Abderrazak Hamdallah

Abderrazak Hamdallah

Hamdallah with Olympic Safi in August 2011
Personal information
Date of birth	(1990-12-17) 17 December 1990 (age 26)
Place of birth	Safi, Morocco
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current team	Al-Rayyan SC
Number	9
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2010–2013	Olympic Safi	55	(30)
2013	Aalesund	27	(15)
2014–2015	Guangzhou R&F	32	(25)
2015–2017	El Jaish	23	(21)
2017-	Al-Rayyan SC
National team‡
2009–2011	Morocco U23	16	(8)
2012–	Morocco	14	(7)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 March 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13 November 2014

Abderrazak "Abdo" Hamdallah (Arabic: عبد الرزاق حمد الله‎‎; born 17 December 1990) is a Moroccan footballer who plays as a striker for Al-Rayyan SC in the Qatar Stars League. He has also been capped for Morocco. He got his first cap in 2012.

Born in Safi, Morocco, Hamdallah was the youngest of seven children of the family. Hamadallah spoke about his childhood, stating: "I started playing football in the street with other children of the city where I was born, Safi. As a teenager, I enrolled in a club in town. I was playing almost every day after school and all weekend. My older brother always supported me. It encouraged me to work hard . It was both my mentor and my first bear."

Hamdallah started his professional career when he played for Olympique Safi of Morocco's top league.

On 14 February 2013, it was confirmed that Hamdallah had joined Tippeliga club Aalesund. The transfer fee was in the region of 1 million Euro or 7,4 million Norwegian Krone and the player signed a three-year contract, his first European contract. The transfer fee was the highest Aalesunds FK has paid for a player ever.

Hamdallah spoke about the first time he arrived at Norway, stating: "It was a difficult experience because I arrived in a country that's very cold, but through an effort of will, I overcame every obstacle. I was the first player from the Moroccan championship to come to Norway, and my signing generated a lot of attention in the newspapers. In the end, I was able to silence my critics by finishing as one of the leading scorers in the league."

Hamdallah made his debut on 1 April 2013 as a substitute in the 0–1 away win of Sandnes Ulf and then scored his first goal for the club, in a 2–0 win over Sarpsborg 08 on 14 April 2013. Then on 13 May 2013, Hamdallah scored his first hat-trick for Aalesund in a 7–1 win over Lillestrøm SK, which he helped the club into second place after nine games. After scoring ten goals so far this season, Hamadallah scored his second hat-trick of the season, in a 3–1 win over Viking on 25 October 2013.