| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Haidar Al-Shaïbani | ||
| Date of birth | March 31, 1984 | ||
| Place of birth | Sétif, Algeria | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Nimes Olympique | ||
| Number | 1 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2004–2007 | The University of Western Ontario | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2002–2005 | London City | 40 | (0) |
| 2006–2007 | North York Astros | 22 | (0) |
| 2009– | Nimes Olympique | 22 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 2007–2008 | Canadian Interuniversity Sport | 12 | (0) |
| 2010– | Canada | 1 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Haidar Al-Shaïbani (born March 31, 1984 in Setif, Algeria[1]) is a Canadian National soccer player who is currently playing as a goalkeeper for Nîmes Olympique in France's Championnat National.[2]
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Al-Shaibani played University soccer at University of Western Ontario from 2004 to 2007, were he was named Ontario University Athletics first team All Star in four consecutive years ( 2004 to 2007). In 2007 Al-Shaibani was named OUA MVP and Canadian Inter-university Sport first team All-Canadian.
In his four years with the Mustangs, he led them to three OUA championships, and two bronze medals at CIS National Championships.
Al-Shaïbani made his debut for Nîmes on August 25, 2009 in a Coupe de la Ligue match against Troyes.[3] He has also featured for the club in the Coupe de France.[4]
Haidar represented Canada at two Summer Universiade, Bangkok 2007 and Belgrade 2009. He back stopped Canada to its best performance in history at the Universiade in men’s soccer with a fourth-place finish at the 2007 Games in Bangkok, Thailand .[5]
He earned his first call up for Canada on 14 May 2010 for the friendly matches against Argentina and Venezuela on 29 May 2010.[6] He earned his first cap for Canada as a sub in the second half against Venezuela. Were he helped the team to a 1-1 tie.
On September 4, 2010 Coach Stephen Hart, selected Al-shaibnai for the Friendly games in Toronto and Montreal, against Peru September 4, 2010 and Honduras September 7, 2010.
Al-Shaïbani was born in Sétif, Algeria to an Iraqi father and a Ukrainian mother.[7] His family moved to Canada in 1998.[8]
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