Alexander Jakobsen

Alexander Jakobsen
Personal information
Full name Amir Adel Zatuna Elmeshad
Date of birth (1994-03-18) 18 March 1994
Place of birth Hvidovre, Denmark
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Attacking Midfield
Club information
Current team
 IFK Norrköping
Number 70
Youth career
2004– Lyngby BK
2004–2011 F.C. Copenhagen
2011–2013 PSV
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2014 Jong PSV 6 (1)
2015–2016 Falkenbergs FF 28 (3)
2016 FK Bodø/Glimt 10 (0)
2017 Viborg FF 10 (1)
2017– IFK Norrköping 14 (2)
National team‡
2010–2011 Denmark U17 11 (3)
2011–2012 Denmark U17 27 (9)
2013–2014 Denmark U19 5 (0)
2013–2014 Egypt U20 5 (0)
2017– Egypt 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:11, 29 January 2018 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 May 2016

Alexander Jakobsen (born Amir Adel Zatuna Elmeshad, 18 March 1994) is a Danish-born Egyptian professional footballer who plays for IFK Norrköping as an attacking midfielder.[1]

Club career

Early career

Jakobsen began his career playing for Lyngby BK and later transferred to F.C. Copenhagen then to PSV.

Falkenbergs FF that Jakobsen joined in 2015, announced mid-June 2016, that there had been a controversy between two teammates during a training session, wherein one player had struck another. The club later terminated Jakobsen contract on 23 June 2016.[2] It was later revealed that Jakobsen had struck a teammate with an icebag, causing him to bleed.[3]

FK Bodø/Glimt[4] signed Jakobsen on a free transfer on 17 August 2016. His contract runs through 2017.

Career statistics

As of match played on 3 March 2018[5]
Season Club Division League Cup Other Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
2013–14 Jong PSV Eerste Divisie 61000061
2015 Falkenbergs FF Allsvenskan 172112[lower-alpha 1]0203
2016 1113000141
2016 Bodø/Glimt Tippeligaen 1002000120
2016–17 Viborg FF Danish Superliga 101005[lower-alpha 2]1152
2017 IFK Norrköping Allsvenskan 1421100153
2018 00310031
Career Total 687103718511
  1. ↑ Appearances in Allsvenskan Relegation play-offs
  2. ↑ Appearances in Danish Superliga Relegation play-offs

International Career

Danish youth team

Jakobsen’s father Adel immigrated from Egypt and his mother is from Denmark. Jakobsen played 29 games with the Danish U17 team and 5 games with the Danish U19 team.

Egypt

In 2013, he accepted the Egypt U20 youth coach Rabie Yassin invitation to a Egypt U20 training camp. He was part of the Egyptian team that won the 2013 African U-20 Championship.

On 14 March 2017 he received his first call up to Egypt`s national team for the friendly against Togo [6]

Honours

National Team

References

  1. ↑ Officielt: Alexander J. skifter til Norrköping‚ bold.dk, 21 July 2017
  2. ↑ Alexander J. fortid i Falkenbergs efter slagsmål‚ bold.dk, 23 June 2016
  3. ↑ , fotbolltransfers.com, 23 june 2016.
  4. ↑ http://bodonu.no/bekreftet-glimt-henter-fire-nye-spillere-pa-deadline-day/17.08-02:36
  5. ↑ Alexander Jakobsen at Soccerway. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  6. ↑ http:/nt.soccerway.com/matches/2017/03/28/world/friendlies/egypt/togo/2425020/?ICID=HP_MS_01_05
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