Adnan Haidar
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Adnan Haidar | ||
| Date of birth | 3 August 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Drammen, Norway | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Stabæk | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2001 | Klemetsrud | ||
| 2001–2008 | Vålerenga | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2008–2011 | Vålerenga | 16 | (0) |
| 2009 | → Skeid (loan) | 11 | (0) |
| 2012– | Stabæk | 20 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2005 | Norway U16 | 9 | (0) |
| 2008 | Norway U19 | 7 | (0) |
| 2012 | Lebanon | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 September 2012 | |||
Adnan Haidar (Arabic: عدنان حيدر; born 3 August 1989) is a Lebanese footballer who is currently under contract with Stabæk. He has previously played for Vålerenga and Skeid.
Club career
Haidar was born in Drammen and grew up in Oslo[1] and in 2008 he signed a professional contract with [[Vålerenga Fotball|Vålerenga]. He made his debut against Lyn on 15 September 2008, appearing as a substitute. In total he made three appearances for Vålerenga in all competitions in the 2008 season, also winning the Norwegian Cup in his first season as a professional. [2] In 2009 he was loaned out to Skeid for the entire season, where he made 11 appearances in the First Division.[3]
He returend to Vålerenga for the 2010 season and scored his first and second ever senior goals for Vålerenga in his first game since returning from loan against Oppsal in the Norwegian Cup of 2010. He then played his first Tippeligaen game of the season against Start in a 8-1 win. He finished the season with six appearances and scoring two goals in all competitions.
In the 2011 season he played ten games in the Tippeligaen, one game in the Norwegian Cup and one game in the UEFA Europa League before getting injured late into the season, it was later confirmed that Haidar had been ruled out for the rest of the season. At the end of the season he was released by Vålerenga and became free agent, but before being released he was offered a new contract at Vålerenga but chose to reject the offer because he wanted more first team football.[4][5] In total he made 21 appearances and scoring two goals over three seasons for Vålerenga. He later went to Burnley on trail, but returned without a contract. He rejected a new trial proposal at Burnley two weeks later.[6]
In January 2012, Haidar signed for Stabæk as a free agent, and was given the shirt number 10.[7] He made his debut for Stabæk on the first day of the new season, on 25 March 2012 in a 0-0 draw against Aalesund.
International career
Haidar has represented Norway at youth international level, and played nine matches for Norway U16 in 2005 as well as seven matches for Norway U19 in 2008.[8] Haidar has played his first game with the Lebanese national team against Yemen on 16 October 2012.[1]
Career statistics
- As of 30 September 2012
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Vålerenga | 2008 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Skeid (loan) | 2009 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 11 | 0 | |
| Vålerenga | 2010 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| 2011 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Total | 16 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 2 | |
| Stabæk | 2012 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| Total | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Career Total | 47 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 57 | 2 | |
Honours
Club
- Vålerenga
- Norwegian Cup (1): 2008[9]
References
- ^ a b Farshchian, Aslan W. A. (13 October 2012). "Stabæk-Haidar på Libanons landslag" (in Norwegian). Verdens Gang. Retrieved 16 October 2012.
- ^ Marius Vik (25 March 2009). "VIF-talent signed for Skeid" (in Norwegian). Nettavisen.no. Retrieved 25 March 2009.
- ^ "Adnan Haidar". NIFS - Norsk & Internasjonal Fotballstatistikk (in Norwegian). Retrieved 28 November 2009.
- ^ "Without contract after the season" (in Norwegian). TV2 Sporten. Retrieved 29 November 2011.
- ^ "Released by Vålerenga" (in Norwegian). vif-fotball.no. Retrieved 11 December 2011.
- ^ "Trail at Burnley" (in Norwegian). Nettavisen.no. Retrieved 5 December 2011.
- ^ "Haidar valgte Stabæk - droppet England". VG (in Norwegian). 10 January 2012. Retrieved 11 January 2012.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help) - ^ "Adnan Haidar's profile". fotball.no (in Norwegian). Football Association of Norway. Retrieved 20 June 2012.
- ^ "Norgesmestere Menn 1902-2010" (in Norwegian). NFF. Retrieved 19 July 2012.