Haitam Aleesami
Aleesami with FC Rostov in 2021
Personal information
Date of birth (1991-07-31) 31 July 1991 (age 32)
Place of birth Oslo, Norway
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Left-back
Team information
Current team
 KFUM Oslo
Number 2
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)
2024– KFUM Oslo 0 (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
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Fredrikstad 2012 Tippeligaen 13 0 — — 13 0
2013 Adeccoligaen 30 4 1 0 — 31 4
2014 25 1 2 0 — 27 1
Total 68 5 3 0 0 0 71 5
IFK Göteborg 2015 Allsvenskan 30 2 5 0 4 1 39 3
2016 15 0 0 0 5 0 20 0
Total 45 2 5 0 9 1 59 3
Palermo 2016–17 Serie A 31 1 1 0 0 0 32 1
2017–18 Serie B 26 0 2 1 0 0 28 1
2018–19 29 0 0 0 0 0 29 0
Total 86 1 3 1 0 0 89 2
Amiens 2019–20 Ligue 1 22 1 0 0 0 0 22 1
Rostov 2020–21 Russian Premier League 13 0 1 0 0 0 14 0
Apollon Limassol 2021–22 Cypriot First Division 13 0 1 1 0 0 14 1
Career total 247 9 13 2 9 1 269 12

International

As of 11 October 2020[13]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Norway 2015 3 0
2016 9 0
2017 4 0
2018 3 0
2019 9 0
2020 3 0
Total 31 0

Honours

IFK Göteborg

References

  1. ^ Prima squadra. Haitam Aleesami palermocalcio.it[permanent dead link]
  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.

External links


Apollon Limassol FC – current squad
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