Adam Maher
Maher with PSV in 2014
Personal information
Full name Adam Maher[1]
Date of birth (1993-07-20) 20 July 1993
Place of birth Ait Izzou, Zagora Province, Morocco
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Damac
Number 6
Youth career
1998–2001 SV Diemen
2001–2004 AVV Zeeburgia
2004–2010 AZ
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2013 AZ 66 (12)
2013–2018 PSV 72 (12)
2016–2017 → Osmanlıspor (loan) 24 (2)
2018 FC Twente 16 (1)
2018–2019 AZ 25 (1)
2019–2022 FC Utrecht 82 (6)
2022– Damac 30 (0)
International career‡
2007–2008 Netherlands U15 4 (0)
2008–2009 Netherlands U16 6 (0)
2009–2010 Netherlands U17 10 (3)
2010–2011 Netherlands U19 12 (1)
2011–2014 Netherlands U21 21 (2)
2012–2013 Netherlands 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 August 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 July 2022

Adam Maher (born 20 July 1993) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Saudi Professional League club Damac. Born in Morocco, he played for the Netherlands national team.

Club career

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]

International career

Born in Morocco, Maher moved to the Netherlands at a young age.[7] 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.[8]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 31 May 2023[9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[lower-alpha 1] Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
AZ 2010–11 Eredivisie 10101[lower-alpha 2]1–31
2011–12 3455313[lower-alpha 2]3–5211
2012–13 317632[lower-alpha 2]0–3910
Total 6612126164–9422
PSV 2013–14 Eredivisie 2631010[lower-alpha 3]1–374
2014–15 3173012[lower-alpha 2]1–468
2015–16 142203[lower-alpha 4]01[lower-alpha 5]1203
2017–18 0000000000
2017–18 102200–32
Total 7212822521110518
Osmanlıspor (loan) 2016–17 Süper Lig 242708[lower-alpha 2]1–393
FC Twente 2017–18 Eredivisie 16122––183
AZ 2018–19 Eredivisie 2514100–292
FC Utrecht 2019–20 Eredivisie 233422[lower-alpha 2]0–295
2020–21 27210––282
2021–22 32121––342
Total 8267320–919
Damac 2022–23 Saudi Pro League 29010––300
Career total 2913441145171140657
  1. ↑ Includes KNVB Cup, Turkish Cup, King Cup
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  3. ↑ Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, six appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
  4. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  5. ↑ Appearance in Johan Cruyff Shield

International

As of 10 September 2013[10]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Netherlands 201220
201330
Total50

Honours

AZ

PSV

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "FIFA U-17 World Cup Nigeria 2009: List of Players: Netherlands" (PDF). FIFA. 17 November 2009. p. 16. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 December 2019.
  2. ↑ "Adam Maher". Saudi Pro League. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  3. ↑ Sanderson, Jamie (17 December 2011). "Talent Scout: Adam Maher, AZ Alkmaar". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2 February 2012. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
  4. ↑ Tijd (15 December 2010). "AZ'er Maher schiet Van der Vaart uit de boeken" (in Dutch). Voetbalprimeur.nl. Retrieved 11 September 2012.
  5. ↑ "Heroic AZ lift the KNVB Cup". az.nl. 9 May 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  6. ↑ "Adam Maher verkocht aan Damac FC". FCUtrecht.nl (in Dutch). 11 July 2022. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  7. ↑ "Ils ont refusé de porter le maillot marocain, ils l'ont regretté". Le360 Sport (in French). Retrieved 13 September 2023.
  8. ↑ "Adam Maher". eu-football.info.
  9. ↑ "Adam Maher » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  10. ↑ "Adam Maher". National Football Teams. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  11. ↑ "Adam Maher announced as eredivisie player of the month". eredivisie.nl. 1 November 2019. Archived from the original on 30 May 2020. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
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