Nadir Haroub
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Nadir Haroub Ali | ||
Date of birth | 10 February 1982 | ||
Place of birth | Michenzani, Tanzania | ||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
Position(s) | Right Defender | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Young Africans FC | ||
Number | 32 | ||
Youth career | |||
1994–2000 | Young Africans FC | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2000–2003 | Young Africans FC | 0 | (0) |
2003–2005 | Malindi FC | 36 | (0) |
2006–2018 | Young Africans FC | 119 | (7) |
2009 | → Whitecaps Residency (loan) | 0 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2006– | Tanzania | 51 | (3) |
2008– | Zanzibar | 21 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of May 5, 2011 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of May 5, 2011 |
Nadir Haroub Ali (born 10 February 1982) is a Tanzanian former footballer who last played for Young Africans FC as a defender.
Haroub's nickname Cannavaro is in reference to the way he plays the game as a defender similar to Fabio Cannavaro.[1]
Career
On 13 August 2009 left Young Africans FC of the Tanzanian Premier League[2] who played from 2006 to 2009 on loan to Vancouver Whitecaps Residency,[3] formerly played one season in the Zanzibar Premier League.[4]
International career
Haroub represented the Tanzania national football team in qualifying matches for the FIFA World Cup and the Africa Cup of Nations, and in friendly matches.[5] He capped 13 times for Tanzania in three different editions of the FIFA World Cup qualifiers (2010, 2014 and 2018).[6] Being Zanzibari, he played for the Zanzibar national football team in seven editions of the CECAFA Cup (from 2007 to 2012, and 2015).[7]
International goals for Tanzania
- Scores and results list Tanzania's goal tally first.[5]
Goal | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 3 March 2010 | CCM Kirumba Stadium, Mwanza, Tanzania | Uganda | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2008 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
2. | 1 June 2014 | National Sports Stadium, Harare, Zimbabwe | Zimbabwe | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
3. | 12 October 2014 | National Stadium, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | Benin | 1–0 | 4–1 | Friendly |
International goals for Zanzibar
- Scores and results list Zanzibar's goal tally first.[5]
Goal | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 5 January 2009 | Nakivubo Stadium, Kampala, Uganda | Tanzania | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2008 CECAFA Cup |
References
- ^ FIFA.com. "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™ - FIFA.com". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 2018-05-22.
- ^ "Jersey reprieve for Tanzania star". 2008-07-03. Retrieved 2018-05-22.
- ^ nizar khalfani and nadir haroub ali canavaro ready for canada trip
- ^ Yanga, Canadian club start talks over Haroub transfer
- ^ a b c "Nadir Haroub". National-Football-Teams.com.
- ^ "FIFA-Turniere Spieler & Trainer - Nadir HAROUB". FIFA.com (in German). Retrieved 2018-05-22.
- ^ "SG Sonnenhof Großaspach". www.sg-sonnenhof-grossaspach.de (in German). Retrieved 2018-05-22.
External links
- Nadir Haroub at National-Football-Teams.com
- 1982 births
- Living people
- People from Mjini Magharibi Region
- Tanzanian footballers
- Zanzibari footballers
- Association football defenders
- Young Africans S.C. players
- Vancouver Whitecaps Residency players
- Tanzania international footballers
- Zanzibar international footballers
- Tanzanian expatriate footballers
- Expatriate soccer players in Canada
- Tanzanian football biography stubs