Moustafa Zeidan
Zeidan playing for Malmö FF in 2022
Personal information
Full name Moustafa Zeidan Khalili[1]
Date of birth (1998-06-07) 7 June 1998 (age 25)
Place of birth Helsingborg, Sweden[2]
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Hatta
(on loan from Malmö FF)
Number 10
Youth career
Högaborg
2014–2016 Aston Villa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2014 Högaborg 19 (9)
2016–2017 Helsingborgs IF 3 (0)
2017 Syrianska 13 (1)
2018 Brommapojkarna 15 (0)
2019 Frej 13 (2)
2020–2021 Jönköpings Södra 38 (5)
2021–2022 Sirius 28 (4)
2022– Malmö FF 23 (3)
2023– → Hatta (loan) 4 (1)
International career‡
2013–2015 Sweden U17 17 (4)
2015–2017 Sweden U19 3 (0)
2023– Sweden 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 February 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:15, 13 January 2023 (UTC)

Moustafa Zeidan Khalili (Arabic: مصطفى زيدان خليلي; born 7 June 1998) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Hatta, on loan from Malmö FF.[3] He is a product of the Högaborg and Aston Villa academies. He made his debut for the Sweden national side in 2023.

Club career

On 3 December 2019 Jönköpings Södra confirmed that Zeidan would join the club for the 2020 season, signing a two-year deal.[4]

International career

In December 2021, Zeidan was selected for the Swedish national team's January tour, which was to be played in Portugal. The tour was later canceled. He was later called up again in December 2022.[5] He made his full international debut for Sweden on 9 January 2023, playing for 68 minutes in a friendly 2–0 win against Finland before being replaced by Bilal Hussein.[6]

Personal life

Zeidan was born in Sweden and is of Palestinian descent. He is the cousin of the footballers Imad and Abdul Khalili.[7]

Career statistics

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Sweden 2023 2 0
Total 2 0

Honours

Malmö FF

References

  1. ^ a b Profile at Fotbolltransfers, fotbolltransfers.com
  2. ^ Moustafa Zeidan till IK Frej Täby, laget.se, 15 January 2019
  3. ^ Moustafa Zeidan at Soccerway
  4. ^ MOUSTAFA ZEIDAN KLAR FÖR JÖNKÖPINGS SÖDRA!, jonkopingssodra.se, 3 December 2019
  5. ^ "Här är spelarna till Januariturnén 2022". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2022-12-15.
  6. ^ "Sverige - Finland - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2023-01-10.
  7. ^ "Palestine-Eligible Players -". footballpalestine.com.
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