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Haitam Aleesami
Aleesami with FC Rostov in 2021
Personal information
Full name Haitam Glimt Aleesami[1]
Date of birth (1991-07-31) 31 July 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth Oslo, Norway
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Position(s) Left-back
Team information
Current team
 Bodø/Glimt
Number 5
Youth career
–2007 Nordstrand
2008 Holmlia
2009–2010 Skeid
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2012 Skeid
2012–2014 Fredrikstad 68 (5)
2015–2016 IFK Göteborg 45 (2)
2016–2019 Palermo 90 (1)
2019–2020 Amiens 22 (1)
2020–2021 Rostov 13 (0)
2021–2023 Apollon Limassol 36 (0)
2024–2025 KFUM Oslo 25 (1)
2025– Bodø/Glimt 2 (0)
International career‡
2015–2020 Norway 31 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 April 2025
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 October 2020

Haitam Glimt Aleesami (Arabic: هيثم العصامي; born 31 July 1991) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Bodø/Glimt.

Club career

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Glimt Aleesami was born in Oslo and started playing football for Nordstrand, Holmlia and later Skeid.[3] He joined Skeid's first-team squad in 2010, playing in the Second Division, and was named "Skeid's best young player of the year" in 2011.[4]

In August 2012, he joined Fredrikstad FK to replace Benjamin Dahl Hagen who had returned to Vålerenga after a loan-spell.[5] Aleesami made his debut in Tippeligaen and assisted Tarik Elyounoussi's goal when Fredrikstad won 2–0 in the match against Tromsø on 5 August 2012.[6][7]

On 18 August 2014, he signed a four-year contract with Swedish club IFK Göteborg. He joined the club in the pre-season before the 2015 season.[8]

On 8 August 2016, he signed with Palermo.[9]

On 17 October 2020, he joined Russian Premier League club FC Rostov.[10] He left Rostov on 19 May 2021.[11]

On 16 August 2021, he signed a two-year contract with Apollon Limassol in Cyprus.[12]

After half a season without a club, Aleesami signed with newly promoted Eliteserien side KFUM Oslo in December 2023.[13]

On 15 March 2025, Aleesami signed a two-year contract with Bodø/Glimt.[14]

Personal life

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Haitam's younger brother Ayoub Aleesami also plays football. While Ayoub and Haitam have similar appearances, the latter is vastly more known due to him playing internationally, thus Ayoub is often confused for Haitam in the street.[15]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of 5 April 2025[1][3]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup [a] League cup[b] Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Skeid 2012 2. divisjon 13 2 2 0 — — — 15 2
Fredrikstad 2012 Eliteserien 13 0 — — — — 13 0
2013 1. divisjon 30 4 1 0 — — — 31 4
2014 25 1 2 0 — — 1[c] 0 28 1
Total 68 5 3 0 — — 1 0 72 5
IFK Göteborg 2015 Allsvenskan 30 2 5 0 — 4[d] 1 1[e] 0 40 3
2016 15 0 3 0 — 5[d] 0 — 23 0
Total 45 2 8 0 — 9 1 1 0 63 3
Palermo 2016–17 Serie A 31 1 2 0 — — — 33 1
2017–18 Serie B 30 0 2 1 — — — 32 1
2018–19 29 0 0 0 — — — 29 0
Total 90 1 4 1 — — — 94 2
Amiens 2019–20 Ligue 1 22 1 1 0 2 0 — — 25 1
Rostov 2020–21 Russian Premier League 13 0 1 0 — 0 0 — 14 0
Apollon Limassol 2021–22 Cypriot First Division 20 0 1 1 — — — 21 1
2022–23 16 0 1 0 — 4[f] 0 0 0 21 0
Total 36 0 2 1 — 4 0 0 0 38 1
KFUM Oslo 2024 Eliteserien 25 1 3 1 — — — 28 2
Bodø/Glimt 2025 2 0 1 0 — 0 0 0 0 3 0
Career total 314 12 25 3 2 0 13 1 2 0 356 16
  1. ^ Includes Norwegian Cup, Svenska Cupen, Coppa Italia, Coupe de France, Russian Cup, Cypriot Cup
  2. ^ Includes Coupe de la Ligue
  3. ^ Appearance in Norwegian First Division promotional play-offs
  4. ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  5. ^ Appearance in Svenska Supercupen
  6. ^ Appearances in UEFA Conference League

International

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As of 11 October 2020[16]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Norway 2015 3 0
2016 9 0
2017 4 0
2018 3 0
2019 9 0
2020 3 0
Total 31 0

Honours

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IFK Göteborg

References

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  1. ^ a b Haitam Aleesami at Soccerway
  2. ^ Prima squadra. Haitam Aleesami palermocalcio.it [permanent dead link‍]
  3. ^ a b Haitam Aleesami at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
  4. ^ "Haitam Aleesami" (in Norwegian). Fredrikstad FK. Archived from the original on 19 January 2015. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
  5. ^ "– Et kapteinsemne". Fredriksstad Blad (in Norwegian). 31 July 2012. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
  6. ^ "FFK tok tre poeng i kampen om fornyet kontrakt". Verdens Gang (in Norwegian). 5 August 2012. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
  7. ^ "Debutantenes aften". Fredriksstad Blad (in Norwegian). 5 August 2012. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
  8. ^ "Aleesami ersätter Augustinsson" (in Swedish). IFK Göteborg. 18 August 2014. Archived from the original on 29 October 2014. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  9. ^ "Official: Palermo sign Aleesami - Football Italia". 8 August 2016.
  10. ^ "Хайтам Алеесами — игрок "Ростова"" (in Russian). FC Rostov. 17 October 2020. Archived from the original on 17 October 2020. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  11. ^ "ХАЙТАМ АЛЕЕСАМИ ПОКИДАЕТ ФК "РОСТОВ"" (in Russian). FC Rostov. 19 May 2021.
  12. ^ "ΚΑΤΑΡΧΗΝ ΣΥΜΦΩΝΙΑ ΜΕ ΤΟΝ ΧΑΪΤΑΜ ΑΛΕΣΑΜΙ" (in Greek). Apollon Limassol FC. 16 August 2021.
  13. ^ "Bekreftet: Tidligere landslagsspiller er klar for KFUM" (in Norwegian). NRK. 22 December 2023. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
  14. ^ "Aleesami klar for Glimt" (in Norwegian). VG. 15 March 2025. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
  15. ^ Henriksen, Vidar (24 September 2020). "– Jeg blir gjerne forvekslet med min bror!". Fredriksstad Blad (in Norwegian). Retrieved 8 November 2024.
  16. ^ "Haitam Aleesami". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
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