Omar Rabie Yassin ( ar, عمر ربيع ياسين; born 18 August 1988) is an Egyptian

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who last played as a

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and

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for Finnish club

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. He is the son of

Rabie Yassin Mohamed Rabie Yassin ( ar, ربيع ياسين) (born 7 September 1960) is a former Egyptian footballer and current football manager. As a left back, he played and captained Al Ahly SC as well as playing and captaining the Egypt national team ...

, the ex-Egyptian football player.

Career

Omar began his career at Egyptian giants

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's youth team. He received an invitation from

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but his club refused. In summer 2007 he was loaned to

Tersana Tersana Sporting Club ( ar, نادي الترسانة للألعاب الرياضية) is an Egyptian sports club based in Mit Okba, Meet Okba, Giza, Egypt. It is best known for its professional Association football, football team, which plays i ...

first team. In January 2008, he joined Belgian club

Lierse Koninklijke Lierse Sportkring (), often simply known as Lierse, was a Belgian professional football club from the city of Lier in the Antwerp province. Lierse have won four championship titles and two Belgian Cups. Lierse was one of the six Be ...

. Though he played a number of good games, his agreement at the club was ended by mutual consent, and at his request the contract with Lierse was terminated at the end of October 2008. He then went back to Egypt and trained with the Egyptian club

Petrojet Petrojet Sporting Club ( ar, نادي بتروجيت الرياضي) is an Egyptian sports club based in Suez, Egypt. The club is related to Petrojet, a construction company specialized in oil, gas and petrochemical industries. Petrojet is mainly ...

to sign with them. However, Egyptian giants

El Zamalek Zamalek Sporting Club ( ar, نادي الزمالك للألعاب الرياضية), commonly referred to as Zamalek, is an Egyptian sports club based in Giza. It is one of the most successful football clubs in Africa and the Middle East, and ...

grabbed him and he signed a -year contract in a huge deal that shook Egyptian football. With international left-backs in

Zamalek Zamalek ( ar, الزمالك , ''al zamalek'') is an affluent district of western Cairo encompassing the northern portion of Gezira Island in the Nile River. The island is connected with the river banks through three bridges each on the east an ...

, he decided to join

Al-Sekka Al-Hadid El Sekka El Hadid Sporting Club ( ar, نادي السكة الحديد للألعاب الرياضية), is an Egyptian football club based in Cairo, Egypt. The club is currently playing in the Egyptian Second Division, the second-highest league ...

to get regular playing time. In 2010,

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club

FC Lahti FC Lahti is a Finnish football club based in the city of Lahti. It currently plays in the Finnish Premier League (''Veikkausliiga'') after placing first in the Finnish First Division (''Ykkönen'') during season 2011. The homeground of FC Lah ...

wanted to sign Omar after he impressed in pre-season training in

, but the transfer didn't work out in the end due to his Egyptian club refusing terms. Omar said to Egyptian media that after going to

, his wish is to play there. A year later, he did sign in

, joining

."Yassin Signs for RoPs"
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* 1988 births Living people Egyptian men's footballers Egyptian expatriate men's footballers Challenger Pro League players Veikkausliiga players Al Ahly SC players Tersana SC players Zamalek SC players Lierse S.K. players Rovaniemen Palloseura players Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in Finland Men's association football defenders {{Egypt-footy-defender-stub