Haidar Al-Shaïbani

Al-Shaibani played University soccer at University of Western Ontario from 2004 to 2007, where he was named Ontario University Athletics first team All Star in four consecutive years (2004 to 2007). In 2007 Al-Shaibani was named OUA MVP and Canadian Inter-university Sport first team All-Canadian.

In his four years with the Mustangs, he led them to three OUA championships, and two bronze medals at CIS National Championships.

He began his professional career in 2002 with London City in the Canadian Professional Soccer League.[4][5] He featured in the Open Canada Cup final against Metro Lions, where they won the title 4-2 in a penalty shootout.[6] In 2005, he received the CPSL Goalkeeper of the Year award.[7][8] In 2006, he signed with division rivals North York Astros.[9][10] During his tenure with North York he helped clinch a postseason berth in 2007. In 2009, he went abroad to France to sign with Nîmes Olympique in Ligue 2.[11] Al-Shaïbani made his debut for Nîmes on August 25, 2009 in a Coupe de la Ligue match against Troyes.[12] He has also featured for the club in the Coupe de France.[13]