| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Abbas Hassan | ||
| Date of birth | May 10, 1985 | ||
| Place of birth | Lebanon | ||
| Height | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | IFK Norrköping | ||
| Number | 27 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Arvidstorps IK | |||
| IF Elfsborg | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2005–2009 | IF Elfsborg | 15 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | Aalborg BK | 0 | (0) |
| 2010- | IFK Norrköping | 20 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| Sweden U21 | 2 | (0) | |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 01:00, 7 July 2009 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). |
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Abbas Hassan (Arabic: حسن عباس; born 10 May 1985) is a Lebanese - Swedish football goalkeeper. He currently plays for IFK Norrköping.
Starting his career in Arvidstorps IK, Hassan moved north in 2002 to Borås and IF Elfsborg. He had to wait until 2005 before making his debut for the club. When first choice goalkeeper Johan Wiland got injured, he played well enough to place Håkan Svensson, who had been brought in as a short-time replacement for the injured Wiland, on the bench.[1] During the pre-season 2006 he became injured and Wiland reclaimed his place as first choice. In early 2008 Hassan was on trial with the English club Manchester City.[2] Before the start of the 2009 season it was believed that he would replace Wiland who had left for FC Copenhagen, however the arrival of Australian goalkeeper Ante Covic and Swedish Joakim Wulff saw Hassan becoming third choice and he started to openly state that he wanted to leave the club.[1][3]
On 9 July, it was confirmed that Hassan would leave IF Elfsborg and move to the Danish side Aalborg BK,[4] signing a one-year loan contract.[5] On the 29th of June (formally on the 8th of July), he joined the Swedish Superettan club IFK Norrköping on a short term contract to replace the injured goalkeeper David Nilsson.
On Friday the 27th of August, he made his debut in Superettan for IFK Norrköping against Ljungskile SK when he replaced goalkeeper Niklas Westberg who had received a one match suspension for his three yellow cards. The match ended 2-1 to IFK Norrköping. In December 2010 he signed a 3-year contract with IFK Norrköping[6] after the club got promoted to Allsvenskan and formally left IF Elfsborg. He is set to represent the Lebanese National football team pending the approval of FIFA.
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