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Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Mousa Mohammad Mousa Sulaiman Al-Taamari | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1997-06-10)10 June 1997 (age 27) | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Amman, Jordan | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Right winger | ||||||||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Rennes | ||||||||||||||||
Number | 11 | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
–2016 | Shabab Al-Ordon | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2016–2018 | Shabab Al-Ordon | 19 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
2017–2018 | →Al-Jazeera (loan) | 17 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
2018–2020 | APOEL | 48 | (12) | ||||||||||||||
2020–2023 | OH Leuven | 86 | (10) | ||||||||||||||
2023–2025 | Montpellier | 41 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
2025– | Rennes | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
2017–2019 | Jordan U23 | 9 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
2016– | Jordan | 77 | (22) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 January 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 November 2024 |
Mousa Mohammad Mousa Sulaiman al-Taamari (Arabic:مُوسى مُحَمَّد مُوسى سُلَيْمَان التَعمري; born 10 June 1997) is a Jordanian professionalfootballer who plays as aright winger forLigue 1 clubRennes and theJordan national team. In the2023 Asian Cup, he led his country to their first ever final.[1]Mousa is the first Jordanian to play in a top 5 European league.[2] Known for his skills, dribbling and playmaking, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest Jordanian footballers of all time.[3]
Musa Al-Tamari started his career inShabab Al-Ordon, he was notoriously rapid, had great skills and amazing footwork, he got called up by the senior national team after his first six matches, he achieved the2016 Jordan FA Shield.
In September 2017, he was loaned toAl-Jazeera,[4] He participated in theAFC Cup 2018 and scored six goals in ten matches for his team,[5] he also achieved the2017–18 Jordan FA Cup.
On 28 May 2018, Al-Tamari signed a three–year contract for a fee of €400,000 with Cypriot clubAPOEL.[6] He won the 2019Cypriot Super Cup title,2018–19 Cypriot First Division title and became known as one of the best players in Cyprus. He also ended up winning the MVP (Most Valuable Player) of the Cypriot League.[7]
On 5 October 2020, Musa Al-Tamari joinedBelgian First Division A clubOH Leuven on a three–year contract, for a reported transfer fee of €1.1 million.[8] Al-Taamari scored six goals and provided one assist, while amassing the second most dribbles in the league, for Leuven during the 2022–23 season.[9]
On 11 May 2023, Al-Tamari signed a three-year contract on a free transfer with French clubMontpellier. He became the first Jordanian to sign with aLigue 1 club, and the first Jordanian to sign in one of the top five European Leagues.[10][11] He was previously linked to Spanish sideLevante, English sideBlackburn, Turkish sideFenerbahçe, as well as links toMLS and Gulf leagues, before accepting the offer to Montpellier.[12]
He made his Ligue 1 debut on 13 August againstLe Havre, which ended in a 2–2 draw.[13] On the following matchday, Al-Taamari scored two goals againstLyon in a 4–1 victory, becoming the first Jordanian to score in Ligue 1,[14] as well as being named onL'Équipe's Team of the Week.[15][16]
On 3 February 2025, Al-Taamari joined Ligue 1 sideRennes by signing a contract until 2028,[17] for a reported fee of €9 million.[18]
Al-Taamari was capped by Jordan atunder-23 level. He made his debut for theJordan senior team on 31 August 2016 in an international friendly againstLebanon, in which the game ended in a 3-1 win. Al-Taamari scored a hat trick and was only 19 years old at the time. He went on to make six more international appearances in 2016. In 2017, he scored his first goal forJordan in a friendly match againstHong Kong.[19] Al-Taamari was named in Jordan's squad for the2019 AFC Asian Cup, he played three matches, scored one goal and made two assists at the tournament.
