Adnan Haidar

Adnan Haidar
Personal information
Full nameAdnan Haidar
Date of birth3 August 1989
Place of birthDrammen, Norway
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing positionMidfielder
Club information
Current team
HamKam
Youth career
–2001Klemetsrud
2001–2008Vålerenga
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2008–2011Vålerenga16(0)
2009Skeid (loan)11(0)
2012–2013Stabæk43(0)
2014Bryne19(0)
2015 –HamKam0(0)
National team
2005Norway U169(0)
2008Norway U197(0)
2012–Lebanon8(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 March 2015.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 25 March 2013

Adnan Haidar (Arabic: عدنان حيدر; born 3 August 1989) is a footballer who is currently play for HamKam. He has previously played for Vålerenga, Skeid, Stabæk and Bryne.

Haidar was born in Norway, where he also grew up, and represented Norway at under-16 and under-19 level. Haidar has been capped for Lebanon at senior level.

Club career

Haidar was born in Drammen and grew up in Oslo[1] where he lived in the Klemetsrud neighborhood.[2] He played for Klemetsrud IL until he joined Vålerenga's youth department in 2001[3] and signed a professional contract with the club in 2008. 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.[4] In 2009 he was loaned out to Skeid for the entire season, where he made 11 appearances in the First Division.[5]

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 an 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.[6][7] In total he made 21 appearances and scoring two goals over three seasons for Vålerenga. He later went to Burnley on trial, but returned without a contract. He rejected a new trial proposal at Burnley two weeks later.[8]

In January 2012, Haidar signed for Stabæk as a free agent, and was given the shirt number 10.[9] 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.

Haidar stayed with Stabæk after the team was relegated to the First Division, and was a part of the team that won promotion to the Tippeligaen after only one season at the second tier. After the promotion was secured, the club stated that they wanted to give young players the chance when playing in Tippeligaen, and Haidar, which was one of the oldest players in the Stabæk-team, was released from his contract and free to find himself a new club.[10]

In January 2014, Haidar signed with the Turkish club 1461 Trabzon, the local affiliate of Trabzonspor.[11]

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.[12]

In October 2012, Haidar was called up to represent Lebanon,[1] and made his debut for Lebanon in the friendly match against Yemen on 16 October. Haidar scored his first goal for Lebanon in the 2012 West Asian Football Federation Championship match against Oman on 8 December 2012 when his team won 1–0.[13]

International goals

Scores and results list Lebanon's goal tally first.
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 8 December 2012 Ali Al-Salem Al-Sabah Stadium, Al Farwaniyah  Oman 0–1 0–1 2012 West Asian Football Federation Championship

Career statistics

As of 2 November 2014[14]
Season Club Division League Cup Europe Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
2008 Vålerenga Tippeligaen 20100030
2009 Skeid (loan) Adeccoligaen 11000110
2010 Vålerenga Tippeligaen 40220062
2011 1001010120
Vålerenga Total 1604210212
2012 Stabæk Tippeligaen 2403020290
2013 Adeccoligaen 19010200
Stabæk Total 4304020490
2014 Bryne 1. Divisjon 19010200
Bryne Total 1901000200
Career total 89092301012

Honours

Club

Vålerenga

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Farshchian, Aslan W. A. (13 October 2012). "Stabæk-Haidar på Libanons landslag" (in Norwegian). Verdens Gang. Retrieved 16 October 2012.
  2. Bouzakraft, Rachid (18 September 2009). "Populært VIF-besøk på Mortensrud" (in Norwegian). Nordstrands Blad. Retrieved 8 March 2013.
  3. Larsen, Morten Wiik; Håby, Mads (2 December 2011). "Haidar sa nei til Vålerenga, kan ende i utlandet" (in Norwegian). NRK. Retrieved 8 March 2013.
  4. Marius Vik (25 March 2009). "VIF-talent signed for Skeid" (in Norwegian). Nettavisen.no. Retrieved 25 March 2009.
  5. "Adnan Haidar". NIFS – Norsk & Internasjonal Fotballstatistikk (in Norwegian). Retrieved 28 November 2009.
  6. "Without contract after the season" (in Norwegian). TV2 Sporten. Retrieved 29 November 2011.
  7. "Released by Vålerenga" (in Norwegian). vif-fotball.no. Retrieved 11 December 2011.
  8. "Trail at Burnley" (in Norwegian). Nettavisen.no. Retrieved 5 December 2011.
  9. "Haidar valgte Stabæk – droppet England" [Haidar chose Stabæk – dropped England]. VG (in Norwegian). 10 January 2012. Retrieved 11 January 2012.
  10. Strømnes, André (20 November 2013). "Tre spillere ferdige i Stabæk". Budstikka (in Norwegian). Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  11. Håby, Mads (10 January 2014). "Adnan Haidar blir proff i Tyrkia". NRK (in Norwegian). Retrieved 17 January 2014.
  12. "Adnan Haidar's profile". fotball.no (in Norwegian). Football Association of Norway. Retrieved 20 June 2012.
  13. Farshchian, Aslan W. A. (12 December 2012). "Norske Haidar om supermålet: Libaneserne fikk sjokk" (in Norwegian). Verdens Gang. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
  14. "Adnan Haidar". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). TV 2. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  15. "Norgesmestere Menn 1902–2010" (in Norwegian). NFF. Retrieved 19 July 2012.