New York Red Bulls have added forward Omer Damari on loan from RB Leipzig of the German Bundesliga. Damari joins New York for the rest of the 2016 MLS season and occupies a Designated Player spot on the roster.
Damari, a native of Rishon LeZion, Israel, joined RB Leipzig in January of 2014. He spent a half-season with the club before going on loan to Red Bull Salzburg in the Austrian Bundesliga, where he scored four goals and four assists in 16 appearances in 2015-16.
The 27-year-old has won the Austrian league championship, the Austrian cup, and Israeli Cup. He has nine goals in 20 appearances for Israel.
Before moving to Leipzig, Damari spent the 2014-15 season with Austria Wien, where he was teammates with Daniel Royer.
Damari will be the first player in the Red Bull global system to play for Leipzig, Salzburg and New York.
Prior to his time in the Austrian Bundesliga with Wien, Damari played for two Israeli clubs, Maccabi Petah Tikva and Hapoel Tel Aviv. He racked up 85 goals and 13 assists in 180 appearances between the two clubs, with most of the appearances and success coming with Tel Aviv.
