Omar Kader

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Omar Kader
Personal information
Date of birth (1986-04-29) 29 April 1986
Place of birth Edinburgh, Scotland
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current team
 Arbroath
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2012 Spartans
2012–2015 Forfar Athletic 91 (10)
2015 Alloa Athletic 1 (0)
2015–2016 Forfar Athletic 14 (2)
2016– Arbroath 0 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:02, 12 May 2016 (UTC).


Omar Kader (born 29 April 1986) is a Scottish footballer who plays as a forward for Arbroath. He began his career at amateurs Spartans, where he spent seven years before moving to the Scottish Football League to represent Forfar Athletic in 2012. He played three seasons at Forfar before leaving to join Alloa Athletic, having impressed their manager while playing against them, but two months later he left to return to Forfar.

Career

Spartans

Born in Edinburgh, Kader began his career at amateur team Spartans, of the East of Scotland Football League. On 6 January 2006, he was an 80th-minute substitute as they won 3–2 against Scottish Football League Third Division club Queen's Park in the third round of the Scottish Cup.[1] On 5 February, he was again a late substitute in the next round as they achieved a goalless draw with St Mirren, the team then in first place in the First Division.[2] In total, he spent seven years at the City Park club.[3]

Forfar Athletic

On 25 July 2012, after a successful trial, Kader joined Forfar Athletic.[3] Three days later, he made his debut at Station Park in the first round of the Scottish Challenge Cup, and scored the first goal of a 3–2 win against First Division Dunfermline Athletic, finishing a cross by Danny Denholm.[4] He made his first appearance in the Scottish Football League on 11 August, as the Second Division season began with a 2–0 loss at Queen of the South.[5] Kader did not record a league goal until his 17th game, netting in a 3–1 home win over Stranraer on 2 March 2013,[6] and was also on the scoresheet in his next game two weeks later, when he scored Forfar's first of a 3–3 draw against Stenhousemuir.[7] Across 25 games of his first season in a nationwide league, his only other goal came on 27 April, concluding a 3–0 victory at Stranraer's Stair Park.[8] Forfar finished the season in a play-off place, where they lost 7–4 on aggregate to Dunfermline.[9]

Kader's second season with the team from Angus began in the Challenge Cup first round on 27 July 2013, with him scoring the first goal of a 2–1 win over East Fife.[10] It took him 18 games to achieve a goal in the newly rebranded Scottish League One, doing so on 1 February 2014 in a 1–1 home draw with Airdrieonians.[11] His season ended with three goals in 30 league games.

In his third season, Kader scored in two consecutive goals over November 2014, helping to a 3–3 draw at Brechin City[12] and a 2–0 home triumph over Ayr United.[13] He featured in all 36 matches over the league season, recording four goals, as Forfar made the promotion play-offs. In the semi-final first leg, he opened a 3–0 home victory over Ayr,[14] and in the final's first game, he scored the first goal of a 3–1 victory against Alloa Athletic.[15] However, Alloa, who were in the play-offs to maintain their place in the Scottish Championship, came back to defeat Forfar in the second leg.[16]

Later career

After impressing Alloa manager Danny Lennon with his play-off performances against them for Forfar, Kader was one of five players whom he signed on 8 July 2015.[17] He made his debut 17 days later as they won 1–0 away to Highland Football League team Brora Rangers in the first round of the Challenge Cup, replacing Eddie Ferns for the last ten minutes.[18] On 29 August, he made his debut in a professional league, as an 82nd-minute substitute for Mark Williams in a 0–1 home loss to Greenock Morton.[19]

Kader left Alloa by mutual consent, and returned to Forfar on 1 September 2015.[20] The first game of his second spell came four days later, a 0–4 loss to Dunfermline Athletic at Station Park.[21] In his next game on 12 September, he scored the first goal of his return to the team, confirming a 2–0 win at Brechin City.[22] In a season which ended with relegation, he added only one more goal, opening a 1–1 draw at Airdrieonians on 8 March 2016.[23]

On 10 May 2016, Kader joined up with former Forfar manager Dick Campbell, being one of four players to sign for Scottish League Two team Arbroath, alongside his Forfar teammates Michael Dunlop and Gavin Malin.[24]

Personal life

Kader grew up supporting hometown team Hibernian.[25] He is a graduate of Heriot-Watt University, and scored as their football team won a fifth consecutive university league title in 2008.[26]

References

  1. ↑ "Spartans 3–2 Queen's Park". BBC Sport. 6 January 2006. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  2. ↑ "Spartans 0–0 St Mirren". BBC Sport. 5 February 2006. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  3. 1 2 "Kader in line to join Loons". Scottish Professional Football League. 25 July 2012. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  4. ↑ "Ramsdens Cup: Forfar 3–2 Dunfermline". 28 July 2012. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  5. ↑ "Queen of the South 2–0 Forfar Ath". BBC Sport. 11 August 2012. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  6. ↑ "Athletic take maximum points". Scottish Professional Football League. 2 March 2013. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  7. ↑ "Forfar 3–3 Stenhousemuir". BBC Sport. 16 March 2013. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  8. ↑ "Stranraer 0–3 Forfar Athletic". BBC Sport. 27 April 2013. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  9. ↑ "Dunfermline Athletic 6–1 Forfar Athletic (aet, agg 7–4)". BBC Sport. 12 May 2013. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  10. ↑ "East Fife 2–1 Forfar". BBC Sport. 26 July 2014. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  11. ↑ "Forfar 1–1 Airdrieonians". BBC Sport. 1 February 2014. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  12. ↑ "Brechin 3–3 Forfar". BBC Sport. 16 November 2014. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  13. ↑ "Forfar 2–0 Ayr". BBC Sport. 22 November 2014. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  14. ↑ "Forfar 3–0 Stranraer: Athletic on brink of final". The Scotsman. 6 May 2015. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  15. ↑ "Forfar 3–1 Alloa". BBC Sport. 13 May 2015. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  16. ↑ "Alloa 3–0 Forfar: 10-man Wasps seal comeback win". The Scotsman. 18 May 2015. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  17. ↑ "Danny Lennon adds a further five new faces at Alloa Athletic". The Herald. 8 July 2015. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  18. ↑ "Brora Rangers 0–1 Alloa". BBC Sport. 25 July 2015. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  19. ↑ "Alloa 0–1 Morton". BBC Sport. 29 August 2015. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  20. ↑ Robertson, Neil (2 September 2015). "Forfar boss Dick Campbell welcomes familiar face back to Station Park". The Courier. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  21. ↑ "Forfar 0 Dunfermline 4: Lesson for Loons as Pars sweep to top of table". The Courier. 7 September 2015. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  22. ↑ "Brechin 0–2 Forfar". BBC Sport. 12 September 2015. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
  23. ↑ "Airdrieonians 1-1 Forfar". BBC Sport. 8 March 2016. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  24. ↑ Robertson, Neil (10 May 2016). "Arbroath boss Dick Campbell in quadruple signing swoop". The Courier. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  25. ↑ "Alloa new boy Omar Kader can't wait to face boyhood heroes Hibs in exciting SPFL Championship". Alloa Advertiser. 27 July 2015. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  26. ↑ "Heriot Watt claim University title for fifth year in a row". The Scotsman. 31 January 2008. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
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