Suleyman Sleyman
Personal information
Date of birth (1979-12-28) December 28, 1979
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[1] former professional footballer who played as a defender.

Club career

Sleyman joined Hammarby IF from Syrianska FC in 1998.[2] He signed for a continuation with Hammarby IF in September 2007, which expired at the end of the 2008 season.[3] 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.[4]

He left Hammarby at contract's end and on 26 February 2009, he returned to Syrianska FC.[5] On March 5, 2014, Sleyman officially announced his retirement.[6]

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.[7][8]

Personal life

Sleyman belongs to the Syriac community, and declares as Syriac (Swedish: syrian).[9]

Honours

Hammarby

References

  1. ↑ "Anderlecht jaagt op Sleyman". Archived from the original on 2016-08-15.
  2. ↑ "Suleyman Sleyman". Svenska Dagbladet. 3 May 2002.
  3. ↑ SvenskaFans.com
  4. ↑ SvenskaFans.com
  5. ↑ ""Sulan" klar för Syrianska" (in Swedish). Syrianskafc.com. 2009-02-26. Retrieved 2009-02-26.
  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 2021-09-29.
  8. ↑ "Suleyman Sleyman - Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se. (in Swedish). Retrieved 2021-09-29.
  9. ↑ Nicklasson, Jan (9 April 2009). "Sleyman". Svenska Dagbladet. SVD.
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