| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | December 28, 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Södertälje, Sweden | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1996–1997 | Syrianska FC | 27 | (4) |
| 1998–2008 | Hammarby IF | 167 | (1) |
| 2000 | → Syrianska FC (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2009–2014 | Syrianska FC | 65 | (1) |
| National team | |||
| 2008 | Sweden | 1 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 March 2014 | |||
Suleyman Sleyman (born December 28, 1979) is a Swedish-Aramean[1] former football defender who last played for Syrianska FC.[2] With a degree in economics from the Stockholm School of Economics, he works part-time as an auditor for Ernst & Young.[3]
Sleyman joined Hammarby in 1998.[4] He signed for a continuation with Hammarby IF in September 2007, which expired at the end of the 2008 season.[5] He scored his first goal for Hammarby in August 2008, after almost ten years in the club, in the derby where Hammarby faced AIK, 2–2.[6]
He left Hammarby at contract's end and on 26 February 2009, he returned to Syrianska FC.[7] On March 5, 2014, Sleyman officially announced his retirement.[8]
Sleyman belongs to the Assyrian/Syriac community, and declares as Syriac (Swedish: syrian).[9]
Honours
Hammarby
- Allsvenskan (1): 2001
References
- ^ http://www.voetbalbelgie.be/nl/article.php?id=18781
- ^ http://www.voetbalbelgie.be/nl/article.php?id=18781
- ^ Veckans Affärer Archived 2008-10-08 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ http://www.svd.se/nyheter/inrikes/suleyman-sleyman_51810.svd
- ^ SvenskaFans.com
- ^ SvenskaFans.com
- ^ ""Sulan" klar för Syrianska" (in Swedish). Syrianskafc.com. 2009-02-26. Retrieved 2009-02-26.
- ^ http://www.folkbladet.se/sport/default.aspx?articleid=6788103 Sleyman slutar
- ^ "Sleyman". SVD.
External links
- Suleyman Sleyman at SvFF (in Swedish)