Amir Falahen
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Amir Falahen | ||
| Date of birth | 15 March 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany | ||
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | SC Freiburg | ||
| Number | 34 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2008 | SV Hochdorf | ||
| 2008–2009 | PTSV Jahn Freiburg | ||
| 2009–2012 | SC Freiburg | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012– | SC Freiburg II | 71 | (30) |
| 2015– | SC Freiburg | 3 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 24 August 2016. | |||
Amir Falahen (born 15 March 1993) is a German-Palestinian footballer who plays as a striker for SC Freiburg.
Career
Falahen came to Freiburg in 2009 after playing for SV Hochdorf and PTSV Jahn Freiburg in his youth. With the Freiburg junior team he the DFB-Junioren-Vereinspokal in 2011 and 2012. In the 2012–13 season he moved up into Freiburg's second team and scored 18 goals in the 2013–14 season, when the team finished as runners-up. In July 2014, Falahen picked up a cruciate ligament injury during a friendly match with the first team and was for sidelined for more than half a year.[1] After his return in March 2015, he scored 5 goals in 11 matches. In the 2015–16 season Falahen received a professional contract with SC Freiburg,[2] and on 5 February 2016, during a 0–2 defeat to VfL Bochum, Falahen made his debut in the 2. Bundesliga as a substitute. This made Falahen the first Palestinian who ever played in the 2. Bundesliga.
References
- ↑ 4-liga.com: Freiburg II: Lange Pause für Amir Falahen, 9 July 2014, accessed on 6 February 2016
- ↑ badische-zeitung.de: SC Freiburg: Profiverträge für sechs junge Spieler, 16 June 2015, accessed on 6 February 2016
External links
- Amir Falahen on worldfootball.net