Adam Maher

Adam Maher (born 20 July 1993) is a Moroccan-Dutch[2] professional footballer who plays for FC Utrecht as a midfielder.

For the Australian cricketer, see Adam Maher (cricketer). For the Australian rugby league player, see Adam Maher (rugby league).
Adam Maher
Maher at PSV in July 2014
Personal information
Full name Adam Maher
Date of birth (1993-07-20) 20 July 1993
Place of birth Ait Izzou, Morocco
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 FC Utrecht
Number 6
Youth career
1998–2001 SV Diemen
2001–2004 AVV Zeeburgia
2004–2010 AZ
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2013 AZ 66 (12)
2013–2018 PSV 72 (12)
2016–2017 → Osmanlıspor (loan) 24 (2)
2018 FC Twente 16 (1)
2018–2019 AZ 25 (1)
2019– FC Utrecht 30 (3)
National team‡
2007–2008 Netherlands U15 4 (0)
2008–2009 Netherlands U16 6 (0)
2009–2010 Netherlands U17 10 (3)
2010–2011 Netherlands U19 12 (1)
2011–2014 Netherlands U21 21 (2)
2012– Netherlands 5 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 December 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17 April 2019

Club career
Maher training with PSV in 2014

Maher made his professional debut for AZ on 15 December 2010 in a 2010–11 UEFA Europa League game against FC BATE Borisov and scored a goal on his debut.[3] He was the youngest player playing for a Dutch football club ever to score a goal in the Europa League and UEFA Cup.[4] When AZ won the 2013 KNVB Cup Final Maher scored the first goal as they defeated PSV Eindhoven 2-1.[5]

On 1 July 2013, Adam Maher moved to PSV for a fee of €6.5 million. He signed a five-year contract and was one of 5 players that PSV signed.

Maher returned to AZ in the 2018/2019 season, before joining FC Utrecht in the summer of 2019.

International career

Maher was a member of the Netherlands squad for the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup. In February 2012 Adam Maher was called at the preselection of the Dutch team by Bert van Marwijk. On 7 May 2012, he was named in the provisional list of 36 players for the Euro 2012 tournament, one of nine uncapped players to be chosen by Netherlands manager Bert van Marwijk as part of the preliminary squad, but eventually did not make the final cut. He made his debut for the Netherlands in a friendly match against Bayern Munich. On 15 August 2012, Maher earned his first official cap under new manager Louis van Gaal in the 4–2 loss against Belgium in a friendly match.

Career statistics
As of 6 December 2020[6]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
AZ2010–11Eredivisie10101131
2011–12345531335211
2012–1331763203910
Total 66121261649422
PSV2013–14Eredivisie26310101374
2014–1531730121468
2015–161423130203
2017–1810220032
Total 72129325210518
Osmanlıspor (loan)2016–17Süper Lig2427081393
FC Twente2017–18Eredivisie1612200183
AZ2018–19Eredivisie2514100292
FC Utrecht2019–20Eredivisie2334220295
2020–2170100080
Total 3035220375
Career total 21129341249830253

International
As of 10 September 2013[7]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Netherlands 201220
201330
Total50

Honours

AZ

PSV

Individual

References
  1. "Player Profile". www.psv.nl. Archived from the original on 26 August 2013. Retrieved 20 August 2013.
  2. Maher kiest voor Nederlands elftal. NOS. 21 mei 2012.
  3. Sanderson, Jamie (17 December 2011). "Talent Scout: Adam Maher, AZ Alkmaar". The Independent. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
  4. Tijd (15 December 2010). "AZ'er Maher schiet Van der Vaart uit de boeken" (in Dutch). Voetbalprimeur.nl. Retrieved 11 September 2012.
  5. "Heroic AZ lift the KNVB Cup". az.nl. 9 May 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  6. "Adam Maher » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  7. "Adam Maher". National Football Teams. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
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