Ahmed Omar (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ahmed Omar Shaker Festooq | ||
| Place of birth | Lebanon | ||
| Date of death | May 4 2025 | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Al Sadd | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1970–1983 | Al Sadd | ||
| International career | |||
| Qatar | |||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1987–1988 | Al Sadd | ||
| 1993–1994 | Al Sadd | ||
| 1996–1997 | Al Sadd | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Ahmed Omar (Arabic: احمد عمر) was a Qatari-Lebanese football coach and former striker who played for Al Sadd. He was an AFC Elite Coaching Instructor. He was the first person in the history of the Emir Cup to win the title as both coach and player.
He retired from playing after Al Sadd lost the 1983 Emir Cup final to Al Arabi. After the match, there was a mass brawl between the two teams, and the field was described as a 'boxing ring'. Omar went on to coach Al Sadd, first in 1987–88, winning the Emir Cup that year, and again in 1993–94, when he also won the Emir Cup. He coached Al Sadd for a third interval, from 1996 to 1997.