Mohammed Abdellaoue

Mohammed Abdellaoue

Personal information
Full name	Mohammed Abdellaoue
Date of birth	23 October 1985 (1985-10-23) (age 26)
Place of birth	Oslo, Norway
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Forward
Club information
Current club	Hannover 96
Number	25
Youth career
1997–2000	Hasle-Løren
2001–2003	Skeid
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2003–2007	Skeid	86	(40)
2008–2010	Vålerenga	67	(30)
2010–	Hannover 96	36	(18)
National team‡
2003–2004	Norway U-18	6	(3)
2004	Norway U-19	1	(0)
2005	Norway U-21	1	(0)
2008–	Norway	18	(5)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 August 2011. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20:15, 12 November 2011 (UTC)

Mohammed "Moa" Abdellaoue (born 23 October 1985 in Oslo) is a Norwegian footballer of Moroccan descent who currently plays as a forward for Hannover 96 and the Norwegian national team. His younger brother is Vålerenga (currently on loan to Tromsø IL) striker Mostafa Abdellaoue, known as "Mos".

Career

Club career

Early career

As a youth player, Abdellaoue was at Hasle-Løren and Skeid. Before joining Skeid's first team squad in 2003 he had to have corrective surgery to his left foot due to the fact he was born with only four toes, something which was never a hindrance before top flight football. He made his debut on 9 June 2003, when he came on as a substitute against Hødd. In his fourth game of the season, he scored his first two goals in a 2–1 win over Raufoss. Abdellaoue scored a total of 42 league goals for Skeid in five seasons, and was their top scorer in 2004 and 2007. He appeared once for the Norwegian under-21 team, six times for the under-18 team and once for under-19 team.^[1]

Vålerenga

At the end of the 2007 season, he signed a three-year contract with Vålerenga, transferring to his new club on 15 November. During his first season, he became the club's top goalscorer in the league with nine goals in 23 appearances, including a hat-trick of penalties in one game, earning him his debut for the Norwegian national football team against the Republic of Ireland. Abdellaoue also scored six goals in the 2008 Norwegian Cup, including two goals in the final itself, in which Vålerenga defeated Stabæk 4–1 to become Norwegian cup champions.

Hannover

On 17 August 2010, Vålerenga and Hannover 96 reported on their official websites that Abdellaoue would be joining the Bundesliga club on a four year contract, and it was reported that the transfer fee was around €1.2–1.4 million. He made his Bundesliga debut in a 2–1 home win against Eintracht Frankfurt on 21 August 2010, and he scored his first Bundesliga goal on 28 August 2010 against Schalke 04 in a 2–1 away win. The following match against Bayer Leverkusen he scored his first goal at home as Hannover 96 failed to secure a safe win having gone 2–0 up.^[2][3] And in the next match he scored his third goal of the season in a 4–1 home win – making it the end result. And then in the next game against Kaiserslautern he also scored the only goal of the match. He scored a total of 10 goal in his first season for the German side. In his second Bundesliga season, "Moa" notched up seven goals in seven games. His consistent performances attracted interest from bigger clubs, most notably Bayern Munich.

In the opening match of the 2011–12 Bundesliga season, he scored a goal against 1899 Hoffenheim at the 30th minute. He scored his first hat-trick in the Hannover jersey versus Werder Bremen on 2nd October in a game they won 3-2.

International career

He made his debut for the Norwegian national team on 20 August 2008, in a friendly against Ireland. His first goal came in his seventh match; a UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying match against Iceland. As of November 2011, he has been capped 18 times for Norway, scoring five goals.^[4]

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	3 September 2010	Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík	Iceland	1–2	Win	Euro 2012 Qualifier
2	12 October 2010	Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb	Croatia	2–1	Loss	Friendly
3	10 August 2011	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo	Czech Republic	3–0	Win	Friendly
4
5	2 September 2011	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo	Iceland	1–0	Win	Euro 2012 Qualifier

Source: ^[4]

Career statistics

As of 20 November 2011

Season	Club	Division	League			Cup			Europe			Total
			Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists
2003	Skeid	Adeccoligaen	6	5	-	2	0	-	—			8	5	-
2004		Adeccoligaen	22	11	-	0	0	0	—			22	11	-
2005		Adeccoligaen	20	5	-	0	0	0	—			20	5	-
2006		Second Division	18	10	-	1	0	-	—			19	10	-
2007		Adeccoligaen	20	9	-	2	2	-	—			22	11	-
Skeid Total			86	40	-	5	2	-	—			91	42	-
2008	Vålerenga	Tippeligaen	23	9	1	6	7	3	0	0	0	29	16	4
2009		Tippeligaen	24	6	3	3	3	1	2	0	0	29	9	4
2010		Tippeligaen	20	15	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	21	16	5
Vålerenga Total			67	30	9	10	11	4	2	0	0	79	41	13
2010–11	Hannover 96	Fußball-Bundesliga	26	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	10	1
2011–12		Fußball-Bundesliga	10	8	0	2	2	2	6	2	2	18	12	4
Hannover 96 Total			36	18	1	2	2	2	6	2	2	44	22	5
Career Total			189	88	10	17	15	6	8	2	2	213	105	18

Honours

Vålerenga

• Norwegian Cup: 2008

References

1. ^ "Mohammed Abdellaoue – national team appearances" (in Norwegian). Football Association of Norway. http://www.fotball.no/histstat.ASP?WCI=wiPerson&personid=2531473. Retrieved 10 January 2009. ^{[dead link]}
2. ^ ""Moa"-Transfer perfekt" (in German). Hanover 96. 18 August 2010. http://www.hannover96.de/CDA/aktuelles/news/detailansicht.html?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=50042&cHash=d1636ec9c8. Retrieved 29 October 2010. 
3. ^ "Moa til Bundesliga" (in Norwegian). vif-fotball.no. 17 August 2010. http://www.vif-fotball.no/article2963949.ece. Retrieved 29 October 2010. 
4. ^ ^{a b} Søfting, Thomas. "Mohammed Abdellaoue". home.no/greenriver. http://www.home.no/greenriver/players/moa.html. Retrieved 12 November 2011. 

External links

• Mohammed Abdellaoue at fussballdaten.de (German)

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Name	Abdellaoue, Mohammed
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Date of birth	23 October 1985
Place of birth	Oslo, Norway
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