Rami Al Hajj

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Rami Al Hajj
Personal information
Date of birth (2001-09-17) 17 September 2001 (age 22)
Place of birth Beirut, Lebanon [1]
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) [1]
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 OB
Number 22
Youth career
2008–2018 Falkenbergs FF
2018–2020 Heerenveen
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2020–2023 Heerenveen 67 (1)
2023– OB 24 (2)
International career‡
2019 Sweden U19 4 (1)
2021–2022 Sweden U21 8 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 April 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:21, 7 November 2022 (UTC)

Rami Al Hajj (born 17 September 2001) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Danish Superliga club OB. Born in Lebanon, Al Hajj moved to Sweden and represented them internationally at youth level.

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Club career

A youth product of Falkenbergs FF, Al Hajj moved to Heerenveen in 2018. [2] He made his professional debut with Heerenveen in a 3–1 Eredivisie loss to Feyenoord, on 18 January 2020. [3]

On 14 June 2023, Al Hajj signed for OB in the Danish Superliga ahead of the 2023–24 season. [4] He scored on his debut for the club on 23 July, the opening matchday of the season, converting a penalty in a 2–2 home draw against Randers. [5]

International career

Born in Lebanon, Al Hajj is a youth international for Sweden, featuring for both U19s and U21s. [6] He received his first call-up for the senior national team in a friendly match against Estonia on 12 January 2024. [7]

Personal life

Al Hajj was born in Beirut, Lebanon, and moved to Sweden in 2003 aged two. [6] The family had his surname changed to "Hajal" when he moved to Sweden. [8] On 15 September 2021, he changed it back to Al Hajj. [8]

Honours

Individual

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References

  1. 1 2 Rami Al Hajj at Soccerway. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  2. ↑ "Rami Hajal om landslagsdebuten - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se. 22 October 2019.
  3. ↑ "Feyenoord vs. Heerenveen - 18 January 2020 - Soccerway". ca.soccerway.com.
  4. ↑ "Rami Al-Hajj bliver en af striberne". Odense Boldklub (in Danish). 14 June 2023. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
  5. ↑ Bybjerg Jensen, Mathias (23 July 2023). "Vanvidsafslutning sikrede Randers point mod OB". bold.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 23 July 2023.
  6. 1 2 "Rami Hajal is trots op zijn Libanese afkomst". Friesch Dagblad (in Dutch). 8 March 2019. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  7. ↑ "Sweden 2–1 Estonia". ESPN. 12 January 2024.
  8. 1 2 "Naamswijziging: Hajal wordt Al Hajj". sc Heerenveen (in Dutch). 15 September 2021. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  9. ↑ Bak, Daniel (31 August 2023). "Seks SL-klubber har spillere på månedens hold". bold.dk (in Danish). Archived from the original on 16 April 2024. Retrieved 16 April 2024.


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