Haidar Al-Shaïbani

Haidar Al-Shaïbani
Personal information
Full name Haidar Al-Shaïbani
Date of birth (1984-03-31) March 31, 1984
Place of birth Sétif, Algeria
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Youth career
2004–2007 The University of Western Ontario
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2002–2005 London City 40 (0)
2006–2007 North York Astros 25 (0)
2009–2013 Nimes Olympique 60 (0)
2013- Le Puy Foot 43 Auvergne 64 (0)
National team‡
2007–2008 Canadian Interuniversity Sport 12 (0)
2010– Canada 2 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14 April 2013.
† Appearances (goals)

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20 May 2010

Haidar Al-Shaïbani (born March 31, 1984) is a Canadian soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for Le Puy Foot 43 Auvergne in France's Championnat de France amateur 2.[1]

Career

Haidar Al-Shaïbani was born March 31, 1984 in Setif, Algeria.[2]

University

Al-Shaibani played University soccer at University of Western Ontario from 2004 to 2007, where he was named Ontario University Athletics first team All Star in four consecutive years (2004 to 2007). In 2007 Al-Shaibani was named OUA MVP and Canadian Inter-university Sport first team All-Canadian.

In his four years with the Mustangs, he led them to three OUA championships, and two bronze medals at CIS National Championships.

Professional

Al-Shaïbani made his debut for Nîmes on August 25, 2009 in a Coupe de la Ligue match against Troyes.[3] He has also featured for the club in the Coupe de France.[4]

International career

Haidar represented Canada at two Summer Universiade, Bangkok 2007 and Belgrade 2009. He back stopped Canada to its best performance in history at the Universiade in men’s soccer with a fourth-place finish at the 2007 Games in Bangkok, Thailand .[5]

He earned his first call up for Canada on 14 May 2010 for the friendly matches against Argentina and Venezuela on 29 May 2010.[6] He earned his first cap for Canada as a sub in the second half against Venezuela where he helped the team to a 1-1 tie.

On September 4, 2010 Coach Stephen Hart, selected Al-Shaïbani for the Friendly games in Toronto and Montreal, against Peru September 4, 2010 and Honduras September 7, 2010.

Personal life

Al-Shaïbani was born in Sétif, Algeria to an Iraqi father and a Ukrainian mother.[7] His family moved to Canada in 1998.[8]

References

  1. ↑ Al-Shaibani à Nîmes sur foot-national.com
  2. ↑ Western Mustangs - Purple Blanket Profile: Haidar Al-shaibani
  3. ↑ http://www.lfp.fr/joueur/detail_tempsJeu.asp?no_joueur=130873&code_evt=CL
  4. ↑ http://www.lfp.fr/joueur/detail_tempsJeu.asp?no_joueur=130873&code_evt=CF
  5. ↑ Western Mustangs - Haidar Al-Shaibani earns roster spot with national men's soccer team
  6. ↑ Canada announces rosters for South American trip
  7. ↑ Red Nation Speaks to Haidar Al-Shaibani Archived May 26, 2010, at the Wayback Machine.
  8. ↑ http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Soccer/Canada/2005/06/24/pf-1102830.html

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