Mustafa Ahmad Hassan ( ar, مصطفى احمد حسن ; born 10 February 1990, in Najaf) is an

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who currently plays for

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Early life

Hassan came to Denmark from

at the age of thirteen, settling in

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. He obtained a

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in December 2008.

Career

After his arrival in 2003 in Denmark, he joined the Danish football team FC Bornholm where he stayed for 3 years. He then moved to

Brøndby IF Brøndbyernes Idrætsforening (, usually abbreviated to Brøndby IF (), is a professional association football club based in Brøndbyvester, Capital Region of Denmark. The club was founded in 1964 as a merger between two local clubs and was p ...

in the summer 2006. He played his first professional game on 30 October 2008 in the Danish Cup against Holstebro BK, and his first league game in the

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was on 5 October 2008 against

Odense BK Odense Boldklub (; also known as Odense BK or the more commonly used OB) is a Danish professional football club based in the city Odense. The club has won three Danish championships and five Danish Cup trophies. OB play in the Danish Superliga ...

. On August 31, 2010, he signed with Danish club

HB Køge HB Køge () is a professional Danish football club based primarily in the town of Herfølge, and secondly in the town of Køge, both in the Køge Municipality, part of 'Region of Zealand', in the eastern part of Zealand, south of Copenhagen. It w ...

. On 23 February 2011 left his club

and signed with his former

teammate Philip Pedersen for Swedish club

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. His contract with the Swedish club was terminated on May 19, 2011. He didn't play a single match for the club. On September 8, 2011 he signed a contract with Svebølle B&I in the

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. On February 4, 2012 he signed a contract with

Næstved Boldklub Næstved Boldklub is a Danish association football team based in Næstved in the South of Zealand. Næstved Boldklub is the professional superstructure of the parent club Næstved Idræts Forening (Næstved IF) and currently plays in the Danish ...

. He played 11 games at Næstved, but at the end of the season the club was relegated, and Hassan returned to his former club Svebølle B&I. A month after joining Svebølle Hassan was offered a contract at

Hobro IK Hobro Idræts Klub () is a professional association football club based in the town of Hobro, Denmark, that competes in the 1st Division, the second tier of the Danish football league system. Founded in 1913, it is known by the short names 'Ho ...

, where he would be reunited with his former manager from Næstved,

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. Rasmussen resigned as manager of Hobro in January 2013, and two months later Hassan decided to move back to Svebølle B&I for a third spell at the club.Mustafa Hassan tilbage i Svebølle
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hassan, Mustafa 1990 births Living people Danish footballers Danish expatriate footballers Brøndby IF players HB Køge players Hobro IK players Hamarkameratene players Skeid Fotball players Iraqi emigrants to Denmark Expatriate footballers in Sweden Danish expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Expatriate footballers in Norway Danish expatriate sportspeople in Norway Association football forwards Norwegian First Division players