Adnan Ahmed

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Adnan Ahmed
Personal information
Full name Adnan Farooq Ahmed
Date of birth 7 June 1984 (1984-06-07) (age 24)
Place of birth    Burnley, England
Height 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current club Mansfield Town
(on loan from Tranmere Rovers]
Number 14
Youth clubs
Bury FC
Manchester United Academy
Huddersfield Town
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
2004-2007
2007-
2008		 Huddersfield Town
Tranmere Rovers
→ Mansfield Town (loan)		 42 (1)
06 (0)
05 (1)   
National team2
2007-present Pakistan 08 (2)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 4 December 2008.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 7 June 2008.
* Appearances (Goals)

Adnan Farooq Ahmed (Urdu: عدنان فاروق أحمد) (born 7 June 1984 in Burnley, England) is a professional footballer who is currently playing for Mansfield Town, on loan from Tranmere Rovers. Ahmed is a British Asian of Pakistani descent. Because of his Pakistani parentage he was eligible to represent either England or Pakistan, at an international level, and eventually chose Pakistan.

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Huddersfield Town

Initially part of Bury youth academy, as well as a 2 year stint at Manchester United Academy afterwards, Adnan chose to join Huddersfield Town where he turned professional.

Despite making a few appearances for the club in league and cup competitions since turning professional, Ahmed's career has been hampered by persistent injury troubles.

Ahmed has the unfortunate distinction of being the very first player to be sent off at the Keepmoat Stadium, the new home of Doncaster Rovers. He was shown the red card for a two footed challenge on Rovers' Mark McCammon, the scorer of the very first goal in the stadium during Huddersfield's 3-0 defeat on 1 January 2007.

In January 2007, Ahmed went to Lincoln City, who had shown an interest in him, on a one week trial with Huddersfield manager Peter Jackson saying "It will be a good experience for him and will hopefully make him appreciate what he's got here".[1] However, no deal was done between the clubs and as a result the player returned to Huddersfield.

On May 9, 2007, he was released from the club.

Tranmere Rovers

On 25 May, it was announced that Adnan had joined Tranmere Rovers side on a free transfer, becoming manager Ronnie Moore's first summer signing of 2007. [2][3]. He made his debut coming on as a substitute in the 2nd half at home in a 1-1 draw with Yeovil Town on 1 September 2007. However, competition for places in midfield saw him make just five further appearances during his debut season with the club.

Because of lack any real first team opportunities, Adnan went on loan to Blue Square Premier side Mansfield Town at the end of October 2008, making his first team debut in a 2-0 defeat away to Torquay United on 1 November 2008.

Pakistan

Adnan Ahmed received his first formal call up to the Pakistan national football team squad for their World Cup 2010 prelimenaries against Iraq on 22 October 2007 in Lahore, where he made his debut in a hefty 7-0 loss, and 28 October 2007 for the return leg in Aleppo, Syria[4] [5] which surprisingly finished goal-less between the two sides, although Iraq went through the next round on aggregate scores. Adnan scored his first goal for Pakistan in a humiliating 7-1 loss against Sri Lanka in the 2008 AFC Challenge Cup qualifiers. Adnan took part in the 2008 SAFF Cup where he scored a goal against arch-rivals India in a disappointing 2-1 loss and ended Pakistan's chances of going past the group stage.

International goals

Scores and results list Pakistan's goal tally first.
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 4 April 2008 Taipei, Taiwan  Sri Lanka 1-3 1-7 2008 AFC Challenge Cup qualification
2. 17 June 2008 Malé, Maldives  India 1-2 1-2 SAFF Championship 2008


References

  1. ^ "Ahmed training with Lincoln", TeamTalk, January 2007
  2. ^ "Rovers Sign Midfielder"
  3. ^ "Adnan signs for Tranmere"
  4. ^ "Burnley's Ahmed gets Pakistan call-up"
  5. ^ "International call for Adnan"

External links

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Mansfield Town F.C. – current squad

1 Gamble • 2 Silk • 4 D'Laryea • 5 Moses • 6 O'Hare • 7 Arnold • 8 Somner • 9 Stallard • 10 Lee • 11 Blackwood • 12 Wood • 13 White • 14 Ahmed • 15 Chanot • 16 Goward • 17 McGhee • 18 Hurren • 20 Jeannin • 21 O'Connor • 22 Burrell • 23 Trimmer • 25 Herriott • 28 Sinclair • 29 Wedgbury • 31 Langford • 32 Kitchen • Manager: McEwan
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