Ahmed Daghim (born 7 April 2001) is a Danish-Palestinian professional

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who plays as winger for B.93.

Club career

Copenhagen

Daghim first played in Humlebæk Boldklub, before moving to

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-based club FA 2000 and later B.93 in the

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neighbourhood of

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, before joining the football school of

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in 2012. He made his senior debut on 27 September 2018 in a

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match against Viby IF, which ended in a 0–3 win for Copenhagen. In the match, he came on as a substitute in the 76th minute for

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. On 10 February 2019, Daghim made his

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debut in a 6–1 win over OB. Although he was only utilised twice in the championship round in the following years, he still won the Danish league title with Copenhagen.

Loan to HamKam

On 20 December 2019, Copenhagen confirmed that Daghim had extended his contract until 2023 and would join Norwegian club

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on loan for 2020. He made his debut for the club on 3 July 2020 in a 2–3 loss to

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, after football activities had been resumed as part of the

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. Later that week, he made his first start in a 2–0 loss to

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. He returned to Copenhagen after the season, as HamKam finished in a disappointing 9th place of the second-tier

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Kolding IF

Daghim signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with Danish second-tier club

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on 21 January 2021. Following the move, Copenhagen sporting director William Kvist stated: "Ahmed is a talented player, but he still had a long way to go before he would become a candidate for permanent playing time with us." Daghim made his debut for the club on 12 February, coming on as a second-half substitute for fellow January-signing Matthias Verreth in a league match against

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. On 21 August, during Kolding's 2nd Division match against FA 2000 at the Frederiksberg Idrætspark in

, Daghim collapsed while warming up shortly after the beginning of the second half. A doctor was present among the spectators, who oversaw Daghim, before an ambulance transported him to Bispebjerg Hospital. The match was suspended following the incident, and Kolding IF wrote on their official

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account that Daghim was "fine under the circumstances". His contract got terminated by request on 5 July 2022.

B.93

On 8 July 2022, Daghim signed for B.93.

International career

Born in Denmark, Daghim is of Palestinian descent. He is a youth international for Denmark.

Honours

Copenhagen *

: 2018–19

References

External links

Ahmed Daghim
at DBU {{DEFAULTSORT:Daghim, Ahmed 2001 births Living people Danish men's footballers Denmark youth international footballers Danish people of Palestinian descent Danish expatriate men's footballers Danish Superliga players Danish 1st Division players Danish 2nd Division players FA 2000 players F.C. Copenhagen players Hamarkameratene players Kolding IF players Boldklubben af 1893 players Association football midfielders Danish expatriate sportspeople in Norway Expatriate footballers in Norway Footballers from Copenhagen Norwegian First Division players