Omar Yabroudi

Omar Abdullah Hasan Yabroudi (born October 20, 1989) is an Emirati football recruitment head. He is currently the assistant general secretary – technical affairs of the UAE Football Association. He is known as being the first and only Emirati to be working as a player recruitment manager of a Premier League club.

Early life and education Yabroudi was born in Sharjah, UAE.

Following his passion for football, Yabroudi earned his Bachelor of Science (BSC) in Sports Science and Football from Liverpool John Moores University (2007 - 2010).

Career In 2010, at the age of 19, Yabroudi commenced with an internship at Accrington Stanley F.C.

From 2010 to 2012, he worked as the first-team scout under manager Dougie Freedman

From October 2012 – 2015, Yabroudi was part of Barnet F.C. as a Performance Analyst and Head of Recruitment, after being contacted by Edgar Davids. One of Yabroudi's key signings was Luisma Villa, who had been signed from Spain on a free transfer. He had become a fans favourite whilst firing in 13 goals that season to help propel the club into League Two.

In June 2015, after a three-season stint at Barnet, Yabroudi was appointed as Head of Recruitment at Nottingham Forest F.C. Yabroudi and Freedman were reunited again for the second time. Collectively, they had made a host of quality signings to improve the club's fortunes in spite of being under a transfer embargo they were able to compete for a playoff spot during the majority of the season. Nelson Oliveira who was brought in to Nottingham Forest FC on a free season-long loan went onto scoring 9 goals that season and was subsequently sold to Norwich City from S.L. Benfica the following season for £7m. Yabroudi and Dougie Freedman had helped guide Nottingham Forest F.C.