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Adam Maher

Dutch footballer (born 1993) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Adam Maher
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Adam Maher (Arabic: آدم ماهر; born 20 July 1993) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a midfielder. Born in Morocco, he played for the Netherlands national team.

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Club career

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Maher training with PSV in 2014

Maher made his professional debut for AZ on 15 December 2010 in a 2010–11 UEFA Europa League game against FC BATE Borisov and scored a goal on his debut.[3] He was the youngest player playing for a Dutch football club ever to score a goal in the Europa League and UEFA Cup.[4] When AZ won the 2013 KNVB Cup Final Maher scored the first goal as they defeated PSV Eindhoven 2–1.[5]

On 1 July 2013, Adam Maher moved to PSV for a fee of €6.5 million. He signed a five-year contract and was one of 5 players that PSV signed. Maher returned to AZ in the 2018–19 season, before joining FC Utrecht in the summer of 2019.

On 11 July 2022, FC Utrecht announced the departure of Maher to Damac FC on a permanent transfer.[6] On 15 February 2024, Maher joined Qatar Stars League club Al-Wakrah on a six-month loan.[7]

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International career

Born in Morocco, Maher moved to the Netherlands at a young age.[8] He was a member of the Netherlands squad for the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup. In February 2012, Maher was called at the preselection of the Dutch team by Bert van Marwijk. On 7 May 2012, he was named in the provisional list of 36 players for the Euro 2012 tournament, one of nine uncapped players to be chosen by Netherlands manager Bert van Marwijk as part of the preliminary squad, but eventually did not make the final cut. He made his debut for the Netherlands in a friendly match against German club Bayern Munich. On 15 August 2012, Maher earned his first official cap under new manager Louis van Gaal in the 4–2 loss against Belgium in a friendly match. He later played in three competitive matches during the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification.[9]

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Career statistics

Club

As of match played 31 May 2023[10]
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  1. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  2. Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, six appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
  3. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  4. Appearance in Johan Cruyff Shield

International

As of 10 September 2013[11]
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Honours

AZ

PSV

Individual

References

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