Omar Abdullah Al-Dahi ( ar, عمر عبدالله الداحي; born on 15 December 1999), is a Yemeni professional

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player who plays for Egyptian club Aswan and the Yemeni national team.

Personal life

He is the younger brother to Mohammed Al-Dahi, who is also a member of the Yemeni national team.

Club career

Al-Dahi started his career playing for Al-Sha'ab Sana'a, he later joined Iraqi club Al-Qasim. In November 2020, he transferred to Egyptian club Aswan.

International career

He debuted internationally on 8 August 2019, in the

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held in

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with a match against

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in a 2–1 victory. On 5 September 2019, Al-Dahi appeared in the

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to be held in

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and scored his first goal for Yemen against

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in a 2–2 draw.

International goals

:''Scores and results list Yemen's goal tally first.''

References

1999 births Living people Yemeni men's footballers Yemen men's international footballers Men's association football midfielders Yemeni expatriate men's footballers Yemeni expatriate sportspeople in Iraq Yemeni expatriate sportspeople in Egypt Expatriate men's footballers in Iraq Expatriate men's footballers in Egypt Aswan SC players Al-Qasim SC players {{Yemen-footy-bio-stub