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Rami Al Hajj
Swedish footballer (born 2001)
Rami Al Hajj (born 17 September 2001) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Danish Superliga club OB. Born in Lebanon, Al Hajj moved to Sweden and represented them internationally at youth level.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (2001-09-17) 17 September 2001 (age 22) | ||
| Place of birth | Beirut, Lebanon[1] | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | OB | ||
| Number | 22 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2008–2018 | Falkenbergs FF | ||
| 2018–2020 | Heerenveen | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020–2023 | Heerenveen | 67 | (1) |
| 2023– | OB | 24 | (2) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019 | Sweden U19 | 4 | (1) |
| 2021–2022 | Sweden U21 | 8 | (1) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 April 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:21, 7 November 2022 (UTC) | |||
A youth product of Falkenbergs FF, Al Hajj moved to Heerenveen in 2018.[2] He made his professional debut with Heerenveen in a 3–1 Eredivisie loss to Feyenoord, on 18 January 2020.[3]
On 14 June 2023, Al Hajj signed for OB in the Danish Superliga ahead of the 2023–24 season.[4] He scored on his debut for the club on 23 July, the opening matchday of the season, converting a penalty in a 2–2 home draw against Randers.[5]
Born in Lebanon, Al Hajj is a youth international for Sweden, featuring for both U19s and U21s.[6] He received his first call-up for the senior national team in a friendly match against Estonia on 12 January 2024.[7]
Al Hajj was born in Beirut, Lebanon, and moved to Sweden in 2003 aged two.[6] The family had his surname changed to "Hajal" when he moved to Sweden.[8] On 15 September 2021, he changed it back to Al Hajj.[8]
Individual
- Superliga Team of the Month: August 2023[9]
- Rami Al Hajj at Soccerway. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
- "Rami Hajal om landslagsdebuten - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se. 22 October 2019.
- "Feyenoord vs. Heerenveen - 18 January 2020 - Soccerway". ca.soccerway.com.
- "Rami Al-Hajj bliver en af striberne". Odense Boldklub (in Danish). 14 June 2023. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
- Bybjerg Jensen, Mathias (23 July 2023). "Vanvidsafslutning sikrede Randers point mod OB". bold.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 23 July 2023.
- "Rami Hajal is trots op zijn Libanese afkomst". Friesch Dagblad (in Dutch). 8 March 2019. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
- "Sweden 2–1 Estonia". ESPN. 12 January 2024.
- "Naamswijziging: Hajal wordt Al Hajj". sc Heerenveen (in Dutch). 15 September 2021. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
- Bak, Daniel (31 August 2023). "Seks SL-klubber har spillere på månedens hold". bold.dk (in Danish). Archived from the original on 16 April 2024. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
- Rami Al Hajj at Soccerway
- Rami Al Hajj at the Swedish Football Association (in Swedish)
- Rami Al Hajj at Eredivisie
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