Adnan Ahmed

Adnan Ahmed

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Personal information
Full name	Adnan Farooq Ahmed
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Tranmere Rovers
Number	11
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of April 6, 2008

Adnan Ahmed (Urdu: عدنان أحمد) (born June 7, 1984 in Burnley, England) is a professional footballer who is currently playing for Tranmere Rovers in Coca-Cola League One. Ahmed is a British Asian of Pakistani descent. Because of his Pakistani parentage he was eligible to represent either England or Pakistan, at international level, but eventually chose for Pakistan.

Huddersfield Town

Initially part of Bury F.C. youth academy, as well as a 2 year stint at Manchester United Academy afterwards, Adnan chose to join Huddersfield Town where he turned professional.

Despite making a few appearances for the club in league and cup competitions since turning professional, Ahmed's career has been hampered by persistent injury troubles.

Ahmed has the unfortunate distinction of being the very first player to be sent off at the Keepmoat Stadium, the new home of Doncaster Rovers. He was shown the red card for a two footed challenge on Rovers' Mark McCammon, the scorer of the very first goal in the stadium during Huddersfield's 3-0 defeat on January 1, 2007.

In January 2007, Ahmed went to Lincoln City, who had shown an interest in him, on a one week trial with Huddersfield manager Peter Jackson saying "It will be a good experience for him and will hopefully make him appreciate what he's got here". However, no deal was done between the clubs and as a result the player returned to Huddersfield.

On May 9, 2007, he was released from the club.

Tranmere Rovers

On May 25, it was announced that Adnan had joined Tranmere Rovers side on a free transfer, becoming manager Ronnie Moore's first summer signing of 2007. . He made his debut coming on as a substitute in the 2nd half at home in a 1-1 draw with Yeovil Town on September 1, 2007.

Pakistan

Recently Adnan Ahmed received his first formal call up to the Pakistan national football team squad for their World Cup 2010 prelimenaries against Iraq on October 22 2007 in Lahore, where he made his debut in a hefty 7-0 loss, and October 28 2007 for the return leg in Aleppo, Syria which surprisingly finished goal-less between the two sides, although Iraq went through the next round on aggregate scores. Adnan scored his first goal for Pakistan in a humiliating 7-1 loss against Sri Lanka in the 2008 AFC Challenge Cup qualifiers.

External links

• Adnan Ahmed at Soccerbase