Tha'er Bawab

Tha'er Fayed Al Bawab (Arabic: ثائر فايد بواب; born 1 March 1985) is a Jordanian footballer who plays as a forward for Spanish club AD Villaviciosa de Odon.

He spent most of his professional career in Spain and Romania.

Club Career

Early years / Real Madrid

Born in Amman of Palestinian descent, Bawab's family moved to Catalonia, Spain when he was a child. He started playing for the youth teams of local UE Cornella, leaving at the age of 18 to Real Madrid where he completed his development, and scoring 30 goals in his sole season with the Juvenil side.

In 2004, Bawab signed a professional contract with Real Madrid, and the club also agreed to pay a college scholarship for him, as he went on to make his senior debut with the third team in the fourth division. At that time, talks had started where people compared his style of play to Zinedine Zidane (even though they did not play in the same position); first-team coach Mariano Garcia Remon thought about promoting him to the main squad, but eventually did not saying he did not want to put pressure on the youngster.

Barcelona / Journeyman in Spain

Bawab split the 2006–07 season with Real Madrid Castilla – for whom he did not appear officially – and another reserve team, FC Barcelona Atletic, scoring three goals for the latter as both sides suffered relegation (the former in the second level, the latter in the third).

In the following three seasons, he competed in the country's third tier, being relegated with all the clubs – CE L'Hospitalet, CD Alfaro (which he joined in January 2009) and Moratalla CF.

Romania

Bawab signed a two-year contract with ACF Gloria 1922 Bistrita in late June 2010.

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