| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Aboubakar Oumarou | ||
| Date of birth | (1987-01-04)4 January 1987 (age 38) | ||
| Place of birth | Yaoundé, Cameroon | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2006 | Yanbian | 4 | (0) |
| 2007–2008 | Changsha Ginde | 52 | (7) |
| 2008–2009 | Red Star Belgrade | 13 | (2) |
| 2009–2010 | OFK Beograd | 23 | (3) |
| 2010–2013 | Vojvodina | 86 | (31) |
| 2013–2015 | Waasland-Beveren | 39 | (3) |
| 2015–2016 | Partizan | 13 | (3) |
| 2016–2018 | Shenzhen | 62 | (24) |
| 2018–2019 | Al-Qadsiah | 11 | (1) |
| 2020 | Napredak Kruševac | 4 | (0) |
| Total | 307 | (74) | |
| International career | |||
| 2012–2015 | Cameroon | 3 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 May 2022 | |||
Aboubakar Oumarou (born 4 January 1987) is a Cameroonian professionalfootballer. He is most often deployed as aforward. Having started his professional career inChina, he has played in four differentSerbian clubs. Oumarou has been capped by thenational team of Cameroon.
Oumarou started his professional career in China withYanbian[1] before moving toChangsha Ginde where he played in the2007 and2008Chinese Super League. In the 2009 winter transfer window,Milan Živadinović discovered Oumarou in China and after that, he was sold to the Serbian clubRed Star Belgrade. Oumarou stayed there for only six months before he signed for another city clubOFK Beograd, for the2009–10 season.
After playing an entire season with OFK, Oumarou moved toFK Vojvodina in the summer of 2010.[2] In Vojvodina, he was elected three times in a row as Vojvodina Supporters' Player of the Year for the 2010–11, 2011–12 and 2012–13 seasons by the unofficial club fansite fkvojvodina.com.[3][4]
His first match of the 2012–13 season was against Lithuanian clubSūduva on 19 July 2012, in the second qualifying round forUEFA Europa League. In that game, he scored a goal in the last minute of the match in a 1–1 home draw.[5] A week later he also scored againstSūduva and enrolled assists in the away victory 4–0. A week later after winning against Suduva 4–0, he scored a goal against theRapid Wien and so helped the Vojvodina to win rapid and closer to the play-off of theUEFA Europa League.[6] His first goal of the new season ofSerbian SuperLiga scored on 28 October 2012 againstJavor. Oumarou scored the goal in the 77th minute of the match in a penalty shootout. On 1 December 2012, he scored twice against his former clubRed Star Belgrade.
On 31 January 2013, thanks to his much-needed contribution to the club over the years, Oumarou signed a new one-year contract with Vojvodina.[7]
On 9 August 2013, Oumarou signed a two-year deal with Belgian sideWaasland-Beveren.[8] On 18 August 2013, he has made his debut for Waasland-Beveren againstAnderlecht and he spent 45 minutes on the pitch. On 15 February 2014, in 78th minute he scored his first goal for Waasland-Beveren againstOH Leuven in a 3–1 home win.[9]
On 30 June 2015, after two years he returned to Serbia and signed a two-year deal withPartizan.[10] Oumarou has scored his first goal in Partizan on 8 July in afriendly match againstHungarian clubVasas in a 1–4 win.[11] He made his official debut for the club in a Second qualifying roundUEFA Champions League, againstDila Gori on 14 July 2015.[12] In the second leg of the second qualifying round for the Champions League, Aboubakar Oumarou scored a goal in the victory of his team 0–2.[13]
On 17 September 2015, Oumarou scored twice in a 3–2 home victory over Dutch clubAZ in the opening round of the Europa Leaguegroup stage.[14] Oumarou against AZ Alkmaar scored 400th goal of Partizan in European competitions.[15] Oumarou was declared as a player of the first round of the Europa League and this is the first time that a player from the Serbian club is the player of round in a European competition.[16] On 1 October 2015, Oumarou was injured 22 minutes into the match and had to leave the game againstAugsburg.[17] He had missed the match againstAthletic Bilbao in the third round of the group stage of the Europa League on 22 October 2015.[18] On 5 November 2015, Oumarou has scored equalizer atSan Mamés in the defeat of his team 's 5–1.[19] On 26 November 2015, Oumarou scored the equalizer a header after a crossNikola Ninković, and in 89 minutes he was after a fantastic solo raid assisted toAndrija Živković score a winning goal in 1–2 away victory against AZ.[20] earning Abubakar man of the match honors against AZ.
On 25 February 2016, Aboubakar signed a two-year deal withChina League One sideShenzhen. After scoring 24 goals in 62 appearances, he left the club in July 2018 due to the limit of the foreign player slots.[21]
Oumarou got his first call-up from thenational team of Cameroon for a 2013 African Cup of Nations qualifier on 8 September 2012 againstCape Verde.[22] He made his debut against Cape Verde as a substitute forYannick N'Djeng in the 67th minute.
Already having 2 caps for Cameroon, Oumarou was again called again in November 2015, for the2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers againstNiger on 13 and 17 November 2015.[23]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Yanbian | 2006 | China League One | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | |
| Changsha Ginde | 2007 | Chinese Super League | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 27 | 2 | |
| 2008 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | 25 | 5 | |||
| Total | 52 | 7 | 0 | 0 | — | 52 | 7 | |||
| Red Star Belgrade | 2008–09 | Serbian SuperLiga | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 |
| OFK Beograd | 2009–10 | Serbian SuperLiga | 23 | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | 25 | 3 | |
| Vojvodina | 2010–11 | Serbian SuperLiga | 27 | 10 | 4 | 2 | — | 31 | 12 | |
| 2011–12 | 30 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 37 | 11 | ||
| 2012–13 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 39 | 17 | ||
| 2013–14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Total | 86 | 30 | 15 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 111 | 43 | ||
| Waasland-Beveren | 2013–14 | Belgian Pro League | 24 | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | 25 | 4 | |
| 2014–15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 15 | 0 | |||
| Total | 39 | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | 40 | 4 | |||
| Partizan | 2015–16 | Serbian SuperLiga | 13 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 26 | 10 |
| Shenzhen | 2016 | China League One | 28 | 11 | 0 | 0 | — | 28 | 11 | |
| 2017 | 28 | 12 | 0 | 0 | — | 28 | 12 | |||
| 2018 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 6 | 1 | |||
| Total | 62 | 24 | 0 | 0 | — | 62 | 24 | |||
| Al Qadsiah | 2018–19 | Saudi Professional League | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 11 | 1 | |
| Napredak Kruševac | 2019–20 | Serbian SuperLiga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
| 2020–21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |||
| Total | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 307 | 73 | 22 | 8 | 21 | 13 | 350 | 94 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 2012 | 1 | 0 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2014 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 3 | 0 | |