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Swedish-Assyrian footballer

Suleyman Sleyman
Personal information
Date of birth (1979-12-28) 28 December 1979 (age 44)
Place of birth Södertälje, Sweden
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–1997 Syrianska FC 27 (4)
1998–2008 Hammarby IF 167 (1)
2000 → Syrianska FC (loan) 4 (0)
2009–2013 Syrianska FC 85 (2)
Total 283 (7)
International career
1995–1996 Sweden U17 14 (1)
1997 Sweden U19 3 (0)
2008 Sweden 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Suleyman Sleyman (born 28 December 1979) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a defender.

Club career

Sleyman joined Hammarby IF from Syrianska FC in 1998. He signed for a continuation with Hammarby IF in September 2007, which expired at the end of the 2008 season. He scored his first goal for Hammarby in August 2008, after almost ten years in the club, in the derby where Hammarby faced AIK, 2–2.

He left Hammarby at contract's end and on 26 February 2009, he returned to Syrianska FC. On March 5, 2014, Sleyman officially announced his retirement.

International career

Sleyman represented the Sweden U17 and U19 teams between 1995 and 1997, and made his full international debut for the Sweden national team in a friendly 1–0 win against Costa Rica on 13 January 2008 when he played for 71 minutes before being replaced by Peter Larsson.

Personal life

Sleyman belongs to the Assyrian community, and declares as Syriac (Swedish: syrian).

Honours

Hammarby

References

  1. "Anderlecht jaagt op Sleyman". Archived from the original on 15 August 2016.
  2. "Suleyman Sleyman". Svenska Dagbladet. 3 May 2002.
  3. SvenskaFans.com
  4. SvenskaFans.com
  5. ""Sulan" klar för Syrianska" (in Swedish). Syrianskafc.com. 26 February 2009. Retrieved 26 February 2009.
  6. http://www.folkbladet.se/sport/default.aspx?articleid=6788103 Sleyman slutar
  7. "Costa Rica - Sverige - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  8. "Suleyman Sleyman - Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se. (in Swedish). Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  9. Nicklasson, Jan (9 April 2009). "Sleyman". Svenska Dagbladet. SVD.

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