page_title: Omar Elabdellaoui
section_title: International career
hierarchical_section_title: Omar Elabdellaoui / International career
caption_attribution_description: English: Omar Elabdellaoui (Manchester City) in the Norway national under-21 football team, 2011-03-29
context_page_description: Omar Elabdellaoui is a Norwegian professional footballer for Turkish club Galatasaray and captains for the Norway national team. who plays primarily as a right back but can also play as a right midfielder.
  Elabdellaoui began his career with Skeid before signing with Manchester City in 2008, although never appeared for the club; he made his professional debut while on loan at Strømsgodset. He has also spent a loan spell in the Netherlands with Feyenoord. After spending a half season on loan with Eintracht Braunschweig in 2013, Elabdellaoui joined the German side permanently in May 2013. He signed for current club Olympiacos in June 2014.
  Elabdellaoui represented Norway at youth international level, and was a part of the Norwegian team in the 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship. He made his debut for the senior national team in August 2013.
context_section_description: Elabdellaoui made his debut for Norway when he played for the under-15 team in the 0–0 draw Poland U15 on 8 August 2006, in a match where Stefan Johansen also made his debut at youth international level. Elabdellaoui played one more match for the under-15 team before he scored one goal in ten matches for the under-16 team. He later scored one goal in eight matches for the under-17 team, before he made six appearances for the under-18 team and eleven for the under-19 team, where he scored one goal.
  Elabdellaoui made his debut for the Norway national under-21 football team against Greece U-21 on 17 October 2010. He featured heavily in the 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship qualification as a right-back.
  He made his debut for the Norway under-23 team in a game against Wales in June 2012, with Elabdellaoui as the first goalscorer in the 4–0 victory.
  Elabdellaoui was first called up for the Norwegian national team for the friendly match against Sweden in August 2013, and made his debut for the senior team when he started the match and played 72 minutes as a right back.
caption: Elabdellaoui playing for Norway U21 in 2011
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