Adam Maher (born 20 July 1993) is a Dutch professional

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who plays for Saudi Professional League club

Damac FC Damac Football Club ( ar, ضمك, Ḍamak) is a Saudi Arabian professional sports club based in Khamis Mushait, that currently competes in the Saudi Professional League, the top division of Saudi Arabian football. Founded in 1972, their home v ...

as a

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Club career

PSV Eindhoven, Teamcamp Bad Erlach, July 2014 (194)

Maher made his professional debut for AZ on 15 December 2010 in a

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game against FC BATE Borisov and scored a goal on his debut. He was the youngest player playing for a Dutch football club ever to score a goal in the

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and

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. When AZ won the 2013 KNVB Cup Final Maher scored the first goal as they defeated

PSV Eindhoven Philips Sport Vereniging (; en, Philips Sports Association ), abbreviated as PSV and internationally known as PSV Eindhoven (), is a Dutch sports club from Eindhoven, Netherlands. It is best known for its professional football department, whi ...

2–1. On 1 July 2013, Adam Maher moved to PSV for a fee of €6.5 million. He signed a five-year contract and was one of 5 players that PSV signed. Maher returned to AZ in the 2018/2019 season, before joining FC Utrecht in the summer of 2019. On 11 July 2022, FC Utrecht announced the departure of Maher to Damac FC on a permanent transfer.

International career

Maher was a member of the Netherlands squad for the

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. In February 2012 Adam Maher was called at the preselection of the Dutch team by

Bert van Marwijk Lambertus van Marwijk (; born 19 May 1952) is a Dutch football manager who was recently the head coach of the United Arab Emirates national team. As a player, he played for the Go Ahead Eagles, AZ, MVV and Fortuna Sittard amongst other clubs a ...

. On 7 May 2012, he was named in the provisional list of 36 players for the

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tournament, one of nine uncapped players to be chosen by

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manager

as part of the preliminary squad, but eventually did not make the final cut. He made his debut for the Netherlands in a friendly match against Bayern Munich. On 15 August 2012, Maher earned his first official cap under new manager Louis van Gaal in the 4–2 loss against

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in a

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Career statistics

International

Honours

AZ *

KNVB Cup The KNVB Beker (; en, KNVB Cup), branded as the TOTO KNVB Beker for sponsorship reasons, is a competition in the Netherlands organized by the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB) since 1898. It was based on the format of the English FA Cup. Ou ...

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PSV *

Eredivisie The Eredivisie (; ''"Honour Division"'' or ''"Premier Division"'') is the highest level of professional football in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956, two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is c ...

: 2014–15, 2015–16 *

Johan Cruijff Shield The Johan Cruyff Shield (, ) is a football trophy in the Netherlands named after Dutch footballer Johan Cruyff, also often referred to as the Dutch Super Cup. The winner is decided in one match only, played by the winner of the national footbal ...

2015 File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the Apri ...

2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses during the 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh ...

Individual * Johan Cruijff Trophy: 2011–12

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Adam Maher
at '' Voetbal International'' * () {{DEFAULTSORT:Maher, Adam 1993 births Living people People from Diemen People from Drâa-Tafilalet Dutch footballers Moroccan footballers Association football midfielders AZ Alkmaar players PSV Eindhoven players Jong PSV players FC Twente players FC Utrecht players Damac FC players Ankaraspor footballers Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players Süper Lig players Saudi Professional League players Netherlands youth international footballers Netherlands under-21 international footballers Netherlands international footballers Dutch expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Turkey Expatriate footballers in Saudi Arabia Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia Moroccan emigrants to the Netherlands Footballers from North Holland