Shaher Shaheen ( ar, شاهر شاهين; born January 2, 1990, in

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, Saudi Arabia) is a professional

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who plays as a defender. Born in Saudi Arabia, he has represented Syria at youth level.

Club career

Earlier career

Shaher Shaheen signed for Al-Karamah SC as a youth team player on 2009 and rose through the club's youth sides before moving to

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side

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in 2013.

Mohammedan

In June 2021, Shaheen moved to India and signed with Mohammedan SC, that competes in the

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. He was part of the team's

2021 Durand Cup The 2021 Durand Cup is the 130th edition of Durand Cup, the oldest football tournament in Asia. Like its previous edition, the tournament was hosted in West Bengal, instead of its traditional venue, Delhi. The tournament is jointly hosted by t ...

campaign, in which he appeared in all the matches, and reached to the final, defeating

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4–2. On 3 October 2021, they lost the title winning match 1–0 to ISL side

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. He also appeared in the

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league, in which Mohammedan reached to the final, defeating

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1–0. On 18 November, Mohammedan clinched their 12th Calcutta Football League title after forty long years, defeating Railway FC 1–0, in which he played. He made his league debut on 27 December in their 2–1 win against Sudeva Delhi FC. Under Nikola Stojanović's captaincy, Shaheen and his team Mohammedan for the first time, ran for their maiden national league title in 2021–22 I-League season, but finished as runners-up after a 2–1 defeat to

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at the end.

Real Kashmir

In October 2023, Shaheen moved to another

club Real Kashmir. In the 2023–24 season opener against Rajasthan United on 28 October, he scored his debut goal in their 2–0 win.

International career

Shaher Shaheen was a member of the Syrian U-20 national team and appeared in couple of matches.

Honours

Mohammedan Sporting * Calcutta Football League:

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* Durand Cup runner-up:

runner-up: 2021–22

References

External links

Career stats
at goalzz.com
Shaher Shaheen
at flashscore.in {{DEFAULTSORT:Shaheen, Shaher 1990 births Living people Footballers from Homs Men's association football defenders Syrian men's footballers Syrian expatriate men's footballers Syrian expatriate sportspeople in Jordan Expatriate men's footballers in Jordan Al-Karamah SC players Al-Watani Club players Saudi First Division League players Syrian Premier League players Mohammedan SC (Kolkata) players Calcutta Football League players