![]() Hamad playing for Malmö FF in 2013
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Jiloan Mohamed Hamad | ||
Date of birth | 6 November 1990 | ||
Place of birth | Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union | ||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
Playing position | Winger | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Hammarby IF | ||
Number | 90 | ||
Youth career | |||
BK Forward | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2006–2007 | BK Forward | 23 | (8) |
2008–2013 | Malmö FF | 127 | (22) |
2014–2017 | 1899 Hoffenheim | 15 | (1) |
2014–2017 | → 1899 Hoffenheim II | 6 | (0) |
2015 | → Standard Liège (loan) | 6 | (1) |
2017– | Hammarby IF | 6 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2006–2007 | Sweden U17 | 9 | (4) |
2007–2009 | Sweden U19 | 17 | (2) |
2009–2012 | Sweden U21 | 28 | (3) |
2011–2013 | Sweden | 6 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 April 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 26 January 2013 |
Jiloan Hamad (born 6 November 1990) is a Swedish footballer who plays as a winger for Hammarby IF in Allsvenskan.
Hamad was born in Azerbaijan, and is of Kurdish descent. His family originates from Ranya, Iraqi Kurdistan. They were seeking refugee status in both Turkmenistan and Russia before settling in Sweden in 1992, when Jiloan was two years hold. Mohammed Hamad, Jiloan's father, was a guerrilla warrior for the Kurdish peshmerga for 15 years before fleeing Iraq together with his wife and children.
Jiloan Hamad started his footballing career at the local club BK Forward in Örebro, where he grew up. He debuted in the senior team in 2006, aged 16, when the club competed in the Swedish third tier called Division 1. During the upcoming two seasons, he played 23 competitive games for the club, scoring 8 goals. During this period, he enjoyed a fruitful partnership with Jimmy Durmaz, his childhood friend who later would move on to play with him at Malmö FF. Before switching to the Scanian team he was refused by the local giants Örebro SK, with the club citing that Hamad "was to short".
Hamad came to Malmö FF from BK Forward in December 2007. He made his Allsvenskan debut on 17 September 2008 in a 0–4-loss against IF Elfsborg. After only having played one match for the club in 2008, Hamad had a breakthrough in 2009 when he played 20 matches and scored two goals. In 2010, he battled with teammate Jimmy Durmaz for the position as left midfielder. Hamad ended up playing 27 games although only starting in 10, the majority of which were played as right midfielder. In the final game of 2010, he scored the game-winning goal against Mjällby AIF that secured the title, the day after his 20th birthday.