Haitam Aleesami
{{Short description|Norwegian footballer (born 1991)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
|name = Haitam Aleesami
|image = Haitam Aleesami 2021.jpg
|image_size =
|caption = Aleesami with FC Rostov in 2021
|fullname = Haitam Glimt Aleesami
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1991|7|31|df=yes}}
|birth_place = Oslo, Norway
|position = Left-back
|currentclub = Bodø/Glimt
|clubnumber = 5
|youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2007
|youthclubs1 = Nordstrand
|youthyears2 = 2008
|youthclubs2 = Holmlia
|youthyears3 = 2009–2010
|youthclubs3 = Skeid
|years1 = 2010–2012
|clubs1 = Skeid
|caps1 =
|goals1 =
|years2 = 2012–2014
|clubs2 = Fredrikstad
|caps2 = 68
|goals2 = 5
|years3 = 2015–2016
|clubs3 = IFK Göteborg
|caps3 = 45
|goals3 = 2
|years4 = 2016–2019
|clubs4 = Palermo
|caps4 = 90
|goals4 = 1
|years5 = 2019–2020
|clubs5 = Amiens
|caps5 = 22
|goals5 = 1
|years6 = 2020–2021
|clubs6 = Rostov
|caps6 = 13
|goals6 = 0
|years7 = 2021–2023
|clubs7 = Apollon Limassol
|caps7 = 36
|goals7 = 0
|years8 = 2024–2025
|clubs8 = KFUM Oslo
|caps8 = 25
|goals8 = 1
|years9 = 2025–
|clubs9 = Bodø/Glimt
|caps9 = 3
|goals9 = 0
|nationalyears1 = 2015–2020
|nationalteam1 = Norway
|nationalcaps1 = 31
|nationalgoals1 = 0
|club-update = 21 April 2025
|nationalteam-update = 11 October 2020
}}
Haitam Glimt Aleesami ({{langx|ar|هيثم العصامي}}; born 31 July 1991) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Bodø/Glimt.
Club career
Glimt Aleesami was born in Oslo and started playing football for Nordstrand, Holmlia and later Skeid.{{NFF|4040810}} 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.{{cite web |url=http://www.fredrikstadfk.no/team1players/article/17kx87l3iguhk1uqjfvmq4ji7q/title/2-haitam-aleesami |language=no |title=Haitam Aleesami |publisher=Fredrikstad FK |access-date=10 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150119183643/http://www.fredrikstadfk.no/team1players/article/17kx87l3iguhk1uqjfvmq4ji7q/title/2-haitam-aleesami |archive-date=19 January 2015 |url-status=dead }}
In August 2012, he joined Fredrikstad FK to replace Benjamin Dahl Hagen who had returned to Vålerenga after a loan-spell.{{cite news |url=http://www.f-b.no/ffk/et-kapteinsemne-1.7465393 |language=no |title=– Et kapteinsemne |work=Fredriksstad Blad |date=31 July 2012 |access-date=10 August 2012}} 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.{{cite news |url=http://www.vg.no/sport/fotball/norsk/artikkel.php?artid=10052222 |language=no |title=FFK tok tre poeng i kampen om fornyet kontrakt |work=Verdens Gang |date=5 August 2012 |access-date=10 August 2012}}{{cite news |url=http://www.f-b.no/ffk/debutantenes-aften-1.7472756 |language=no |title=Debutantenes aften |work=Fredriksstad Blad |date=5 August 2012 |access-date=10 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.ifkgoteborg.se/nyheter/2014/augusti/aleesami-ersatter-augustinsson/|title=Aleesami ersätter Augustinsson|date=18 August 2014|access-date=29 October 2014|publisher=IFK Göteborg|language=sv|archive-date=29 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141029161316/http://www.ifkgoteborg.se/nyheter/2014/augusti/aleesami-ersatter-augustinsson/|url-status=dead}}
On 8 August 2016, he signed with Palermo.{{Cite web|url=http://www.football-italia.net/88944/official-palermo-sign-aleesami|title = Official: Palermo sign Aleesami - Football Italia|date = 8 August 2016}}
On 17 October 2020, he joined Russian Premier League club FC Rostov.{{cite web|publisher=FC Rostov|url=http://www.fc-rostov.ru/press/news/13927|title=Хайтам Алеесами — игрок "Ростова"|date=17 October 2020|language=ru|access-date=17 October 2020|archive-date=17 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201017135320/http://www.fc-rostov.ru/press/news/13927|url-status=dead}} He left Rostov on 19 May 2021.{{cite web|publisher=FC Rostov|url=https://fc-rostov.ru/ru/news/1272|title=ХАЙТАМ АЛЕЕСАМИ ПОКИДАЕТ ФК "РОСТОВ"|date=19 May 2021|language=ru}}
On 16 August 2021, he signed a two-year contract with Apollon Limassol in Cyprus.{{cite web|publisher=Apollon Limassol FC|url=https://www.apollon.com.cy/%ce%ba%ce%b1%cf%84%ce%b1%cf%81%cf%87%ce%ae%ce%bd-%cf%83%cf%85%ce%bc%cf%86%cf%89%ce%bd%ce%af%ce%b1-%ce%bc%ce%b5-%cf%84%ce%bf%ce%bd-%cf%87%ce%b1%cf%8a%cf%84%ce%ac%ce%bc-%ce%b1%ce%bb%ce%b5%cf%83%ce%ac/|title=ΚΑΤΑΡΧΗΝ ΣΥΜΦΩΝΙΑ ΜΕ ΤΟΝ ΧΑΪΤΑΜ ΑΛΕΣΑΜΙ|language=el|date=16 August 2021}}
After half a season without a club, Aleesami signed with newly promoted Eliteserien side KFUM Oslo in December 2023.{{cite news|url=https://www.nrk.no/sport/bekreftet_-tidligere-landslagsspiller-er-klar-for-kfum-1.16690410|title=Bekreftet: Tidligere landslagsspiller er klar for KFUM|language=no|publisher=NRK|date=22 December 2023|access-date=30 March 2025}}
On 15 March 2025, Aleesami signed a two-year contract with Bodø/Glimt.{{cite news|url=https://www.vg.no/sport/i/nyJbqa/haitam-aleesami-klar-for-bodoe-glimt|title=Aleesami klar for Glimt|language=no|publisher=VG|date=15 March 2025|access-date=30 March 2025}}
Personal life
