I haven't found confirmation on the club site yet, but it looks like Omar Jarun may have signed with Flota Swinoujscie. He's a big 1983 who was raised in the States, played college ball and bounced around the USL. Has played for Palestine interationally. I am not 100% sure he's American since he was born in Kuwait but he certainly lived here long enough. Here's a news article from Poland: http://www.sport.pl/sport/1,78988,6244610,Flota_podpisuje__Pogon_przegrywa.html
Per his wikipedia (I know!) bio: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar_Jarun And here's the citation Wiki uses, in Polish, to back up the claim he signed with Flota. http://www2.90minut.pl/news/84/news842303.html BTW, the Whitecaps officially listed him as a dual Palestinian/American citizen... http://www.whitecapsfc.com/men/roster/teammember.aspx?id=1939&team=Male I'm surprised an MLS team didn't give him a serious look though perhaps he can make better money in Poland. (I have no idea what Polish teams play but I won't be at all surprised if they pay more than what an MLS team would offer a USL vet.)
I generally go with clubs on this stuff (though they are not always right) so we'll claim him. Thanks.
There was a feature on him in a Whitecaps program or a Vancouver newspaper sometime last season, and I'm fairly certain he has US citizenship. Decent enough player, absolutely massive. Reasonably skilled, too, save that he seemed rather prone to random errors, which can be a bit scary with a center back.
He has American citizenship, he was only awarded a Palestinian passport in 2007 so he could play for the national team. I would have liked to see him play in MLS but I guess the money is better in Poland, especially for foreign players.
I wouldn't think MLS was really an option for Jarun. He was released by Vancouver and signed with a mid-table second division Polish side. Not exactly a great resume.
Don't you realize that any club in Europe is far superior to an American club, just by virtue of residing on the eastern side of the Atlantic.
omar isn't good enough to play in MLS. Frankly, as a central defender, i don't even see him being good enough to be a USL starter. he is simply huge and not going get any smaller, so there aren't a lot of places to put him on the pitch. i see him as a permanent project going back and forth between development as a central and a giant koller type striker
It looks like Jarun has moved within Poland to Pogon Szczecin. I think it was during this transfer window but I'm not 100% sure of the timing.
He'll be with Pogon Szczecin again this season. He began his first full season with Pogon Szczecin last Saturday, a team he was traded to in the second half of last season from Flota Swinoujscie. http://www.thecitizen.com/articles/08-03-2010/former-chief-chases-soccer-dream Says his goal is to get to the Bundesliga. Why not?
He has signed with Arka. He also played in Palestine's last World Cup qualifying match, going the full 90 against Thailand. http://www.arka.gdynia.pl/news,7851-omar-jarun-zagral-w-reprezentacji-palestyny-(90minutpl).html
Movin' on up: Jarun has signed a two-year deal (with an option for an additional year) with Jupiler League side Charleroi SC: http://www.flashfoot.fr/breve/omar-jarun-a-charleroi/8627/
http://www.nasl.com/index.php?id=3&newsid=6108 Bump. Omar has signed with new NASL side Ottawa Fury ending his tenure in Belgium with Chaleroi SC.
Here's a recent profile of Jarun: Jarun was born in Kuwait to an American mother and a Jordanian-Palestinian father. The family fled after Saddam Hussein invaded the country, sparking the first Gulf War, when Omar was 7. “I remember bombs going off,” he said in a 2011 interview. “Missiles shooting off near the apartment. I remember grabbing my bear, me and my sister running to my dad’s bedroom and saying, ‘What’s going on?’ ” Because his mother held a United States passport, the family managed to emigrate. “We left everything behind,” Jarun said. “My parents had nothing.” Arriving in Georgia with little more than the clothes they wore, the Jaruns established roots in Peachtree City. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/30/s...soccer-even-coming-home-is-no-given.html?_r=0 He's the big dude in this photo:
Normally it's mystery players who are unnamed in YA threads -- this time it's a mystery club: Ottawa Fury FC announced Friday that defender Omar Jarun and the club have mutually agreed to part ways. Jarun's new club will be independently announced. "Omar is part of the history of our club," Fury FC head coach Marc Dos Santos said. "He played his role in year one bringing professionalism and experience to our club. This decision provides the club with roster flexibility while allowing Omar to find a new challenge abroad. I wish Omar the very best in the next chapter of his career." http://www.nasl.com/article/uuid/1x...er-omar-jarun-mutually-part-ways#.VQMBXGTF9P0
Now a youth coach with Atlanta United's academy. https://www.atlutd.com/post/2018/08/09/atlanta-united-academy-adds-three-coaches-staff