Haidar Al-Shaïbani (born March 31, 1984) is a Canadian soccer coach and former player who works as a video analyst and goalkeeper coach at Saint-Étienne.

Career

Haidar Al-Shaïbani was born March 31, 1984 in Setif, Algeria.

University

Al-Shaibani played University soccer at

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from 2004 to 2007, where he was named

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first team All Star in four consecutive years (2004 to 2007). In 2007 Al-Shaibani was named OUA MVP and Canadian Inter-university Sport first team All-Canadian. In his four years with the Mustangs, he led them to three OUA championships, and two bronze medals at CIS National Championships.

Professional

He began his professional career in 2002 with London City in the Canadian Professional Soccer League. He featured in the 2003 Open Canada Cup final against

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, where they won the title 4–2 in a penalty shootout. In 2005, he received the CPSL Goalkeeper of the Year award. In 2006, he signed with division rivals

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. During his tenure with North York he helped clinch a postseason berth in 2007. In 2009, he went abroad to France to sign with

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in Ligue 2. Al-Shaïbani made his debut for Nîmes on August 25, 2009 in a Coupe de la Ligue match against Troyes. He has also featured for the club in the

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International career

Haidar represented Canada at two

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2007 and Belgrade 2009. He back stopped Canada to its best performance in history at the Universiade in men's soccer with a fourth-place finish at the 2007 Games in Bangkok, Thailand . He earned his first call up for

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on 14 May 2010 for the friendly matches against

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and

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on 29 May 2010. He earned his first cap for Canada as a sub in the second half against Venezuela where he helped the team to a 1–1 tie. On September 4, 2010 Coach Stephen Hart, selected Al-Shaïbani for the Friendly games in Toronto and Montreal, against

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September 4, 2010 and Honduras September 7, 2010.

Managerial career

In 2017, he was named the video analyst and goalkeeper coach for AS Saint-Étienne in Ligue 1.

Personal life

Al-Shaïbani was born in Sétif,

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to an Iraqi father and a

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mother. His family moved to Canada in 1998.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Shaibani, Haider 1984 births Living people Nîmes Olympique players Expatriate footballers in France Canadian Soccer League (1998–present) players Canadian soccer players Canadian people of Iraqi descent Canadian people of Ukrainian descent Canada men's international soccer players Canadian expatriate soccer players North York Astros players Footballers from Sétif Algerian emigrants to Canada University of Western Ontario alumni 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup players Ligue 2 players Le Puy Foot 43 Auvergne players London City players Association football goalkeepers