Omar Marmoush

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Omar Marmoush
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Marmoush with Egypt at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations
Personal information
Full name Omar Khaled Mohamed Abd Elsala Marmoush [1]
Date of birth (1999-02-07) 7 February 1999 (age 25) [1]
Place of birth Cairo, Egypt
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) [1]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Manchester City
Number 7
Youth career
–2016 Wadi Degla
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2016–2017 Wadi Degla 16 (2)
2017–2020 VfL Wolfsburg II 36 (11)
2020–2023 VfL Wolfsburg 41 (5)
2021 → FC St. Pauli (loan) 21 (7)
2021–2022 → VfB Stuttgart (loan) 21 (3)
2023–2025 Eintracht Frankfurt 46 (27)
2025– Manchester City 1 (0)
International career‡
2017 Egypt U20 2 (0)
2019 Egypt U23 4 (0)
2021– Egypt 35 (6)
Medal record
Representing Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
Men's football
Africa Cup of Nations
Runner-up 2021
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:05, 25 January 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 November 2024

Omar Khaled Mohamed Abd Elsala Marmoush [a] (born 7 February 1999) is an Egyptian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Premier League club Manchester City and the Egypt national team.

Contents

Club career

Wadi Degla

Marmoush made his professional debut for Wadi Degla in the Egyptian Premier League on 8 July 2016, coming on as a substitute in the match against Al Ittihad Alexandria Club, which finished as a 3–2 win. In total, he made sixteen league appearances for Wadi Degla and scored two goals, before moving to VfL Wolfsburg II in 2017. [2]

VfL Wolfsburg

On 26 May 2020, Marmoush made his professional debut for Wolfsburg in their 4–1 Bundesliga win over Bayer Leverkusen at the BayArena. Marmoush signed his first professional contract for the club on 23 June. On 5 August 2020, he made his European debut in a 3–0 defeat (5–1 aggregate) against Shakhtar Donetsk in the UEFA Europa League round of 16. Marmoush returned to Wolfsburg after his breakthrough Bundesliga season with Stuttgart and was handed the number 33 shirt.

FC St. Pauli (loan)

On 5 January 2021, Marmoush was loaned to FC St. Pauli for the remainder of the season. [3] He played 21 games and scored seven goals for the club.

VfB Stuttgart (loan)

On 30 August 2021, Marmoush was loaned out to VfB Stuttgart until the end of the season. [4] He scored a last minute equaliser against Eintracht Frankfurt on his debut. He was later named Bundesliga rookie of the month for September 2021. On 11 December 2021, Marmoush faced his parent club Wolfsburg and assisted Konstantinos Mavropanos's goal and in the 79th minute, Marmoush stepped up to take a penalty and he missed by hitting his panenka attempt off the crossbar. Marmoush was also named Bundesliga Rookie of the Month for March 2022. [5] He completed his loan spell having scored three goals in 21 games.

Return to Wolfsburg

On 30 July 2022, Marmoush scored his first goal for Wolfsburg in a 1–0 first round DFB-Pokal match against Carl Zeiss Jena. Marmoush scored his first Bundesliga goal for the club in a 3–2 win over his former loan club VFB Stuttgart.On 24 January 2023, Marmoush scored his first goal in 2023 in a 5–0 rout over relegation strugglers Hertha BSC. Marmoush haunted his former club Stuttgart again as he scored the only goal in a 1–0 win at the MHPArena. Marmoush finished the season with 36 appearances, six goals and one assist in all competitions.

Eintracht Frankfurt

On 15 May 2023, it was announced that Marmoush would join Eintracht Frankfurt on a free transfer ahead of the 2023–24 season, and wear the number seven shirt. [6]

2023–24 season

On 13 August 2023, Marmoush scored his first goal for Eintracht Frankfurt in a 7–0 win over 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig in the first round of the DFB-Pokal. On 27 August 2023, Marmoush scored his first Bundesliga goal for the club in a 1–1 draw against 1. FSV Mainz 05. On 21 September, he scored his first goal in European competitions from a penalty in a 2–1 win over Aberdeen during the Europa Conference League. [7]

Marmoush had a brilliant debut season as he scored 16 goals in 37 appearances in all competitions. He attracted transfer interest from Premier League clubs such as Arsenal, Liverpool, Newcastle and Tottenham thanks to his magnificent debut season for Die Adler. [8] Marmoush scored a brace in Frankfurt's 3–3 draw with Borussia Dortmund and a goal in their thumping 5–1 win against Bayern. With 12 goals in the 2023–24 season, Marmoush became the third-highest African goal scorer in Bundesliga. [9] Marmoush scored a crucial penalty against RB Leipzig to tie the match 2–2 to help Frankfurt qualify for the 2024–25 Europa League. [10]