In January 2024, Al-Taamari was included in Jordan's 26-men squad for the2023 AFC Asian Cup.[20] He scored twice in Jordan's opening game againstMalaysia, which ended in a 4–0 victory.[21] Later on, as Jordan reached the semi-finals, he scored a goal and provided an assist againstSouth Korea in a historic 2–0 win, taking Jordan to theAFC Asian Cup final for the first time in their history.[22]
Being a left-footed right winger, Musa Al-Tamari has a general tendency to cut inside and take on players with his dribbling ability. His ability to keep the ball close to his feet even in tight spaces is what makes him very dangerous when attacking defenses. Al-Tamari's pace, trickery and general style of play have seen him compared toLiverpool wingerMohamed Salah.[23][24][25][26]
Mousa isMuslim and is ahafiz of theQuran.[27]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Shabab Al-Ordon | 2016–17 | Jordanian Pro League | 19 | 5 | 3 | 0 | — | 7[a] | 2 | 29 | 7 | |
Al-Jazeera (loan) | 2017–18 | Jordanian Pro League | 17 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8[b] | 6 | 4[c] | 4 | 32 | 18 |
APOEL | 2018–19 | Cypriot First Division | 23 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 8[d] | 0 | 1[e] | 1 | 36 | 10 |
2019–20 | Cypriot First Division | 21 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 13[f] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 3 | |
2020–21 | Cypriot First Division | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4[g] | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | ||
Total | 48 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 80 | 13 | ||
OH Leuven | 2020–21 | Belgian Pro League | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 21 | 1 | ||
2021–22 | Belgian Pro League | 31 | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 33 | 3 | |||
2022–23 | Belgian Pro League | 34 | 6 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 36 | 6 | |||
Total | 86 | 10 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 90 | 10 | ||||
Montpellier | 2023–24 | Ligue 1 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 27 | 5 | ||
2024–25 | Ligue 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
Total | 28 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 28 | 5 | ||||
Career total | 198 | 35 | 16 | 5 | 33 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 259 | 53 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Jordan | 2016 | 6 | 0 |
2017 | 9 | 3 | |
2018 | 6 | 1 | |
2019 | 11 | 3 | |
2020 | 2 | 0 | |
2021 | 10 | 1 | |
2022 | 10 | 2 | |
2023 | 8 | 3 | |
2024 | 15 | 9 | |
Total | 77 | 22 |
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 23 March 2017 | King Abdullah II Stadium,Amman, Jordan | ![]() | 3–0 | 4–0 | Friendly |
2 | 28 March 2017 | King Abdullah II Stadium, Amman, Jordan | ![]() | 6–0 | 7–0 | 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification |
3 | 25 December 2017 | King Abdullah II Stadium, Amman, Jordan | ![]() | 1–0 | 1–1 | Friendly |
4 | 28 December 2018 | Grand Hamad Stadium,Doha, Qatar | ![]() | 1–0 | 1–1 | Friendly |
5 | 10 January 2019 | Khalifa bin Zayed Stadium,Al Ain, United Arab Emirates | ![]() | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2019 AFC Asian Cup |
6 | 7 June 2019 | Anton Malatinský Stadium,Trnava, Slovakia | ![]() | 1–0 | 1–5 | Friendly |
7 | 10 September 2019 | Amman International Stadium, Amman, Jordan | ![]() | 1–0 | 2–4 | Friendly |
8 | 24 March 2021 | Theyab Awana Stadium,Dubai, United Arab Emirates | ![]() | 1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly |
9 | 28 January 2022 | New York University Stadium,Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates | ![]() | 2–1 | 3–1 | Friendly |
10 | 1 June 2022 | Al Janoub Stadium,Al Wakrah, Qatar | ![]() | 1–0 | 1–2 | Friendly |
11 | 28 March 2023 | Saoud bin Abdulrahman Stadium, Doha, Qatar | ![]() | 1–0 | 4–0 | Friendly |
12 | 2–0 | |||||
13 | 16 June 2023 | Franz Horr Stadium,Vienna, Austria | ![]() | 2–1 | 2–3 | Friendly |
14 | 15 January 2024 | Al Janoub Stadium, Al Wakrah, Qatar | ![]() | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2023 AFC Asian Cup |
15 | 4–0 | |||||
16 | 6 February 2024 | Ahmad bin Ali Stadium,Al Rayyan, Qatar | ![]() | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2023 AFC Asian Cup |
17 | 21 March 2024 | Jinnah Sports Stadium,Islamabad, Pakistan | ![]() | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification |
18 | 3–0 | |||||
19 | 26 March 2024 | Amman International Stadium,Amman,Jordan | ![]() | 1–0 | 7–0 | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification |
20 | 3–0 | |||||
21 | 6–0 | |||||
22 | 5 September 2024 | Amman International Stadium, Amman, Jordan | ![]() | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification |
23 | 20 March 2025 | ![]() | 3–1 | 3–1 |
Shabab Al-Ordon
Al-Jazeera[28]
APOEL[28]
Jordan
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