Majed Al Haj ( ar, ماجد الحاج, born 6 April 1985 in
Damascus,
Syria) is a
Syrian footballer
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...
. He currently plays for
Al-Wahda. He plays as a
striker.
Club career
On 8 August 2014, Al Haj scored the only goal in a 1–0 win over
Al-Jaish Al Jaish is Arabic for army, and may refer to:
* Tala'ea El Gaish SC, a football club based in Cairo, Egypt
* Al-Jaish FC (Iraq), a football club based in Baghdad, Iraq
* Al-Jaish SC (Syria), a football club based in Damascus, Syria
* El Jaish SC, ...
in the
Championship Final Match, to grant his team
Al-Wahda their second league title after 2004.
International career
Al Haj was a part of the Syrian U-19 national team that finished in Fourth place at the
2004 AFC U-19 Championship in
Malaysia
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and he was a part of the Syrian U-20 national team at the
2005 FIFA U-20 World Cup
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Venues
Qualification
The following 24 teams qualified for the 2005 FIFA Worl ...
in the
Netherlands
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. He plays against
Canada
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,
Italy
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and
Colombia in the group-stage of the FIFA U-20 World Cup and against
Brazil
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in the Round of 16. He scored one goal against
Canada
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in the first match of the group-stage.
International goals
::''Scores and results table. Syria's goal tally first:''
Honours
Club
Al-Jaish Al Jaish is Arabic for army, and may refer to:
* Tala'ea El Gaish SC, a football club based in Cairo, Egypt
* Al-Jaish FC (Iraq), a football club based in Baghdad, Iraq
* Al-Jaish SC (Syria), a football club based in Damascus, Syria
* El Jaish SC, ...
*
Syrian Premier League
The Syrian Premier League ( ar, الدوري السوري الممتاز) is a professional association football league in Syria and the top division in of the Syrian football league system. The league comprises 12 teams and operates on a system ...
: 2002–03,
2009–10
*
Syrian Cup
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: 2002–03
*
AFC Cup:
2004
National team
*
AFC U-19 Championship 2004: Fourth place
*
FIFA U-20 World Cup 2005: Round of 16
*
West Asian Games 2005: Runner-up
References
External links
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1985 births
Living people
Footballers from Damascus
Men's association football forwards
Syrian men's footballers
Syria men's international footballers
Al-Jaish SC (Syria) players
Al-Wahda SC (Syria) players
Syrian expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Jordan
Syrian expatriate sportspeople in Jordan
Syrian Premier League players