Kassim Aidara
Personal information
Date of birth (1987-05-12) 12 May 1987[1]
Place of birth Hamburg, West Germany[1]
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
SC Concordia
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2008 Wellington United
2008–2009 Niendorfer TSV
2009–2010 USC Paloma
2010–2011 Lüneburger SK Hansa
2011–2012 Tallinna Kalev 19 (4)
2012–2014 Sillamäe Kalev 44 (19)
2014–2016 FCI Tallinn 60 (5)
2016–2017 Sillamäe Kalev 35 (5)
2017–2018 Minerva Punjab 18 (2)
2018–2020 East Bengal 32 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Kassim Aidara (born 12 May 1987) is a Senegalese-French former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Career

Aidara started his career with Wellington United of New Zealand and subsequently represented lower league German clubs namely Niendorfer TSV, USC Paloma, Lüneburger SK Hansa.[1][2]

In December 2011, Aidara signed for Estonian club JK Tallinna Kalev.[3] After having scored four goals for the club, he switched to JK Sillamäe Kalev of the same country on 31 July 2012.[4] In the 2013 season, he scored 17 goals in 34 matches. He moved to FCI Tallinn in the following year.[5] At the end of the year, he trialled with Vietnamese club Sông Lam Nghệ An.[6] In 2016, he returned to Sillamäe.[7]

Aidara switched clubs and countries on 4 October 2017 and signed for Indian I-League side Minerva Punjab.[8] On 25 November, he made his debut for the club in a 1–1 draw against Mohun Bagan.[9] On 11 December, he scored his first goal for the club in a 2–1 victory against Chennai City.[10] Aidara won the 2017–18 I-League with Minerva Punjab.

Aidara joined East Bengal FC for the 2018–19 season after the 2017–18 I-League season ended.

Personal life

He is the elder brother of Mohamed Aidara who also is a footballer.[11]

Honours

Individual

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Kassim Aidara". Footballdatabase. Archived from the original on 11 March 2016. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  2. ↑ "Minerva Punjab FC sign Dano, Aidara". Evening Standard. 4 October 2017. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  3. ↑ "DELFI VIDEO: Tallinna Kalevi ründaja unistab Senegali koondisse pääsemisest [DELFI Video: The attacker of Tallinn Kalevi dreams of getting to Senegal]". Delfi. 6 March 2012. Archived from the original on 28 September 2015. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  4. ↑ "Kassim Aidara siirdus Sillamäele [Kassim Aidara moved to Sillamäe]" (in Estonian). Soccernet. 31 July 2012. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  5. ↑ "Estonian Cup: Levadia gets a free ride to semi-finals". Rumodispo. 28 February 2014. Archived from the original on 15 April 2016. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  6. ↑ "Asiatic trial also for Kassim Aidara". Rumodispo. 19 December 2014. Archived from the original on 22 April 2016. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  7. ↑ "Kõhnemaks jäänud rahakotiga vutiklubid otsivad uusi mängijaid [The wicker clubs with a worse wallet are looking for new players]" (in Estonian). Pohjarannik. 6 January 2016. Archived from the original on 9 June 2017. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  8. ↑ "Minerva Punjab FC sign Dano, Aidara". The Indian Express. 4 October 2017. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  9. ↑ "I-League 2017/18: Minerva Punjab 1–1 Mohun Bagan: Late equaliser stuns Mariners in season opener". Yahoo Sports. 25 November 2017. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  10. ↑ "I-League 2017: Minerva stage comeback to topple Chennai City". ANI News. 12 December 2017. Archived from the original on 12 December 2017. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
  11. ↑ "Oberliga Hamburg: Niendorf holt Brüderpaar" [Oberliga Hamburg: Niendorf signs brothers]. Sportnord (in German). 24 September 2008. Archived from the original on 18 November 2017. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  12. ↑ "Premium liiga kuu parimad olid Kristal ja Aidara" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 4 September 2013. Retrieved 5 September 2013.
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