Omran Haydary (

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: ; born 13 January 1998) is an Afghan professional

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who plays as a winger for

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club Sūduva. He has played football in the

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and

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Club career

FC Emmen

In July 2017, Haydary moved to

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on a free transfer following the end of his youth contract with

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. He made his

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debut for FC Emmen on 15 September 2017 in a game against N.E.C. He scored his first league goal for the club on 29 September 2017 in a 2–2 away draw with

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. His goal, assisted by Keziah Veendorp, came in the 67th minute. On 19 April 2018, Haydary's contract with Emmen was terminated by mutual consent.

Dordrecht

Haydary spent just five days as a free agent before being offered a contract by

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. He made his league debut for the club on 24 August 2018 in a 5–2 away defeat to

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. He scored his first league goal for the club on 21 September 2018 in a 2–1 away defeat to

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. His goal, assisted by Maarten Peijnenburg, came in the 91st minute. On 31 January 2019, Haydary terminated his contract by mutual consent.

Poland

At the start of the 2019–20 season, he joined Polish club

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. In January 2020, he was recruited by

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for a fee reported to be around €125,000. He made his debut for

on 1 March 2020 against

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in which he started as right winger. On 6 July 2022, he was loaned to

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side

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, Lechia's arch-rivals, for a year.

Sūduva

On 30 January 2025, Haydary signed with Lithuanian club Sūduva.

International career

Haydary debuted for the

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in a 0–0 friendly tie with

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on 19 August 2018.

International goals

:''Scores and results list Afghanistan's goal tally first.''

Honours

Individual *

Player of the Month: September 2022

References

External links

* * 1998 births Living people Sportspeople from Mazar-i-Sharif Footballers from Heerlen Afghan men's footballers Men's association football forwards Afghanistan men's international footballers Afghan emigrants to the Netherlands Naturalised citizens of the Netherlands FC Emmen players FC Dordrecht players Olimpia Grudziądz players Lechia Gdańsk players Lechia Gdańsk II players Arka Gdynia players FC Torpedo Kutaisi players FC Samtredia players FK Sūduva players Eerste Divisie players I liga players IV liga players Ekstraklasa players Erovnuli Liga players Afghan expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands Expatriate men's footballers in Poland Expatriate men's footballers in Georgia (country) Expatriate men's footballers in Lithuania Afghan expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Afghan expatriate sportspeople in Poland Afghan expatriate sportspeople in Georgia (country) {{Afghanistan-footy-bio-stub