Kassim Aidara (born 12 May 1987) is a Senegalese-French former professional

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who played as a

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Career

Aidara started his career with

Wellington United Wellington United AFC is an association football club based in Wellington, New Zealand, that competes in the Central League. History Wellington Diamond United Wellington Diamond United was the result of the merger of Diamond and Zealandia/Well ...

of New Zealand and subsequently represented lower league German clubs namely Niendorfer TSV,

USC Paloma USC Paloma Hamburg is a German association football club from the city of Hamburg.Grüne, Hardy (2001). Vereinslexikon. Kassel: AGON Sportverlag History The club was formed in August 1909 by a group of sports-mad juveniles and takes its name fr ...

Lüneburger SK Hansa Lüneburger SK Hansa is a football club from the Lower Saxon Hanseatic town of Lüneburg in Northern Germany. The club was founded in spring 2008 as part of the planned merger of the football divisions of the two sports clubs Lüneburger SK and ...

. In December 2011, Aidara signed for Estonian club

JK Tallinna Kalev JK Tallinna Kalev, also known as Tallinna Kalev or simply Kalev, is a football club based in Tallinn, Estonia, that competes in the Meistriliiga, the top flight of Estonian football. The club's home ground is the Kalevi Keskstaadion. Formed as ...

. After having scored four goals for the club, he switched to

JK Sillamäe Kalev JK Sillamäe Kalev, commonly known as Sillamäe Kalev, or simply as Sillamäe, is a football club, based in Sillamäe, Estonia. Founded in 1957, Sillamäe Kalev was one of the founding members of the Meistriliiga. The club competed in the Meis ...

of the same country on 31 July 2012. In the 2013 season, he scored 17 goals in 34 matches. He moved to

FCI Tallinn FCI Tallinn (FC Infonet Tallinn) is a football club, based in Lasnamäe, Tallinn, Estonia. Formed in 2002, the club played in the Estonian top flight Meistriliiga from 2013 to 2017, and won the league in the 2016 season. In 2017, the club merged ...

in the following year. At the end of the year, he trialled with Vietnamese club

Sông Lam Nghệ An Song Lam Nghe An Football Club (), simply known as Song Lam Nghe An or SLNA, is a professional V.League 1 football club playing at the Vinh Stadium in the city of Vinh, Nghe An province, Vietnam. The club was named based on the Lam river. ...

. In 2016, he returned to Sillamäe. Aidara switched clubs and countries on 4 October 2017 and signed for Indian

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side Minerva Punjab. On 25 November, he made his debut for the club in a 1–1 draw against

Mohun Bagan Mohun Bagan Athletic Club is an Indian professional sports club based in Kolkata, West Bengal. Founded in 1889, its football section is one of the oldest in India and Asia. The club is most notable for its victory over East Yorkshire Regiment ...

. On 11 December, he scored his first goal for the club in a 2–1 victory against

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. Aidara won the

2017–18 I-League The 2017–18 I-League was the 11th season of the I-League. Aizawl were the defending champions. NEROCA entered as the promoted team from the 2016–17 I-League 2nd Division. The season began on 25 November 2017. Teams All India Football Feder ...

with Minerva Punjab. Aidara joined

East Bengal FC East Bengal Club, commonly referred to as East Bengal (), is an Indian professional multi-sport club based in Kolkata, West Bengal. It is best known for its professional men's football team that competes in the Indian Super League, the top fl ...

for the 2018–19 season after the

season ended.

Personal life

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

Honours

Individual *

Meistriliiga Meistriliiga (, known as the A. Le Coq Premium Liiga for sponsorship reasons) is the highest division of the Estonian Football Association annual football (soccer), football championship. The league was founded in 1992, and was initially semi-p ...

Player of the Month: August 2013

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Aidara, Kassim 1987 births Living people Senegalese men's footballers Footballers from Hamburg Men's association football midfielders Meistriliiga players Esiliiga players I-League players Calcutta Football League players Wellington United players USC Paloma players Lüneburger SK Hansa players JK Tallinna Kalev players FCI Tallinn players JK Sillamäe Kalev players Punjab FC players East Bengal Club players Senegalese expatriate men's footballers Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in New Zealand Expatriate men's association footballers in New Zealand Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Estonia Expatriate men's footballers in Estonia Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in India Expatriate men's footballers in India