Haitam Aleesami
Aleesami with FC Rostov in 2021
Personal information
Date of birth (1991-07-31) 31 July 1991
Place of birth Oslo, Norway
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Left-back
Youth career
Holmlia SK
Skeid
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2012 Skeid 0 (0)
2012–2014 Fredrikstad 69 (5)
2015–2016 IFK Göteborg 45 (2)
2016–2019 Palermo 86 (1)
2019–2020 Amiens 22 (1)
2020–2021 FC Rostov 13 (0)
2021–2023 Apollon Limassol 35 (0)
International career‡
2015–2020 Norway 31 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 March 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 October 2020

Haitam Aleesami (Arabic: هيثم العصامي; born 31 July 1991) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Norway national team.

Club career

Aleesami was born in Oslo and started playing football for Holmlia SK and later Skeid. He joined Skeid's first-team squad in 2010, playing in the Second Division, and was named "Skeid's best young player of the year" in 2011.[2]

In August 2012, he joined Fredrikstad FK to replace Benjamin Dahl Hagen who had returned to Vålerenga after a loan-spell.[3] Aleesami made his debut in Tippeligaen and assisted Tarik Elyounoussi's goal when Fredrikstad won 2–0 in the match against Tromsø on 5 August 2012.[4][5]

On 18 August 2014, he signed a four-year contract with Swedish club IFK Göteborg. He joined the club in the pre-season before the 2015 season.[6]

On 8 August 2016, he signed with Palermo.[7]

On 17 October 2020, he joined Russian Premier League club FC Rostov.[8] He left Rostov on 19 May 2021.[9]

On 16 August 2021, he signed a two-year contract with Apollon Limassol in Cyprus.[10]

Career statistics

Club

As of 9 February 2022[11][12]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Fredrikstad 2012 Tippeligaen 130——130
2013 Adeccoligaen 30410—314
2014 25120—271
Total 6853000715
IFK Göteborg 2015 Allsvenskan 3025041393
2016 1500050200
Total 4525091593
Palermo 2016–17 Serie A 3111000321
2017–18 Serie B 2602100281
2018–19 2900000290
Total 8613100892
Amiens 2019–20 Ligue 1 2210000221
Rostov 2020–21 Russian Premier League 1301000140
Apollon Limassol 2021–22 Cypriot First Division 1301100141
Career total 24791329126912

International

As of 11 October 2020[13]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Norway 201530
201690
201740
201830
201990
202030
Total310

Honours

IFK Göteborg

References

  1. ↑ Prima squadra. Haitam Aleesami palermocalcio.it
  2. ↑ "Haitam Aleesami" (in Norwegian). Fredrikstad FK. Archived from the original on 19 January 2015. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
  3. ↑ "– Et kapteinsemne". Fredriksstad Blad (in Norwegian). 31 July 2012. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
  4. ↑ "FFK tok tre poeng i kampen om fornyet kontrakt". Verdens Gang (in Norwegian). 5 August 2012. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
  5. ↑ "Debutantenes aften". Fredriksstad Blad (in Norwegian). 5 August 2012. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
  6. ↑ "Aleesami ersätter Augustinsson" (in Swedish). IFK Göteborg. 18 August 2014. Archived from the original on 29 October 2014. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  7. ↑ "Official: Palermo sign Aleesami - Football Italia". 8 August 2016.
  8. ↑ "Хайтам Алеесами — игрок "Ростова"" (in Russian). FC Rostov. 17 October 2020. Archived from the original on 17 October 2020. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  9. ↑ "ХАЙТАМ АЛЕЕСАМИ ПОКИДАЕТ ФК "РОСТОВ"" (in Russian). FC Rostov. 19 May 2021.
  10. ↑ "ΚΑΤΑΡΧΗΝ ΣΥΜΦΩΝΙΑ ΜΕ ΤΟΝ ΧΑΪΤΑΜ ΑΛΕΣΑΜΙ" (in Greek). Apollon Limassol FC. 16 August 2021.
  11. ↑ Haitam Aleesami at Soccerway
  12. ↑ "Haitam Aleesami". Elite Prospects. Archived from the original on 19 January 2015. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  13. ↑ "Haitam Aleesami". National Football Teams. Retrieved 24 October 2015.


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