Oumed Oukri

Oumed Oukri (Amharic: ዑመድ ዑክሪ; born 5 October 1990), also spelt as Oumed Oukuri or Omod Okwury, is an Ethiopian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Oman Professional League club Suwaiq.[1][2]

Oumed Oukri
Personal information
Date of birth (1990-10-05) 5 October 1990
Place of birth Gambela, Ethiopia
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Hadiya Hossana
Number 18
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2012 Defence Force
2012–2014 Saint George
2014–2015 Al Ittihad Alexandria 4 (7)
2015–2016 ENPPI 7 (0)
2016–2017 El Entag El Harby 33 (11)
2017–2019 Smouha 61 (6)
2019–2020 Aswan 12 (4)
2021–2022 Hadiya Hossana 28 (7)
2022– Suwaiq 3 (3)
International career‡
2009– Ethiopia 47 (11)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 July 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 March 2023

Club career

Oumed was born in Gambela National Regional state, one of the federal regions of Ethiopia, which is located in the south western part of Ethiopia near to the border of Sudan. Oumed has scored three goals for his club, Defence Force in six Ethiopian premier league games that club played this year 2010 (2003 Ethiopian calendar). He is becoming the rising star in the domestic games. Oumed Oukri has been named the Best Sportsman according to the weekly Capital Ethiopia's Top 30 List for the 2003 Ethiopian Calendar. In the summer of 2012, Oumed was transferred to reigning premier league champions, Saint George. He scored his first official goal, on 17 October 2012, in a penalty-shootout loss against arch-rivals Ethiopian Coffee. His goalscoring attracted attention of some Egyptian clubs, but St. George declined to release him. In spite of all this, he continued to play well and shared the title of league champions with his team in the 2013–14 season. Consequently, the Ethiopian champions allowed him move to a foreign league.

On 21 May 2014, Oumed signed a three-year deal with the Egyptian side Al Ittihad.[3] However, he transferred to ENPPI in 2015, then he played for El Entag El Harby and Smouha SC. On 16 September 2019, Oumed joined Aswan SC.[4]

International career

Oumed made a debut for Ethiopia on 30 November 2009, in a match against Djibouti, and he immediately scored two goals. The final result was 5–0 for Ethiopia. His third goal came in an African cup qualifiers against Guinea, in September 2010.

Oumed also scored two goals against Malawi and Zambia and two goals against Uganda in the 2010 CECAFA Cup tournament, held in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

In January 2014, coach Sewnet Bishaw, invited him to be a part of the Ethiopia squad for the 2014 African Nations Championship.[5] The team was eliminated in the group stages after losing to Congo, Libya and Ghana.[6][7][8]

Career statistics
Scores and results list Ethiopia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Oukri goal.
List of international goals scored by Oumed Oukri[9]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
130 November 2009Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi, Kenya Djibouti4–05–02009 CECAFA Cup
25–0
35 September 2010Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Guinea1–01–42012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
44 December 2010National Stadium, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Malawi1–11–12010 CECAFA Cup
57 December 2010National Stadium, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Zambia2–02–12010 CECAFA Cup
612 December 2010National Stadium, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Uganda1–03–42010 CECAFA Cup
72–1
88 October 2011Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Madagascar1–14–22012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
916 November 2011Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Somalia1–05–02014 FIFA World Cup qualification
1015 October 2014Stade du 26 Mars, Bamako, Mali Mali1–13–42015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
1115 November 2014Stade Mustapha Tchaker, Blida, Algeria Algeria1–01–32015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

References
  1. "Ethiopia Football: Oumed Oukri, a star in the making". Ethiosports. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  2. "Oumed Ukuri". Soccer Ethiopia. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
  3. "Umed joins Al Ittihad in Egypt". Collins Okinyo. Ethiosports. 21 May 2014. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
  4. "OFFICIAL: Ethiopia's Oumed Oukri joins Aswan". kingfut.com. 16 September 2019.
  5. "2014 CHAN - Ethiopia Team Profile". mtnfootball.com/. Archived from the original on 24 February 2014. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
  6. "LIVE: Ghana v Ethiopia (CHAN 2014 Group C Match Day 3)". modernghana.com. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
  7. "CHAN 2014: Congo earn victory over Ethiopia". bbc.com. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
  8. "CHAN 2014: Ghana and Libya book last-eight spots". bbc.com. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
  9. "Ukuri, Umed". National Football Teams. Retrieved 19 February 2018.


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