Omega Alamadine Roberts (born 12 December 1989) is a Liberian footballer who plays as a

centre back In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield position whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either ...

Career

Club

Early career

During his time at Gedi & Sons FC, a youthful club he helped to reach the promotion into the 2006

Liberian Premier League The Liberian First Division, formerly known as Liberian Premier League, is the highest division of football in Liberia. The first division league began in 1956 and have only once been won by a club outside Monrovia. It has been dominated by Mi ...

. His good displays along with the national team call, made him earn a move to Ivory Coast in early 2007 to play with Séwé Sports de San Pedro with whom he played in the 2007 CAF Champions League. After that season he moved to Cameroon in 2009 where he played with Tiko United being one of the most important players for the club in their historical achievement of winning the 2009 Cameroon Première Division. After that impressive season he played with

Diables Noirs Club Sportif Multidisciplinaire Diables Noirs or simply CSMD Diables Noirs is a Congolese football club based in Brazzaville. The club won its seventh domestic league title in 2009. History The Diables Noirs started as an all-star club drawn ...

in the Republic of Congo in 2009 where, along with one national title, he also won the title of the best foreign player of the league. at africansoccerunion.com At end of 2009 he moved to Malian

Club Olympique de Bamako Club Olympique de Bamako is a Malian football club based in Bamako. They play in the top division in Malian football. Their home stadium is Stade 26 Mars. As of the 2010 season, the club's president was Moussa Konaté.

where he played two seasons until 2011. During this period in Mali, he was nicknames as the "''Liberian Rio Ferdinand''", due to his playing intelligence, technique, composure and physical structure. While playing with COB along his national teammate Melvin Kicmett, he won the Top Four Trophy in 2009 and the Malian Cup in 2011, along with another top continental competition presence by playing in the

2010 CAF Confederation Cup The 2010 CAF Confederation Cup was the 7th edition of the CAF Confederation Cup, Africa's secondary club football competition organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The winners played in the 2011 CAF Super Cup. Schedule Qu ...

Sloboda Užice

In early August 2011 he arrived to Serbia to be on trial with

FK Sloboda Užice Fudbalski klub Sloboda Užice () is a Serbian professional football club from Užice. They are currently playing in the Serbian First League, the second tier of Serbian football. History Early years (1920s and 1930s) The club was founded throu ...

ending up signing a definitive contract with the club on 24 August. this way achieving his longtime desire to achieve a move to Europe. His debut in official matches was on 21 September 2011, in a

2011–12 Serbian Cup The 2011–12 Serbian Cup season was the sixth season of the Serbian national football tournament. The competition started on 31 August 2011 and concluded with the Final on May 16, 2012. The winner of the competition qualified for the second qua ...

match against FK Teleoptik, and his league debut was 3 days later, on 24 September, as a starter in a match of the round 6 against Javor.

Smederevo

In July 2012, Roberts moved to another

Serbian SuperLiga The Serbian Super League ( sr, Супер лига Србије / Super liga Srbije), referred to as the Mozzart Bet Super League ( sr, Моцарт Бет Супер лига / Mozzart Bet Super liga) for sponsorship reasons, is a Serbian profes ...

side

FK Smederevo Fudbalski klub Smederevo 1924 ( sr-cyr, Фудбалски клуб Смедерево 1924), commonly known as Smederevo, is a Serbian professional football club based in Smederevo. During Yugoslavia the club mainly played in amateur ranks of co ...

on a free transfer. He made his competitive debut in the first round of the

against

FK Vojvodina Fudbalski klub Vojvodina ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Војводина), commonly known as Vojvodina and colloquially as Voša ( sr-Cyrl, Воша), is a Serbian professional football club based in Novi Sad, Vojvodina, the second l ...

Novi Sad Novi Sad ( sr-Cyrl, Нови Сад, ; hu, Újvidék, ; german: Neusatz; see below for other names) is the second largest city in Serbia and the capital of the autonomous province of Vojvodina. It is located in the southern portion of the Pan ...

. He received a red card in the 69th minute. The match finished 0–0.