Haitam's younger brother Ayoub Aleesami also plays football. While Ayoub and Haitam have similar appearances, the latter is vastly more known due to him playing internationally, thus Ayoub is often confused for Haitam in the street.{{cite news|url=https://www.f-b.no/jeg-blir-gjerne-forvekslet-med-min-bror/s/5-59-1990126|title=– Jeg blir gjerne forvekslet med min bror!|last=Henriksen|first=Vidar|date=24 September 2020|work=Fredriksstad Blad|language=no|access-date=8 November 2024}} Born in Norway, Aleesami is of Moroccan descent.{{Cite web|url=https://en.yabiladi.com/articles/details/57102/world-2018-moroccan-footballers-playing.html|title=World Cup 2018 : 5 Moroccan footballers playing for the national Norwegian team}}
Career statistics
=Club=
{{Updated|24 April 2025}}{{Soccerway|240075}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||||||||||||
| rowspan=2|Club
!rowspan=2|Season !colspan=3|League !colspan=2|National cup {{efn|Includes Norwegian Cup, Svenska Cupen, Coppa Italia, Coupe de France, Russian Cup, Cypriot Cup}} !colspan=2|League cup{{efn|Includes Coupe de la Ligue}} !colspan=2|Europe !colspan=2|Other !colspan=2|Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Skeid
|2012 |13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 15 | 2 | ||||
| rowspan=4|Fredrikstad
|2012 |13 | 0 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 13 | 0 | |||||
| 2013
|rowspan=2|1. divisjon |30 | 4 | 1 | 0 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 31 | 4 | ||||
| 2014
|25 | 1 | 2 | 0 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 1{{efn|Appearance in Norwegian First Division promotional play-offs}} | 0 | 28 | 1 | |||
| colspan=2|Total
!68 | 5 | 3 | 0 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 1 | 0 | 72 | 5 | |||
| rowspan=3|IFK Göteborg
|2015 |rowspan="2"|Allsvenskan |30 | 2 | 5 | 0 | colspan=2|— | 4{{efn|name=UEL|Appearances in UEFA Europa League}} | 1 | 1{{efn|Appearance in Svenska Supercupen}} | 0 | 40 | 3 | ||
| 2016
|15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | colspan=2|— | 5{{efn|name=UEL}} | 0 | colspan=2|— | 23 | 0 | |||
| colspan=2|Total
!45 | 2 | 8 | 0 | colspan=2|— | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 63 | 3 | ||
| rowspan=4|Palermo
|31 | 1 | 2 | 0 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 33 | 1 | ||||
| 2017–18
|rowspan=2|Serie B |30 | 0 | 2 | 1 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 32 | 1 | ||||
| 2018–19
|29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 29 | 0 | ||||
| colspan=2|Total
!90 | 1 | 4 | 1 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 94 | 2 | ||||
| Amiens
|22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 25 | 1 | |||
| Rostov
|13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan=2|— | 0 | 0 | colspan=2|— | 14 | 0 | |||
| rowspan=3|Apollon Limassol
|rowspan=2|Cypriot First Division |20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 21 | 1 | ||||
| 2022–23
|16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan=2|— | 4{{efn|Appearances in UEFA Conference League}} | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | ||
| colspan=2|Total
!36 | 0 | 2 | 1 | colspan=2|— | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 1 | ||
| KFUM Oslo
|2024 |rowspan=2|Eliteserien |25 | 1 | 3 | 1 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 28 | 2 | ||||
| Bodø/Glimt
|2025 |3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan=2|— | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| colspan=3|Career total
!315 | 12 | 26 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 358 | 16 |
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=International=
{{Updated|11 October 2020}}{{NFT player|60819|access-date=24 October 2015}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year | |||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan="6"|Norway
|2015 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2016 | 9 | 0 | |
| 2017 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2018 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 9 | 0 | |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | |
| colspan="2"|Total | 31 | 0 |
Honours
IFK Göteborg
References
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External links
- {{SvFF player|id=44d7b48e-3778-43dc-b8f9-dc1ab75344bf}}
- {{ifkdb|name=#4 Haitam Aleesami}}
{{FK Bodø/Glimt squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Aleesami, Haitam}}
Category:Footballers from Oslo
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Category:Skeid Fotball players
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Category:Norwegian Second Division players
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Category:Russian Premier League players
Category:Cypriot First Division players
Category:Norwegian people of Moroccan descent
Category:Norwegian expatriate men's footballers
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Russia
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in France
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