Nadir Haroub

Nadir Haroub Ali (born 10 February 1982) is a Tanzanian former footballer who last played for Young Africans FC as a defender.He is one among club's long serving member as he played more than 200 games in his 16-year spell with Young Africans.

Nadir Haroub
Personal information
Full name Nadir Haroub Ali
Date of birth (1982-02-10) 10 February 1982
Place of birth Michenzani, Zanzibar, Tanzania
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Playing position(s) Centre Back
Club information
Current team
 Young Africans FC
Number 32
Youth career
1994–2000 Young Africans FC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2003 Young Africans FC 2 (0)
2003–2005 Malindi FC 36 (0)
2006–2018 Young Africans FC 119 (7)
2009 - 2010 → Whitecaps Residency (loan) 0 (0)
National team‡
2006–2017 Tanzania 51 (3)
2008–2017 Zanzibar 21 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of May 5, 2011
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of May 5, 2011

Haroub's nickname Cannavaro is in reference to the way he plays the game as a defender similar to Fabio Cannavaro.

Nadir Haroub was made Young Africans and Tanzania national team captain after the retirement of long serving captain Shadrack Nsajigwa in 2012. Also he captained Zanzibar national team in most Cecafa tournaments and friendly matches during his playing time. After his retirement, Haroub remained with Young Africans SC as first team coach during 2017 to 2019. [1]

Career

On 13 August 2009 left Young Africans FC of the Tanzanian Premier League[2] who played from 2006 to 2009 on loan to Vancouver Whitecaps Residency,[3] formerly played one season in the Zanzibar Premier League.[4]

International career

Haroub represented the Tanzania national football team in qualifying matches for the FIFA World Cup and the Africa Cup of Nations, and in friendly matches.[5] He capped 13 times for Tanzania in three different editions of the FIFA World Cup qualifiers (2010, 2014 and 2018).[6] Being Zanzibari, he played for the Zanzibar national football team in seven editions of the CECAFA Cup (from 2007 to 2012, and 2015).[7]

International goals for Tanzania
Scores and results list Tanzania's goal tally first.[5]
GoalDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.3 March 2010CCM Kirumba Stadium, Mwanza, Tanzania Uganda1–12–32008 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
2.1 June 2014National Sports Stadium, Harare, Zimbabwe Zimbabwe1–12–22015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
3.12 October 2014National Stadium, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Benin1–04–1Friendly

International goals for Zanzibar
Scores and results list Zanzibar's goal tally first.[5]
GoalDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.5 January 2009Nakivubo Stadium, Kampala, Uganda Tanzania1–11–22008 CECAFA Cup
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References
  1. FIFA.com. "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™ - FIFA.com". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 2018-05-22.
  2. "Jersey reprieve for Tanzania star". 2008-07-03. Retrieved 2018-05-22.
  3. "nizar khalfani and nadir haroub ali canavaro ready for canada trip". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2009-08-22.
  4. Yanga, Canadian club start talks over Haroub transfer
  5. "Nadir Haroub". National-Football-Teams.com.
  6. "FIFA-Turniere Spieler & Trainer - Nadir HAROUB". FIFA.com (in German). Retrieved 2018-05-22.
  7. "SG Sonnenhof Großaspach". www.sg-sonnenhof-grossaspach.de (in German). Archived from the original on 2008-05-29. Retrieved 2018-05-22.


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