On the 3rd of July 1989 a star was born and his name was called Amer Abdul Rahman Abdullah Hussein Al Hamadi (Arabic: عامر عبد الرحمن عبد الله حسين الحمادي) commonly known as Amer Abdulrahman. The Emirati central midfielder who was born and bred in Baniyas has gathered over 120 appearances for both his Sky Blues club and the UAE national team.
Born to parent Abdul Rahman, Amer has five brothers and three sisters. At the age of six, he started playing volleyball for Al Jazira, continued in it for three years till he was nine and then his passion switched to football, this was because of his neighbor Salem Al Mansouri who kept telling him to play football since he was quite good at it at that time. Salem enrolled him to Baniyas before passing away, and from that day on Amer has followed Salems will and grew in to the game to be one of the best players on Arabian soil.
After helping his side win promotion in 2009, Amer made his Pro League debut in October of that year, In a 1–2 away win against Al Nasr Dubai, where he provided an assist for team-mate Papa Georges to score the winning goal. On 30 October, the 24 year old put up a man of the match performance in a 4-2 away win over Ajman. He provided another assist in a 5–3 away loss from Al Jazira.
All these star performances earned him a five year contract extension in January of 2010 and also went on to win the Al Hadath Al Riyadi Young Arab Player of the Year the next month. He finally bagged his first ever Pro-league goal in a 1-1 draw with Al Jazira. Despite receiving offers from Arsenal, Stuttgart, Anderlecht and a host of local clubs. Amer reject the offers and decided to stay with Bani Yas.
Last summer, it appeared Amer will finally leave the Arabian Gulf league as he underwent a two-week trial at English Championship outfit Blackburn Rovers. Rovers manager Gary Bowyer said the club are just looking at Abdulrahman, as well as a number of others. But returned from Blackburn trial and was back in training with his club.
Amer made his debut with national teams, when he was selected for United Arab Emirates national under-17 team at international tournament in 2006. He won the AFC U-19 Championship 2008 with United Arab Emirates national under-20 team, he was also part of the squad at the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Egypt. In 2010, he helped the Olympic team win the 2010 Gulf Cup of Nations Under 23 in the Qatar, and was named Player of the Tournament. At the same year won silver medal in Asian Games in China. Amer made his international debut on 12 November 2009, in a friendly match against Manchester City at the age of 20. when he came on as a substitute at the beginning of the second half. He scored his first senior goal in a friendly match against Grödig on 3 July 2011.
Woow! just when i thought Abdulrahman Omar was the best player in the contry
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