Personal information | |||
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Full name | Adam Maher [1] | ||
Date of birth | 20 July 1993 | ||
Place of birth | Ait Izzou, Zagora Province, Morocco | ||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) [2] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Damac | ||
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) |
2019–2022 | FC Utrecht | 82 | (6) |
2022– | Damac | 33 | (0) |
2024 | → Al-Wakrah (loan) | 2 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
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) |
2012–2013 | Netherlands | 5 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 August 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 July 2022 |
Adam Maher (born 20 July 1993) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Saudi Pro League club Damac. Born in Morocco, he played for the Netherlands national team.
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 2018–19 season, before joining FC Utrecht in the summer of 2019.
On 11 July 2022, FC Utrecht announced the departure of Maher to Damac FC on a permanent transfer. [6] On 15 February 2024, Maher joined Qatar Stars League club Al-Wakrah on a six-month loan. [7]
Born in Morocco, Maher moved to the Netherlands at a young age. [8] He was a member of the Netherlands squad for the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup. In February 2012, 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 German club 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. He later played in three competitive matches during the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification. [9]
Club | Season | League | National cup [lower-alpha 1] | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
AZ | 2010–11 | Eredivisie | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 [lower-alpha 2] | 1 | – | 3 | 1 | |
2011–12 | 34 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 13 [lower-alpha 2] | 3 | – | 52 | 11 | |||
2012–13 | 31 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 [lower-alpha 2] | 0 | – | 39 | 10 | |||
Total | 66 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 4 | – | 94 | 22 | |||
PSV | 2013–14 | Eredivisie | 26 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 [lower-alpha 3] | 1 | – | 37 | 4 | |
2014–15 | 31 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 12 [lower-alpha 2] | 1 | – | 46 | 8 | |||
2015–16 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 [lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 1 [lower-alpha 5] | 1 | 20 | 3 | ||
2017–18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
2017–18 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | 3 | 2 | |||
Total | 72 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 105 | 18 | ||
Osmanlıspor (loan) | 2016–17 | Süper Lig | 24 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 8 [lower-alpha 2] | 1 | – | 39 | 3 | |
FC Twente | 2017–18 | Eredivisie | 16 | 1 | 2 | 2 | – | – | 18 | 3 | ||
AZ | 2018–19 | Eredivisie | 25 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 29 | 2 | |
FC Utrecht | 2019–20 | Eredivisie | 23 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 [lower-alpha 2] | 0 | – | 29 | 5 | |
2020–21 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 28 | 2 | ||||
2021–22 | 32 | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 34 | 2 | ||||
Total | 82 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | – | 91 | 9 | |||
Damac | 2022–23 | Saudi Pro League | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 30 | 0 | ||
Career total | 291 | 34 | 41 | 14 | 51 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 406 | 57 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Netherlands | 2012 | 2 | 0 |
2013 | 3 | 0 | |
Total | 5 | 0 |
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