Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (1993-03-15) 15 March 1993 (age 31) | ||
Place of birth | Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany | ||
Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Youth career | |||
0000–2008 | SV Hochdorf | ||
2008–2009 | PTSV Jahn Freiburg | ||
2009–2012 | SC Freiburg | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2012–2017 | SC Freiburg II | 82 | (32) |
2015–2016 | SC Freiburg | 3 | (0) |
2017–2018 | Fortuna Köln | 15 | (1) |
2018–2019 | Fortuna Düsseldorf II | 15 | (3) |
2019–2022 | Bahlinger SC | 71 | (14) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 May 2022 |
Amir Falahen (born 15 March 1993) is a German professional footballer who plays as a forward.
Career
Falahen came to Freiburg in 2009 after playing for SV Hochdorf and PTSV Jahn Freiburg in his youth. With the Freiburg junior team he the DFB-Junioren-Vereinspokal in 2011 and 2012. In the 2012–13 season he moved up into Freiburg's second team and scored 18 goals in the 2013–14 season, when the team finished as runners-up. In July 2014, Falahen picked up a cruciate ligament injury during a friendly match with the first team and was sidelined for more than half a year. After his return in March 2015, he scored five goals in 11 matches. In the 2015–16 season Falahen received a professional contract with SC Freiburg, and on 5 February 2016, during a 0–2 defeat to VfL Bochum, Falahen made his debut in the 2. Bundesliga as a substitute. This made Falahen the first Palestinian who ever played in the 2. Bundesliga.
Personal life
Born in Germany, Falahen is of Palestinian descent.
References
- badische-zeitung.de: Die Vorfreude auf die Regionalliga ist beim SC Freiburg II groß, 26 May 2017, accessed on 27 July 2017
- 4-liga.com: Freiburg II: Lange Pause für Amir Falahen, 9 July 2014, accessed on 6 February 2016
- badische-zeitung.de: SC Freiburg: Profiverträge für sechs junge Spieler, 16 June 2015, accessed on 6 February 2016
- "Palestine-Eligible Players -". footballpalestine.com.
External links
- Amir Falahen at WorldFootball.net
- 1993 births
- Living people
- German men's footballers
- German people of Palestinian descent
- Men's association football forwards
- SC Freiburg II players
- SC Freiburg players
- SC Fortuna Köln players
- Fortuna Düsseldorf II players
- Bahlinger SC players
- 2. Bundesliga players
- 3. Liga players
- Regionalliga players
- Footballers from Freiburg im Breisgau
- 21st-century German sportsmen