Adnan Haidar

Adnan Mahmoud Haidar (Arabic: عَدْنَان مَحْمُود حَيْدَر, Lebanese Arabic pronunciation: [ʕadˈneːn maħˈmuːd ˈħajdar]; born 3 August 1989) is a professional football player and coach. A midfielder, he is a player-assistant coach for Norwegian club Klemetsrud [no].

In this Lebanese name, the father's name is Mahmoud and the family name is Haidar.

Adnan Haidar

Haidar with Ansar in 2019
Personal information
Full name	Adnan Mahmoud Haidar[1]
Date of birth	(1989-08-03) 3 August 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth	Drammen, Norway[1]
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[2]
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Klemetsrud [no] (player-assistant coach)
Youth career
0000–2001	Klemetsrud [no]
2001–2008	Vålerenga
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2008–2010	Vålerenga 2	4	(0)
2008–2011	Vålerenga	18	(0)
2009	→ Skeid (loan)	9	(0)
2012–2013	Stabæk 2	7	(2)
2012–2013	Stabæk	43	(0)
2014	Bryne 2	7	(2)
2014	Bryne	19	(0)
2015	HamKam	17	(1)
2016	Moss 2	1	(0)
2016	Moss	22	(1)
2016–2017	Klemetsrud [no] (futsal)	9	(9)
2017	KFUM 2	2	(2)
2017	KFUM	14	(3)
2017–2020	Ansar	42	(1)
2021	Holmlia	11	(3)
2022–	Klemetsrud [no]	9	(4)
International career
2005	Norway U16	9	(0)
2008	Norway U19	7	(0)
2012–2019	Lebanon	37	(1)
Managerial career
2022–	Klemetsrud [no] (assistant)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 18:48, 24 January 2022 (UTC)

Born and raised in Norway, Haidar represented them at youth level internationally before switching allegiance for Lebanon at senior level. He represented Lebanon at the 2019 AFC Asian Cup.

Early life

Haidar was born in Drammen, Norway and grew up in the capital Oslo,^[3] where he lived in the Klemetsrud [no] neighborhood.^[4]

Club career

Vålerenga

2008 season

Haidar played for Klemetsrud [no]'s youth sector until he joined Vålerenga's youth department in 2001.^[5] He signed a professional contract with the club in 2008,^{[citation needed]} making his debut against Lyn on 15 September as a substitute.^{[citation needed]} In total, Haidar made three appearances for Vålerenga in all competitions in the 2008 season, also winning the Norwegian Cup in his first season as a professional.^[6]

2009: Loan to Skeid

In 2009, he was loaned out to Skeid for the entire season, where he made 11 appearances in the First Division.^[7]

2010 season

He returned 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.^{[citation needed]} He then played his first Tippeligaen game of the season against Start in an 8–1 win.^{[citation needed]} He finished the season with six appearances and scoring two goals in all competitions.^{[citation needed]}

2011 season

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.^{[citation needed]} It was later confirmed that Haidar had been ruled out for the rest of the season.^{[citation needed]}

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.^[8][9] In total he made 21 appearances and scored two goals over three seasons for Vålerenga.^{[citation needed]}

He later went to Burnley on trial, but returned without a contract. He rejected a new trial proposal at Burnley two weeks later.^[10]

Stabæk

In January 2012, Haidar signed for Stabæk as a free agent, and was given the shirt number 10.^[11] 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.^{[citation needed]}

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.^{[citation needed]} After the promotion was secured, Haidar was released from his contract and free to find himself a new club.^[12]

Return to Norway

In summer 2021, Haidar joined Holmlia in the 4. divisjon.^[13] On 22 February 2022, he joined Klemetsrud [no] as a player-assistant coach.^[14]

International career

Haidar (left) with Lebanon against North Korea in 2019

Norway

Haidar has represented Norway at youth international level: he played nine matches for the under-16s in 2005 and as seven matches for the under-19 in 2008.^[15]

Lebanon

In October 2012, Haidar was called up to represent Lebanon,^[3] and made his debut for Lebanon in the friendly match against Yemen on 16 October.^{[citation needed]} Haidar scored his first goal for Lebanon in the 2012 WAFF Championship match against Oman on 8 December 2012 when his team won 1–0.^[16]

In December 2018, Haidar was called up for the 2019 AFC Asian Cup squad;^[2] he played against North Korea in a 4–1 win, coming on as a 77th-minute substitute.^[17]

Style of play

An all-round midfielder, Haidar is not only a physical presence on the pitch but also has good ball control.^[18]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 15 June 2022^[15][19]

Club	Season	League			National cup[a]		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Vålerenga 2	2010	Norwegian Second Division	4	0	0	0	—		—		4	0
Vålerenga	2008	Tippeligaen	2	0	0	0	—		—		2	0
	2010	Tippeligaen	6	0	0	0	—		—		6	0
	2011	Tippeligaen	10	0	0	0	1[b]	0	—		11	0
	Total		18	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	19	0
Skeid (loan)	2009	Norwegian First Division	9	0	0	0	—		—		9	0
Stabæk 2	2012	Norwegian Second Division	3	0	0	0	—		—		3	0
	2013	Norwegian Third Division	4	2	0	0	—		—		4	2
	Total		7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	2
Stabæk	2012	Tippeligaen	24	0	3	0	2[b]	0	—		29	0
	2013	Norwegian First Division	19	0	1	0	—		—		20	0
	Total		43	0	4	0	2	0	0	0	49	0
Bryne 2	2014	Norwegian Third Division	7	2	0	0	—		—		7	2
Bryne	2014	Norwegian First Division	19	0	1	0	—		—		20	0
HamKam	2015	Norwegian Second Division	17	1	2	0	—		—		19	1
Moss 2	2016	Norwegian Fourth Division	1	0	0	0	—		—		1	0
Moss	2016	Norwegian Second Division	22	1	2	0	—		—		24	1
KFUM 2	2017	Norwegian Fourth Division	2	2	0	0	—		—		2	2
KFUM	2017	Norwegian Second Division	14	3	2	0	—		—		16	3
Ansar	2017–18	Lebanese Premier League	18	0			3[c]	0	—		21	0
	2018–19	Lebanese Premier League	21	1			—		—		21	1
	2019–20	Lebanese Premier League	3	0			0	0	—		3	0
	Total		42	1			3	0	0	0	45	1
Holmlia	2021	Norwegian Fourth Division	11	3	0	0	—		2[d]	0	13	3
Klemetsrud [no]	2022	Norwegian Sixth Division	9	4	0	0	—		1[d]	0	10	4
Career total			227	19	11	0	6	0	3	0	245	19

1. Includes Norwegian Football Cup and Lebanese FA Cup
2. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League qualifying round
3. Appearances in AFC Cup
4. Appearances in the OBOS Cup (Oslomesterskapet)

International

Scores and results list Lebanon's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Haidar goal.

List of international goals scored by Adnan Haidar

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1	8 December 2012	Ali Sabah Al-Salem Stadium, Al Farwaniyah, Kuwait	Oman	0–1	0–1	2012 WAFF Championship

Honours

Vålerenga

• Norwegian Cup: 2008^[20]
• Tippeligaen runner-up: 2010

Ansar

• Lebanese Premier League runner-up: 2018–19
• Lebanese FA Cup runner-up: 2018–19
• Lebanese Elite Cup runner-up: 2019
• Lebanese Super Cup runner-up: 2017, 2019

Individual

• Lebanese Premier League Team of the Season: 2018–19^[21]

See also

• List of Lebanon international footballers
• List of Lebanon international footballers born outside Lebanon
• List of sportspeople who competed for more than one nation