Personal information | |||
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Full name | Haitam Aleesami | ||
Date of birth | 31 July 1991 | ||
Place of birth | Oslo, Norway | ||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) | ||
Playing position | Left back / Left winger | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Palermo | ||
Number | 19 | ||
Youth career | |||
Holmlia SK | |||
–2009 | Skeid | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2010–2012 | Skeid | ||
2012–2014 | Fredrikstad FK | 68 | (5) |
2015–2016 | IFK Göteborg | 45 | (2) |
2016– | Palermo | 19 | (1) |
National team‡ | |||
2015– | Norway | 12 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 January 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14 November 2016 |
Haitam Aleesami (born 31 July 1991) is a Norwegian footballer of Moroccan descent who plays for Italian club Palermo as a defender.
Hailing from Oslo, Aleesami played for Holmlia SK and later Skeid. He joined Skeid's first-team squad in 2010, playing in the Second Division, and was named "Skeid's best young player of the year" in 2011. In August 2012, he joined Fredrikstad FK to replace Benjamin Dahl Hagen who had returned to Vålerenga after a loan-spell. Aleesami made his debut in Tippeligaen and assisted Tarik Elyounoussi's goal when Fredrikstad won 2–0 in the match against Tromsø on 5 August 2012.
On 18 August 2014 he signed a four-year contract with Swedish club IFK Göteborg. He joined the club in the pre-season before the 2015 season.
On 8 August 2016 he signed with Palermo.