Mohamad Haidar

Mohamad Haidar
Haidar with Ahed in 2021
Personal information
Full name Mohamad Faouzi Haidar[1]
Date of birth (1989-11-08) 8 November 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth Tayr Debba, Lebanon[1]
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[2]
Position(s) Winger, attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
Ahed
Number 10
Youth career
2003–2008 Tadamon Sour
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2011 Tadamon Sour
2011–2016 Safa 60 (24)
2013–2014Al-Ittihad (loan) 11 (0)
2014Al-Fateh (loan) 8 (1)
2014–2015Amanat Baghdad (loan) (1)
2016– Ahed 127 (27)
International career
2007–2008 Lebanon U19 (1)
2011 Lebanon U23 2 (0)
2011– Lebanon 95 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 May 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 June 2024

Mohamad Faouzi Haidar (Arabic: محمد فوزي حيدر, Lebanese Arabic pronunciation: [mˈħammad ˈfawzi ˈħajdar, -ze]; born 8 November 1989) is a Lebanese professional footballer who plays as a winger or attacking midfielder for Lebanese Premier League club Ahed and captains the Lebanon national team.

Coming through the youth system, Haidar began his senior career in 2008 at hometown club Tadamon Sour, before moving to Safa in 2011. After two seasons Haidar moved abroad, first to Al-Ittihad and Al-Fateh in Saudi Arabia, then to Amanat Baghdad in Iraq. He returned to Safa in 2015, before joining Ahed the following season.

Haidar represented Lebanon internationally since 2011, playing in the 2019 AFC Asian Cup, Lebanon's first participation through qualification. He also played in the 2014, 2018, and 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, and 2015 and 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualifiers.

  1. ^ a b "Mohamad Haidar". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  2. ^ "AFC Asian Cup 2023 Qatar Squad Lists" (PDF). Asian Football Confederation. p. 13. Retrieved 4 January 2022.