Jordanian footballer
Tha'er Fayed Al Bawab (Arabic : ثائر فايد بواب ; born 1 March 1985) is a Jordanian footballer who plays as a forward .
He spent most of his professional career in Spain and Romania.
Club career
Early years and Real Madrid
Born in Amman of Palestinian descent, Bawab's family moved to Catalonia , Spain when he was a child. He started playing for the youth teams of local UE Cornellà , leaving at the age of 18 to Real Madrid where he completed his development,[ 1] and scoring 30 goals in his sole season with the Juvenil side.[ 2]
In 2004, Bawab signed a professional contract with Real Madrid, and the club also agreed to pay a college scholarship for him, as he went on to make his senior debut with the third team in the Tercera División . At that time, talks had started where people compared his style of play to Zinedine Zidane (even though they did not play in the same position).[ 1]
Barcelona, journeyman in Spain
Bawab split the 2006–07 season with Real Madrid Castilla – for whom he did not appear officially – and another reserve team , FC Barcelona B , scoring three goals for the latter as both sides suffered relegation (the former in the Segunda División , the latter in the Segunda División B ).[ 3] [ 4]
In the following three seasons, he competed in the country's third tier, being relegated with all the clubs – CE L'Hospitalet , CD Alfaro (which he joined in January 2009) and Moratalla CF .[ 5] [ 2]
Romania
Bawab signed a two-year contract with ACF Gloria 1922 Bistriţa in late June 2010.[ 6] Midway through the season , as his team would eventually suffer relegation, he joined fellow Romanian Liga I side CS Gaz Metan Mediaş .[ 7]
On 4 August 2011, Bawab scored two goals against 1. FSV Mainz 05 in the last qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League , one in each leg as Gaz Metan eventually won on penalties .[ 8] [ 9] On 26 September, he added two more in a 2–1 league home win over FCM Târgu Mureș .[ 10]
In September 2014, free agent Bawab moved to CS Universitatea Craiova also in Romania's top flight. He remained in the country the following years safe for a very brief spell in the Qatar Stars League with Umm Salal SC , representing FC Steaua București , FC Dinamo București , CS Concordia Chiajna and FC Dunărea Călărași .[ 11]
International career
Bawab made his debut for Jordan in a friendly with Norway on 28 January 2005, which ended 0–0. He made six appearances for the national team in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifiers , scoring once.[ 12]
Career statistics
Club
[ 13] [ 14] [ 15]
International goals
#
Date
Venue
Opponent
Score
Result
Competition[ 16]
1
26 March 2008
Olympic Stadium , Ashgabat , Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan
2 –0
2–0
2010 World Cup qualification
2
16 October 2012
Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex , Muscat , Oman
Oman
1 –2
1–2
2014 World Cup qualification
3
4 February 2014
Jalan Besar , Kallang , Singapore
Singapore
1 –0
3–1
2015 Asian Cup qualification
4
5 March 2014
International Stadium , Amman , Jordan
Syria
1 –0
2–1
2015 Asian Cup qualification
5
2 –0
6
23 March 2017
King Abdullah II , Amman, Jordan
Hong Kong
4 –0
4–0
Friendly
Honours
Real Madrid C
Steaua București
Dinamo București
References
^ a b Thaer: "El Barça sigue apostando más por la cantera que el Madrid" (Thaer: "Barça still bet more on their youth system than Madrid") ; Sport , 12 November 2013 (in Spanish)
^ a b El curioso caso de Tha’er Al Bawab (The curious case of Tha'er Al Bawab) ; Panenka, 13 December 2013 (in Spanish)
^ El exazulgrana Thaer, a las puertas de su "mayor sueño" (Former azulgrana Thaer, at the gates of his "biggest dream") ; Sport, 12 November 2013 (in Spanish)
^ La última plantilla que descendió con el Castilla. ¿Qué fue de ellos? (The last squad to be relegated with Castilla. What happened to them?) ; Vavel , 26 November 2013 (in Spanish)
^ La maravilla de un canterano del Real Madrid en la liga rumana (The wonder of a Real Madrid youth player in the Romanian league) ; Marca , 25 November 2014 (in Spanish)
^ Thaer Fayez Bawab a semnat cu Gloria (Thaer Fayez Bawab signed with Gloria) Archived 3 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine ; Gloria Bistrita, 29 June 2010 (in Romanian)
^ De la Madrid la Mediaş » Iordanianul Bawab, la al 2-lea gol in Liga 1 (From Madrid to Mediaş » Jordan's Bawab, gets his second goal in Liga 1) ; Gazeta Sporturilor , 2 May 2011 (in Romanian)
^ Gaz Metan-Mainz 1–1, 5–4 la penalty-uri (in tur: 1–1) / Revelatia Bundesligii, invinsa de un iordanian: Bawab! (Gaz Metan-Mainz 1–1, 5–4 on penalties (first leg: 1–1) / Bundesliga revelation, prey of a Jordanian: Bawab!) ; Ofsaid, 4 August 2011 (in Romanian)
^ Bawab nu se teme de Austria Viena: ”Mergem în grupe” (Bawab does not fear Austria Vienna: ”We are a group”) Archived 13 December 2014 at the Wayback Machine ; Gazeta Sporturilor, 6 August 2011 (in Romanian)
^ Scîrţîie scaunul lui Sabău » Gaz Metan – Tg Mureş 2–1 (Sabău's squeaky chair » Gaz Metan – Tg Mureş 2–1) ; Gazeta Sporturilor, 26 September 2011 (in Romanian)
^ Dunărea Călăraşi dă o nouă lovitură. Tha'er Bawab a semnat cu echipa preluată de Cristi Pustai (Dunărea Călăraşi strikes a new blow. Tha'er Bawab has signed with team led by Cristi Pustai) ; ProSport , 2 July 2019 (in Romanian)
^ Tha'er Bawab – FIFA competition record (archived)
^ "Tha'er Al Bawab" . Soccerway. Retrieved 24 October 2014 .
^ Tha'er Bawab at BDFutbol
^ Tha'er Bawab at WorldFootball.net
^ "Tha'er Al Bawab – Matches" . Soccerway. Retrieved 26 November 2020 .
^ VIDEO+FOTO Super-Bawab! Steaua e prima finalistă a Cupei Ligii, după ce a învins Astra, scor 2–0 (VIDEO+PHOTO Super-Bawab! Steaua are first League Cup finalists, after defeating Astra, 2–0 the score) ; Gazeta Sporturilor, 13 April 2016 (in Romanian)
^ VIDEO+FOTO » Dinamo a câștigat Cupa Ligii fără emoții! Al 34-lea trofeu din vitrina "câinilor" (VIDEO+PHOTO » Dinamo won unexciting League Cup! 34th trophy in the "dogs" cabinet) ; Gazeta Sporturilor, 20 May 2017 (in Romanian)
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