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Omar Daley is a Jamaican former footballer. He played as a winger. He has also played for the Jamaica national team winning more than 50 caps. Daley was born in Kingston, Jamaica. He has played for Portmore United in his homeland, Charleston Battery, in the United States, and English side Bradford City along with loan spells at Reading, Preston North End and Rotherham United. He is known as "ratty".

Club career
Portmore United Born in Kingston, Jamaica, Daley's football career started at Glenmuir High School but was overlooked by many of the clubs in his home. He turned out for local sides Central Strikers and Israel then Value P, before he moved to newly promoted Jamaica National Premier League side Hazard United. before he first came to England in 2002 for trials with Charlton Athletic and Everton. He scored in his first Preston start when they beat Mansfield Town 4–0 in the League Cup. He was sent off in the team's United Soccer League semi-final 1–0 defeat against Rochester Rhinos and missed the second leg in which Charleston were knocked out. He played 23 times for Charleston, scoring three goals. Bradford City After just ten months at Charleston, Daley returned to England when he signed for Bradford City on an 18-month deal to link up with fellow Jamaican internationals Donovan Ricketts and Jermaine Johnson, He made his City debut on 27 January in a 2–0 against Yeovil Town, in what proved to be Johnson's final game for City. and Rotherham United 3–2. Daley helped City to the top of the table at the start of the following season, before a drop in form saw them pushed back into the play-off places. Daley himself was rested following a personal punishing regime after playing for Jamaica, but scored his first goal of the season in a 2–1 defeat to Darlington when he came on as a substitute. Despite undergoing two periods of surgery, rehabilitation and a number of months back in the game, Daley admitted: "I am still trying to find back my feet, I am still not at my sharpest yet, but I looking forward to the days ahead and I am just trying my best as I am still doing my rehab." In February 2011, Daley was loaned to Bradford's League Two rivals Rotherham United, with Kevin Ellison moving in the opposite direction. He scored his first goal for Rotherham on his home debut, netting in a 2–0 win over Accrington Stanley at the Don Valley Stadium. Daley was recalled by Bradford's new manager Peter Jackson in April with five games of the season remaining. At the end of the season, he was among the players that Jackson chose to release. Motherwell On 23 August 2011, Daley was given a trial at Scottish Premier League side Motherwell by his former manager at Bradford City, Stuart McCall. A week later, Daley received a work permit, allowing him to sign for Motherwell on a two-year contract, which was formally announced on 12 September 2011. He scored his first goal for Motherwell on 19 November 2011 to give his side a 2–1 victory against Aberdeen. After making 39 appearances for the North Lanarkshire-based club, mostly as a substitute, Daley was released by the club on 20 May 2013. Minnesota United In August 2013, Daley joined NASL side Minnesota United FC. During the 2013 NASL Fall Championship, Daley appeared in five games, recording three goals and an assist in 232 minutes. His hat trick in the final game of the 2013 season was the first hat trick by a Minnesota player since 2007. ==International career==
International career
Daley appeared for the Jamaican under 20s in the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship in Argentina, where they went out in the first round after losing two of their three group games. He was sent off in a 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup game against Mexico in the 70th minute for a second bookable offence. He played in Jamaica's 6–0 friendly defeat to England in the run up to the 2006 World Cup. Peter Crouch scored a hat-trick for England in the game, with his first goal taking a deflection off Daley. Three days later he was dropped from the Bradford City starting team for the first time in the 2007–08 English league season, after he and Jamaican teammate Donovan Ricketts had to be picked up by club chairman Mark Lawn when their flight back was delayed. Daley was unavailable for Jamaica for a period of time to concentrate on his career with Bradford City, but he was selected in the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup squad. He scored in Jamaica's first group game netting the final goal in a 4–0 win against Grenada. International goals ==Style of play==
Style of play
Daley can play on either right wing or left wing, the latter of which enables him to cut inside to shoot out on his right foot.{{cite news ==Personal life==
Personal life
Daley's younger brother, Keammar, is also a footballer, playing as a forward for Waterhouse FC. ==Career statistics==
Honours
Portmore UnitedJamaica National Premier League: 2004–05 ==References==
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