Amir Falahen

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Amir Falahen
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-03-15) 15 March 1993 (age 29)
Place of birth Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
0000–2008 SV Hochdorf
2008–2009 PTSV Jahn Freiburg
2009–2012 SC Freiburg
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2012–2017 SC Freiburg II 82 (32)
2015–2016 SC Freiburg 3 (0)
2017–2018 Fortuna Köln 15 (1)
2018–2019 Fortuna Düsseldorf II 15 (3)
2019–2022 Bahlinger SC 71 (14)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 May 2022

Amir Falahen (born 15 March 1993) is a German professional footballer who plays as a forward. [1]

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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 [ clarification needed ] 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 sidelined for more than half a year. [2] After his return in March 2015, he scored five goals in 11 matches. In the 2015–16 season Falahen received a professional contract with SC Freiburg, [3] 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.

Personal life

Born in Germany, Falahen is of Palestinian descent. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ badische-zeitung.de: Die Vorfreude auf die Regionalliga ist beim SC Freiburg II groß, 26 May 2017, accessed on 27 July 2017
  2. ↑ 4-liga.com: Freiburg II: Lange Pause für Amir Falahen, 9 July 2014, accessed on 6 February 2016
  3. ↑ badische-zeitung.de: SC Freiburg: Profiverträge für sechs junge Spieler, 16 June 2015, accessed on 6 February 2016
  4. ↑ "Palestine-Eligible Players -". footballpalestine.com.
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