Ahmed pictured training for Ferencvárosi TC in April 2010.
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Adnan Farooq Ahmed | ||
Date of birth | 7 June 1984 | ||
Place of birth | Burnley, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
–1995 | Bury | ||
1995–1997 | Manchester United | ||
1997–2003 | Huddersfield Town | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2003–2007 | Huddersfield Town | 41 | (1) |
2007–2009 | Tranmere Rovers | 6 | (1) |
2008 | → Mansfield Town (loan) | 9 | (2) |
2009 | → Port Vale (loan) | 5 | (1) |
2009–2010 | Ferencváros | 14 | (0) |
2010–2011 | Aboomoslem | 5 | (0) |
2011–2012 | Bradford Park Avenue | ||
2012–2013 | Nelson | 11 | (2) |
2013 | Droylsden | 6 | (1) |
2013–2014 | Nelson | 17 | (2) |
National team‡ | |||
2007–2013 | Pakistan | 27 | (4) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12:58, 31 August 2014 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 9 October 2013 |
Adnan Farooq Ahmed (Urdu: عدنان فاروق احمد; born 7 June 1984) is a Pakistan international footballer.
Starting his career at Huddersfield Town in 2003, after three years he transferred to Tranmere Rovers. After a two-year spell which included loans to Mansfield Town and Port Vale, he signed with Hungarian club Ferencvárosi TC in 2009. A year later he moved to Iran to spend a brief period at F.C. Aboomoslem. He returned to England, and in October 2011 joined Bradford Park Avenue. He switched to Nelson in May 2012 and returned to Nelson after a brief spell with Droylsden in 2013. He helped Nelson to win the North West Counties League Division One title in 2013–14.
Ahmed was born in Burnley and lived in Barnoldswick, Lancashire during his early life, attending Moorland School in Clitheroe. Ahmed is a British Asian of Pakistani descent.
Initially part of Bury youth academy, as well as a two-year stint at Manchester United Academy afterwards, Ahmed chose to join Huddersfield Town where he turned professional.