10 season.

Vojvodina

After playing an entire season with OFK, Oumarou moved to FK Vojvodina in the summer of 2010.[2] In Vojvodina he was elected three times in a row as Vojvodina Supporters' Player of the Year for the 2010–11, 2011–12 and 2012–13 seasons by the unofficial club fansite fkvojvodina.com.[3][4]

His first match of the 2012/13 season was be against Lithuanian club Sūduva on 19 July 2012, in Second qualifying round for UEFA Europa League. In that game he scored a goal in last minute of the match in a 1–1 home draw.[5] A week later he also scored against Sūduva and enrolled assists in the away victory 4-0. A week later after win against Suduva 4-0, he scored a goal against the Rapid Wien and so helped the Vojvodina to win rapid and closer to the play-off of the UEFA Europa League.[6] His first goal of the new season of Serbian SuperLiga scored on 28 October 2012 against Javor Matis. Oumarou was scored the goal in the 77th minute of the match on penalty shootout. On 1 December 2012, he scored twice against his former club Red Star Belgrade. On 31 January 2013, thanks to his much-needed contribution to the club over the years, Oumarou signed a new one-year contract with Vojvodina.[7]

Waasland-Beveren

On 9 August 2013, Oumarou signed a two-year deal with Belgian side Waasland-Beveren.[8] On 18 August 2013, he has made his debut for Waasland-Beveren against Anderlecht and he spent 45 minutes on the pitch. On 15 February 2014, in 78th minute he scored his the first goal for Waasland-Beveren against OH Leuven in a 3–1 home win.[9]

Partizan

On 30 June 2015, after two years he returned to Serbia and signed a two-year deal with Partizan.[10] Oumarou has scored his first goal in Partizan on 8 July in a friendly match against Hungarian club Vasas in a 1–4 win.[11] He made his official debut for the club in a Second qualifying round UEFA Champions League, against Dila Gori on 14 July 2015.[12] In the second leg of the second qualifying round for the Champions League, Aboubakar Oumarou scored a goal in the victory of his team 0-2.[13]

On 17 September 2015, Oumarou scored a twice in a 3–2 home victory over Dutch club AZ in the opening round of the Europa League group stage.[14] Oumarou against AZ Alkmaar scored 400th goal of Partizan in European competitions.[15] Oumarou Oumarou was declared as a player of the first round of the Europa League and this is the first time that a player from the Serbian club is the player of round in a European competition.[16] On 1 October 2015, Oumarou was injured 22 minutes into the match and had to leave the game against Augsburg.[17] He had missed the match against Athletic Bilbao in the third round of the group stage of the Europa League on 22 October 2015.[18] On 5 November 2015, Oumarou is scored equalizer at San Mamés in the defeat of his team 's 5–1.[19] On 26 November 2015, Oumarou scored the equalizer a header after a cross Nikola Ninković, and in 89 minutes he was after a fantastic solo raid assisted to Andrija Živković score a winning goal in 1–2 away victory against AZ.[20] earning Abubakar man of the match honors against AZ.

International career

Oumarou got his first call-up from the national team of Cameroon for a 2013 African Cup of Nations qualifier on 8 September 2012 against Cape Verde.[21] He made his debut against Cape Verde as a substitute for Yannick N'Djeng in the 67th minute.

Already having 2 caps for Cameroon, Oumarou was again called again in November 2015, for the for the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Niger on 13 and 17 November 2015.[22]

Career statistics

As of 1 October 2015.
Club Season League Cup Europe Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Red Star Belgrade 2008–09 13 2 2 0 0 0 15 2
OFK Beograd 2009–10 23 3 2 0 0 0 25 3
Vojvodina 2010–11 27 10 4 2 0 0 31 12
2011–12 30 9 5 1 2 1 37 11
2012–13 29 11 6 3 4 3 39 17
2013–14 0 0 0 0 4 3 4 3
Total 86 30 15 6 10 7 111 43
Waasland-Beveren 2013–14 24 3 1 1 0 0 25 4
2014–15 15 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
Total 39 3 1 1 0 0 40 4
Partizan 2015–16 13 3 2 1 11 6 26 10
Career total 174 41 22 8 21 13 217 62

Honours

Individual

References

  1. Abubakar Oumarou at Zerozero
  2. Aboubakar Oumarou at Soccerway
  3. 2011 player of the year at fkvojvodina.com
  4. 2012 player of the year at fkvojvodina.com
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  7. FK Vojvodina (Serbian): VULIĆEVIĆ PONOVO VOŠIN, POTPISAO I ABU 31 January 2013
  8. Oumaru u Beverenu, Vojvodina i Mišković dele 700.000 evra at mozzartsport.rs, 9-8-2013 (Serbian)
  9. WEDSTRIJD: WAASLAND-BEVEREN - OH LEUVEN at fcupdate.nl, 15-2-2014 (French)
  10. Aboubakar Oumarou stigao u Partizan! at FK Partizan, 30-6-2015 (Serbian)
  11. GOLOVI SA ‘GENERALKE': Fantastičan golgeterski instinkt Oumarua i ‘lepotica’ Trujića (VIDEO) at hotsport.rs, 8-7-2015 (Serbian)
  12. Babović razgalio Grobare: Partizan s 1:0 u Gori! at Mondo.rs, 14-7-2015 (Serbian)
  13. Šampionski hod - pravac Bukurešt! at Mondo.rs, 21-7-2015 (Serbian)
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  15. Da se pamti i prepričava: Oumaru strelac 400. gola za Partizan u evropskim kupovima (VIDEO) at Mozzartsport.com, 18-9-2015 (Serbian)
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  21. Cameroon: Lavagne names squad against Cape Verde Retrieved 24 August 2012.
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