Abderrazak Hamdallah

Abderrazak "Abdo" Hamdallah (Arabic: عبد الرزاق حمدالله‎; born 17 December 1990) is a Moroccan professional footballer who plays as a striker for Al-Nassr in the Saudi Professional League. Between 2012 and his retirement from international football in November 2019 he made 14 appearances for the Morocco national team scoring 6 goals.

Abderrazak Hamdallah
Hamdallah playing for Olympic Safi in 2011
Personal information
Date of birth (1990-12-17) 17 December 1990
Place of birth Safi, Morocco
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
 Al-Nassr
Number 9
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2013 Olympic Safi 91 (32)
2013 Aalesund 30 (19)
2014–2015 Guangzhou R&F 39 (26)
2015–2017 El Jaish 35 (29)
2017–2018 Al-Rayyan SC 30 (28)
2018– Al-Nassr 58 (64)
National team
2009–2011 Morocco U23 6 (3)
2012–2019 Morocco 14 (6)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 December 2020

Early life

Born in Safi, Morocco, Hamdallah was the youngest of seven children of the family. Hamadallah spoke about his childhood, stating: "I started playing football in the street with other children of the city where I was born, Safi. As a teenager, I enrolled in a club in town. I was playing almost every day after school and all weekend. My older brother always supported me. He encouraged me to work hard . He was both my mentor and my first bear."[1]

Club career

Hamdallah started his professional career when he played for Olympique Safi of Morocco's top league.[2]

Aalesund

On 14 February 2013, it was confirmed that Hamdallah had joined Tippeliga club Aalesund. The transfer fee was in the region of €1 million or 7,4 million Norwegian Krone and the player signed a three-year contract, his first European contract. The transfer fee was the highest Aalesund has paid for a player ever.[3][4]

Hamdallah spoke about the first time he arrived at Norway, stating: "It was a difficult experience because I arrived in a country that's very cold, but through an effort of will, I overcame every obstacle. I was the first player from the Moroccan championship to come to Norway, and my signing generated a lot of attention in the newspapers. In the end, I was able to silence my critics by finishing as one of the leading scorers in the league."[5]

Hamdallah made his debut on 1 April 2013 as a substitute in the 0–1 away win of Sandnes Ulf and then scored his first goal for the club, in a 2–0 win over Sarpsborg 08 on 14 April 2013. Then on 13 May 2013, Hamdallah scored his first hat-trick for Aalesund in a 7–1 win over Lillestrøm SK, which he helped the club into second place after nine games.[6] After scoring ten goals so far this season, Hamadallah scored his second hat-trick of the season, in a 3–1 win over Viking on 25 October 2013.[7]

In his first season with the club, Hamdallah scored 15 times in 27 appearance and was included in the Team of the Year.[8] Also, it left Hamdallah as the club's top scorer, though he was the second in the league behind Frode Johnsen.[9]

Guangzhou R&F

In February 2014, Hamdallah joined Chinese Super League side Guangzhou R&F.[10] Upon the move, Hamdallah will be coached by Sven-Göran Eriksson for a record fee of €4.5 million or 33,3 million Norwegian Krone.[11] His departure from Aalesund left the club very affected, due to his goal-scoring form, something the club struggled with after Hamdallah left Norway for China.[12]

After making two appearance at the start of the season, Hamdallah scored his first hat-trick of the season, in a 3–1 win over Shanghai Shenxin on 22 March 2014.[13] In the next game against Hangzhou Greentown, he scored another hat-trick in a 6–2 win.[14] He scored again in the next match against Henan Jianye, which he scored twice in a 4–0 win.[15] After a week out over a leg injury, Hamdallah scored the winning goal, in a 1–0 win over against reigning champion, Guangzhou Evergrande.[16] In his first season at Guangzhou R&F, Hamdallah made twenty-two appearance and scoring twenty-two times.

Despite making a good start in the first four matches and scoring three times against Hangzhou Greentown,[17] Shanghai SIPG[18] and Guizhou Renhe.[19] Hamdallah also scored in the group-stage of AFC Champions League match against Gamba Osaka.[20] However, Hamdallah suffered leg injury[21] and then continuously suffered from injuries.[22] Not only that, his attitude caused a stir from manager Cosmin Contra[23] and the pair fell out.[24]

It was announced on 3 July 2015 that Hamdallah would leave the club.[25]

El Jaish

On 24 July 2015, Hamdallah joined El Jaish in the Qatar Stars League on a two-year contract with an option of extending for a third year.[26] As part of the move, Aalesund received 25 percent of the transfer fee paid to Guangzhou.[27]

Hamdallah had missed half of the season of 2016 due to a knee injury. His scoring has dropped this season due to absence of half of the games in this season.

Al Nassr

On 23 August 2018, Hamdallah joined Al Nassr in the Saudi Professional League. By April 2019 he had scored 100 league goals, a record since the league became professional in 2007.[28]

Despite the bad start due to a previous ankle injury Hamadallah was able to end his first season in the Saudi Professional League as the top scorer after impressively scoring 68 goals.

International career

He retired from international duty in November 2019.[29]

Style of play

Hamadallah has been praised for his excellent attacking positioning and clinical finishing abilities. He's scored several hat-tricks and super hat-tricks in all clubs he played with. Hamadallah is also known for his composure, dribbling and excellent ball control. He is also capable of providing assists for his teammates. He is able to use both feet, despite being naturally right footed. Besides, he is known to be a power header. He has been dubbed the "Arabian Suarez", referring to his similarities to Luis Suárez.[30]

Career statistics
As of 3 October 2020[31]
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Olympic Safi 2010–11 Botola 9010––100
2011–12 Botola 281520––3015
2012–13 Botola 181532––2117
Total 55306200006132
Aalesund 2013 Tippeligaen 271534––3019
Total 27153400003019
Guangzhou R&F 2014 Chinese Super League 222210––2322
2015 Chinese Super League 1030061–164
Total 32251061003926
El Jaish 2015–16 Qatar Stars League 23212285–3328
2016–17 Qatar Stars League 002100–21
Total 23214385003529
Al-Rayyan 2017–18 Qatar Stars League 20185753–3028
Al-Nassr 2018–19 Saudi Pro League 263451454103449
2019–20 Saudi Pro League 27294577113742
Total 53639191211217694
Career total 2101722835312021271228

International
Source:[32]
Morocco
YearAppsGoals
201220
201331
201455
201540
201950
Total146

International goals
Scores and results list Morocco's goal tally first.[32]
NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.8 June 2013Stade de Marrakech, Marrakesh, Morocco Tanzania1–02–12014 FIFA World Cup qualification
2.9 October 2014Stade Ibn Batouta, Tangier, Morocco Central African Republic1–04–0Friendly
3.2–0
4.4–0
5.13 November 2014Stade Adrar, Agadir, Morocco Benin2–06–1Friendly
6.5–1

Honours

Club

El Jaish

Al-Nassr

Individual

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