Red Star Belgrade

After terminating his contract with Smederevo, Omega joined

Red Star Belgrade Fudbalski klub Crvena zvezda ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Црвена звезда, lit=Red Star Football Club, ), commonly known as Red Star Belgrade in English-language media, is a Serbian professional football club based in Bel ...

in June 2013. He made his competitive debut for Red Star on 25 September 2013, in a 3–0 victory away against

FK Proleter Novi Sad FK Proleter Novi Sad () is a defunct football club based in Novi Sad, Vojvodina, Serbia. They competed in the Serbian SuperLiga for four seasons between 2018 and 2022, before merging with RFK Novi Sad 1921. History Founded in 1951, the club won ...

in the

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Donji Srem

After spells with

FK Mladost Podgorica OFK Titograd (Montenegrin Cyrillic: ОФК Титоград) is a professional football club based in Podgorica, Montenegro. Founded in 1951, they play in the Third League of Montenegro. The team has one league trophy and two Montenegrin Cup tr ...

in the

Montenegrin First League The First League of Montenegro ( Montenegrin: ''Prva crnogorska fudbalska liga'' — ''Prva CFL'' — ''1. CFL''; ) is the top football league in Montenegro. Founded in 2006, competition is headed by the Football Association of Montenegro. 10 te ...

and

FK Borac Čačak Fudbalski klub Borac Čačak (), or simply Borac Čačak, is a professional football club based in Čačak, Serbia. The home ground is Čačak Stadium, which has seating capacity of 8,000. As of 2019–20 season, the club competes in third tier S ...

in Serbian SuperLiga, Omega joined

Serbian First League The Serbian First League ( sr, Прва лига Србије / Prva liga Srbije), referred to as the Mozzart Bet First League ( sr, Моцарт Бет Прва лига / Mozzart Bet Prva liga) for sponsorship reasons, is the name for the second ...

side

FK Donji Srem Fudbаlski klub Donji Srem 2015 (Serbian Cyrillic: Фудбалски клуб Доњи Срем 2015), commonly known simply as Donji Srem, is a football club based in Pećinci, Serbia. History The club was initially established under the na ...

at the start of the 2015–16 season.

AZAL

Roberts went on trial with Azerbaijan Premier League team

AZAL PFK Shuvalan FK ( az, Şüvəlan Futbol Klubu, ) is an Azerbaijani football club based in Şüvəlan, Baku. The club was renamed four times in its short history becoming Olimpik Baku, Olimpik-Shuvalan Baku, AZAL and Shuvalan. UEFA is still recogniz ...

in January 2017. He ended up joining the club.

International

He is also a member of the

Liberia national football team The Liberia national football team, nicknamed the ''Lone Stars'', represents Liberia in men's international football and is controlled by the Liberia Football Association. Although the nation produced the 1995 FIFA World Player of the Year, ...

. He made his international debut for his country in 2006, while only 16 years of age. He also played on the senior level in the 2008 Nations Cup qualifiers when a depleted Lone Star squad lost away to Equatorial Guinea 2–1. In summer 2012, after a half season in Serbia where he was a regular with Sloboda, he received a new call and played on 10 June against Angola for the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifications. A week afterwards he played against Namibia for the

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s. He scored his first goal for the national team on 8 September 2012 against

Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...

.Channels Television – Lone Stars hold Super Eagles 2–2 in Monrovia
Retrieved 8 September 2012.

Career statistics

International

''Statistics accurate as of match played 29 March 2016''

International goals

Honours

;Tiko United * Cameroon Première Division: 2008–09 ;Diables Noirs *

Congo Premier League Congo Premier League is the top division of the Congolese Football Federation, in the Republic of the Congo. It was created in 1961. The official name is Championnat National MTN for sponsorship reasons. Between 1961 and 1977 the championship was ...

: 2009 ;Olympique Bamako *

Malien Cup The Coupe du Mali Orange for sponsorship reasons is the top knockout tournament of the Malien football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''footbal ...

: 2011 ;Red Star Belgrade *

: 2013–14 ;OFK Titograd *

Montenegrin Cup The Montenegrin Cup (Montenegrin language, Montenegrin and Serbian language, Serbian: ''Kup Crne Gore'') is the national football cup played in Montenegro, established in 2006. The winner of the cup is awarded a spot in the second qualifying rou ...

runner-up:

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;Individual *Best foreign player of the

: 2009

References

External links

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Alamadine Omega
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