Omar Wade (born 15 May 1990) is a Senegalese professional
footballer
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who plays as a
forward
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*Forward (surname)
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* Forward (association football)
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** Power forward (basketball)
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.
Career
Born in
Dakar
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, Wade trained with the academy of Diambars before signing professional with French club
Lille
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. He made his senior debut for Lille during the 2010–11 season, and moved on loan to Turkish club
Boluspor
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Carquefou
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during the 2012–13 season. At the end of his Lille contract, he returned to Diambars, where he stayed for two seasons, before signing for SC Feignies in January 2015. He spent the 2015–16 season with
JA Drancy
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, followed by two years in the United Arab Emirates with Al-Arabi.
In January 2019 he signed for Ain Sud Foot. In August 2019 he signed for
Gueugnon
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The primary industry in the town is a stainless-steel factory run by Aperam. A huge part of Gueugnon ...
in
Championnat National 3
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, where he scored 15 goals in 11 appearances before leaving for
Annecy
Annecy ( , ; , also ) is the Prefectures in France, prefecture and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of the Haute-Savoie Departments of France, department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Regions of France, regi ...
in February 2020.
On 7 February 2022, Wade joined Saudi Arabian club Al-Shoulla.