2024–25 season

Marmoush contributed 6 goals and 3 assists in September, which earned him the Bundesliga Player of the Month award. [11] During that month, he scored a brace in a 2–1 victory against his former club VfL Wolfsburg, [12] and provided decisive goals in matches against Borussia Mönchengladbach and Holstein Kiel, overtaking Harry Kane as the league's top scorer during this period. [13]

In the Europa League, Marmoush made significant contributions, including a penalty against Besiktas and free-kick goals against Slavia Prague and Midtjylland. His ability to score from set pieces was highlighted by three consecutive free-kick goals in November. [14]

Marmoush completed the first half of the 2024–25 Bundesliga season as the second top scorer, behind Kane, with 15 goals, breaking his club's previous record for the Hinrunde set by Theofanis Gekas in the 2010–11 season. [15]

Manchester City

On 23 January 2025, Premier League club Manchester City announced the signing of Marmoush on a four-and-a-half-year deal for a reported fee of £59 million. [16] [17] He made his debut for the club on 25 January in a 3–1 home win against Chelsea in the league. [18]

International career

Marmoush was included in Egypt's squad for the 2017 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations in Zambia. He made two appearances during the tournament, in which Egypt were eliminated in the group stage. [19]

Marmoush was also eligible to play for Canada, [1] [20] before becoming cap-tied with the Egyptian national team in October 2021.

On 8 October 2021, Marmoush made his debut for the Egypt national team and scored the only goal in a 1–0 victory over Libya. [21]

On 29 December 2021, Marmoush was named in Egypt's 28-man squad for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations. [22] He played in all three group stage matches, as well as all four knockout ties en route to the final against Senegal which ended in a 4–2 loss on penalties for Egypt. [23]

On 19 March 2022, Marmoush was called up for Egypt's 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification third round matches against Senegal. [24] He played in both matches as Egypt were defeated 3–1 on penalties and knocked out of World Cup contention. [25] On 27 September, Marmoush scored the opening goal as Egypt beat Liberia 3–0 in a friendly match. [26]

On 24 March 2023, Marmoush scored the second goal for Egypt in a 2–0 victory over Malawi during the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification. [27] Four days later, he scored in a 4–0 away victory over the same opponent. [28] At the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations, Marmoush scored the equaliser in a 2–2 draw against Ghana to help Egypt qualify for the last 16. [29]

Personal life

Besides his Egyptian citizenship, Marmoush holds Canadian citizenship through his Egyptian Canadian parents who lived in Canada for six years before resettling in Cairo, where Marmoush was raised and started playing youth football with Wadi Degla youth academy. [30]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 25 January 2025 [31] [32]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [b] ContinentalTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Wadi Degla 2015–16 Egyptian Premier League 1000—10
2016–17 15221—173
Total16221—183
VfL Wolfsburg II 2017–18 Regionalliga Nord 141——141
2018–19 50——50
2019–20 159——159
2020–21 21——21
Total3611——3611
VfL Wolfsburg 2019–20 Bundesliga 50101 [c] 070
2020–21 1020—30
2021–22 2000—20
2022–23 33531—366
Total4156110486
FC St. Pauli (loan) 2020–21 2. Bundesliga 21700—217
VfB Stuttgart (loan) 2021–22 Bundesliga21300—213
Eintracht Frankfurt 2023–24 Bundesliga2912319 [d] 44117
2024–25 1715316 [c] 42620
Total4627621586737
Manchester City 2024–25 Premier League 10000010
Career total1825514416821267
  1. ↑ (Arabic: عُمَر خَالِد مَرْمُوش [1] )
  2. ↑ Includes Egypt Cup, DFB-Pokal
  3. 1 2 Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  4. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League

International

As of match played 19 November 2024 [33]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Egypt 202121
2022131
202392
2024112
Total356

Scores and results list Egypt's goal tally first. [33]

List of international goals scored by Omar Marmoush
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
18 October 2021 Borg El Arab Stadium, Borg El Arab, EgyptFlag of Libya.svg  Libya 1–01–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
227 September 2022Borg El Arab Stadium, Borg El Arab, EgyptFlag of Liberia.svg  Liberia 1–03–0 Friendly
324 March 2023 30 June Stadium, Cairo, EgyptFlag of Malawi.svg  Malawi 2–02–0 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
428 March 2023 Bingu National Stadium, Lilongwe, MalawiFlag of Malawi.svg  Malawi 2–04–02023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
518 January 2024 Felix Houphouet Boigny Stadium, Abidjan, Ivory CoastFlag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 1–12–2 2023 Africa Cup of Nations
66 September 2024 Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, EgyptFlag of Cape Verde.svg  Cape Verde 2–03–0 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

Honours

VfL Wolfsburg II

Egypt

Individual

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