Syria against Syria. The almanac states its case, the crowd votes, you decide.
Syria · 2021–25 · RM
Twenty-two goals in the 2021-22 season made him the first foreigner ever to finish as top scorer in the Iraqi league, and Baghdad kept him at Al-Shorta for five years. He has 110 caps and 18 goals for Syria, including a hat-trick against the Maldives in June 2021, and at club level four straight Iraqi league titles from 2021 to 2025, the 2023-24 Iraq FA Cup, and Player of the Season in 2023-24. Career record: 88 caps and 15 goals for Syria; club career at Riffa S.C., Umm Salal SC, FC Botoșani.
Syria · 2014–22 · ST
Syria were losing in Tehran deep into stoppage time on 5 September 2017 when Al Somah levelled it at 2-2 against Iran and sent his country into a World Cup play-off for the first time. He left Al-Ahli in 2022 as the Saudi Pro League's record scorer on 144 league goals, with the 2015-16 title, three consecutive Golden Boots, the King's Cup, and the 2014 AFC Cup and two Kuwaiti championships at Qadsia. Career record: 26 caps and 15 goals for Syria; club career at Al-Fotuwa SC, Qadsia SC, Al Ahli.
The almanac puts Omar Al-Somah ahead by 6 rating points, 86 against 80.
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