Haidar Al-Shaïbani

Canadian soccer player and coach
Haidar Al-Shaïbani
Personal information
Date of birth (1984-03-31) March 31, 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth Sétif, Algeria
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Saint-Étienne
(video analyst & goalkeeper coach)
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2007 Western
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2005 London City 40 (0)
2006–2007 North York Astros 25 (0)
2009–2013 Nîmes 25 (0)
2012–2013 Nîmes II 4 (0)
2013–2017 Le Puy 73 (0)
Total 167 (0)
International career
2007–2008 Canada Universiade 12 (0)
2010 Canada 1 (0)
Managerial career
2015–2017 Le Puy (staff)
2017– Saint-Étienne (video analyst)
2017– Saint-Étienne (goalkeeper coach)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Haidar Al-Shaïbani (born March 31, 1984) is a Canadian soccer coach and former player who works as a video analyst and goalkeeper coach at Saint-Étienne.[1][2]

Career

Haidar Al-Shaïbani was born March 31, 1984, in Setif, Algeria.[3]

University

Al-Shaibani played University soccer at University of Western Ontario from 2004 to 2007, where he was named Ontario University Athletics first team All Star in four consecutive years (2004 to 2007). In 2007 Al-Shaibani was named OUA MVP and Canadian Inter-university Sport first team All-Canadian.

In his four years with the Mustangs, he led them to three OUA championships, and two bronze medals at CIS National Championships.

Professional

He began his professional career in 2002 with London City in the Canadian Professional Soccer League.[4][5] He featured in the 2003 Open Canada Cup final against Metro Lions, where they won the title 4–2 in a penalty shootout.[6] In 2005, he received the CPSL Goalkeeper of the Year award.[7][8] In 2006, he signed with division rivals North York Astros.[9][10] During his tenure with North York he helped clinch a postseason berth in 2007. In 2009, he went abroad to France to sign with Nîmes Olympique in Ligue 2.[11] Al-Shaïbani made his debut for Nîmes on August 25, 2009, in a Coupe de la Ligue match against Troyes.[12] He has also featured for the club in the Coupe de France.[13]

International career

Haidar represented Canada at two Summer Universiade, Bangkok 2007 and Belgrade 2009. He back stopped Canada to its best performance in history at the Universiade in men's soccer with a fourth-place finish at the 2007 Games in Bangkok, Thailand .[14]

He earned his first call up for Canada on 14 May 2010 for the friendly matches against Argentina and Venezuela on 29 May 2010.[15] He earned his first cap for Canada as a sub in the second half against Venezuela where he helped the team to a 1–1 tie.

On September 4, 2010, Coach Stephen Hart, selected Al-Shaïbani for the Friendly games in Toronto and Montreal, against Peru September 4, 2010, and Honduras September 7, 2010.

Managerial career

In 2017, he was named the video analyst and goalkeeper coach for AS Saint-Étienne in Ligue 1.[16]

Personal life

Al-Shaïbani was born in Sétif, Algeria to an Iraqi father and a Ukrainian mother.[17] His family moved to Canada in 1998.[18][19]

References

  1. ^ ASSE - Mercato : Formation, Haidar Al Shaïbani renforce les Verts‚ foot-sur7.fr, 26 October 2017
  2. ^ Al-Shaibani à Nîmes Archived 2009-08-20 at the Wayback Machine sur foot-national.com
  3. ^ "Western Mustangs - Purple Blanket Profile: Haidar Al-shaibani". Archived from the original on 2017-09-07. Retrieved 2010-05-28.
  4. ^ Rumleski, Kathy (June 28, 2002). "City Set to Travel". London Free Press.
  5. ^ "London City Soccer Club". 2003-10-29. Archived from the original on 2003-10-29. Retrieved 2018-05-10.
  6. ^ "OPEN CANADA CUP VICTORY FOR LONDON CITY". September 1, 2003. Archived from the original on November 22, 2003. Retrieved 2020-07-16.
  7. ^ Pyette, Ryan (June 2, 2006). "City looks to find ways to win at home". London Free Press.
  8. ^ "2005 CPSL season" (PDF). canadiansoccerleague.ca. October 10, 2005.
  9. ^ "Canadian Soccer League Powered by Goalline Sports Administration Software". 2009-05-06. Archived from the original on 2009-05-06. Retrieved 2017-03-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  10. ^ "Haidar Al Shaibani". www.footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 2020-07-16.
  11. ^ "Haidar AL-SHAÏBANI". www.lfp.fr (in French). Retrieved 2017-03-07.
  12. ^ http://www.lfp.fr/joueur/detail_tempsJeu.asp?no_joueur=130873&code_evt=CL[permanent dead link]
  13. ^ http://www.lfp.fr/joueur/detail_tempsJeu.asp?no_joueur=130873&code_evt=CF[permanent dead link]
  14. ^ "Western Mustangs - Haidar Al-Shaibani earns roster spot with national men's soccer team". Archived from the original on 2017-09-07. Retrieved 2010-05-28.
  15. ^ Canada announces rosters for South American trip Archived 2010-09-24 at the Wayback Machine
  16. ^ France, Centre (2017-10-26). "Football / National 2 - Le Ponot Haidar Al Shaibani signe à l'ASSE". www.leveil.fr. Retrieved 2020-07-16.
  17. ^ Red Nation Speaks to Haidar Al-Shaibani Archived May 26, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  18. ^ "CANOE -- SLAM! Sports: Canada - Al-Shaibani a brick wall in City goal". slam.canoe.ca. Archived from the original on 21 July 2012. Retrieved 22 May 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  19. ^ "Little-known 'keeper Haidar Al-Shaibani product of Canadian soccer search | GuelphMercury.com". GuelphMercury.com. 2010-09-03. Retrieved 2017-03-12.

External links

  • Haidar Al-Shaïbani – French league stats at LFP – also available in French (archived)
  • Haidar Al-Shaïbani at Soccerway
  • Haidar Al-Shaïbani at the Canadian Soccer Association
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Canada squad – 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup
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