Ahmad Sharbini (Arabic: أحمد الشربيني; born 21 February 1984) is a Croatian football former professional player who is playing as a striker, and working as a sporting director for OŠK Omišalj.
 Sharbini with Hajduk Split in 2010 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 21 February 1984 | ||
| Place of birth | Rijeka, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | OŠK Omišalj | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2003–2007 | Rijeka | 86 | (39) |
| 2007 | Al-Wahda | 7 | (3) |
| 2008 | Luzern | 3 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | Rijeka | 31 | (15) |
| 2009–2012 | Hajduk Split | 37 | (5) |
| 2012 | Istra 1961 | 6 | (0) |
| 2013 | Al-Wehda | 10 | (3) |
| 2013 | Jedinstvo Bihać | 3 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | Rječina | 9 | (6) |
| 2016–2017 | Grobničan | 31 | (7) |
| 2020– | OŠK Omišalj | 69 | (58) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2000–2001 | Croatia U17 | 5 | (0) |
| 2002 | Croatia U18 | 1 | (0) |
| 2001–2002 | Croatia U19 | 6 | (0) |
| 2004 | Croatia U20 | 4 | (7) |
| 2004–2006 | Croatia U21 | 8 | (1) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2023-9-14 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2006-08-15 | |||
Club career
editAhmad Sharbini began his professional career with HNK Rijeka in the Croatian Prva HNL in January 2003, when he signed his first professional contract.[1] In the first four seasons with the club, he scored 39 league goals and 9 cup goals. With 21 goals to his account, he was the club's leading goalscorer in the 2006–07 season. He was also the league's second top goalscorer behind Eduardo da Silva. In late 2007 and early 2008, he had stints with Al-Wahda FC (Abu Dhabi) and FC Luzern.[2] In mid-2008, Sharbini returned to Rijeka, and in the 2008–09 season, with 17 goals in all competitions, he was the club's joint top goalscorer with his brother Anas Sharbini.
After the first league match in the new season, on 13 August 2009, he signed for Hajduk Split with his brother Anas.[3] During his three years with Hajduk, Ahmad scored only 5 goals and most of the time struggled to make the starting line-up. Following his departure from Hajduk, he had three short stints in late 2012 and 2013, with NK Istra 1961, Al-Wehda Club (Mecca) and NK Jedinstvo Bihać, respectively.
Following an 18-month break, since August 2015, Ahmad has been playing for NK Rječina in Croatia's fifth tier. Since mid-2014, he has also been serving as the club's chairman,[4] and in 2016, the coach.[5] Since 2016, and at the same time, he also played for NK Grobničan.[6][7]
In 2020, Sharbini returned to football, joining OSK Omišalj,[8] where he would take the position of sports director mid-2022 as well.[9]
International career
editSharbini played in the 2001 FIFA U-17 World Championship in Trinidad and Tobago.[10] He also played for Croatia national under-21 football team. He was capped last on 15 August 2006, against Italy national under-21 football team.
Career statistics
edit| Season | Club | League | League | Cup | Continental | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| 2003–04 | Rijeka | Prva HNL | 18 | 3 | 5 | 3 | – | 23 | 6 | |
| 2004–05 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 1 | ||
| 2005–06 | 28 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 16 | ||
| 2006–07 | 27 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 25 | ||
| 2007 | Al-Wahda | UAE Football League | 7 | 3 | – | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | |
| 2008 | Luzern | Swiss Super League | 3 | 0 | – | – | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2008–09 | Rijeka | Prva HNL | 30 | 12 | 3 | 5 | – | 33 | 17 | |
| 2009 | 1 | 3 | – | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | |||
| 2009–10 | Hajduk Split | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 10 | 0 | ||
| 2010–11 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | 14 | 2 | |||
| 2011–12 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 3 | ||
| 2012 | Istra 1961 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 7 | 0 | ||
| 2013 | Al-Wehda | Saudi First Division | 10 | 3 | – | – | 10 | 3 | ||
| 2013 | Jedinstvo Bihać | First Div of FBiH | 3 | 0 | – | – | 3 | 0 | ||
| Rijeka total | 117 | 54 | 24 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 148 | 70 | ||
| Hajduk total | 37 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 44 | 5 | ||
| Career total | 183 | 65 | 30 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 224 | 81 | ||
| Last Update: 31 December 2013. | ||||||||||
Personal life
editSharbini is the older brother of fellow retired footballer Anas Sharbini. He is of Albanian,[11][12] Croatian and Palestinian descent. He was born in Rijeka to a local Albanian Croatian mother and Palestinian father, Jamal Al-Sharbini, who is from Damascus, Syria.[13]
Achievements
editAhmad Sharbini is HNK Rijeka's leading goalscorer in the Croatian First Football League and the Croatian Football Cup with 54 and 14 goals to his account, respectively.
Brothers Ahmad and Anas Sharbini are the only siblings to have scored a hat-trick each in a single match in top-tier European football leagues.[14] In the first round fixture of the 2009–10 Croatian First Football League season against NK Lokomotiva, the brothers took turns. Ahmad opened the scoring after four minutes, Anas doubled the lead in the 27th minute and Ahmad made it 3–0 in the 35th minute. In the second half Anas converted a penalty in 51st minute, Ahmad completed his hat-trick in the 68th minute and two minutes later Anas scored his third goal.[15]
Honours
edit- HNK Rijeka
- HNK Hajduk Split
- Grobničan
- Records
- Most goals for HNK Rijeka in all official matches since 1974–75: 70 goals
- Most goals for HNK Rijeka in Croatian First Football League: 54 goals
- Most goals for HNK Rijeka in Croatian Football Cup: 14 goals
- Most goals for HNK Rijeka in Adriatic derby: 7 goals
- Most goals for HNK Rijeka in one season in Croatian First Football League: 21 goals (shared with Andrej Kramarić)
- Most goals for HNK Rijeka scored against single opposition: 9 goals
- Most braces for HNK Rijeka: 10 (including hat-tricks)
- Most hat-tricks for HNK Rijeka: 4
- Second all-time league goalscorer for HNK Rijeka: 54 goals
References
edit- ^ "Statistika – Ahmad Sharbini". 1HNL.net. Archived from the original on 4 October 2011. Retrieved 22 November 2008.
- ^ "Stats Centre – Ahmad Sharbini". Guardian.co.uk. Archived from the original on 11 March 2012. Retrieved 22 November 2008.
- ^ "VIDEO: Braća Sharbini potpisali za Hajduk". Gol.hr (in Croatian). 13 August 2009. Retrieved 13 August 2009.
- ^ Večernji List
- ^ Ahmad Sharbini: Igrač, predsjednik, trener… Možda i načelnik, tko zna? at Novi List
- ^ "Ahmad Sharbini postao igrač Grobničana". SportCom.hr. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
- ^ Ahmad Sharbini: Igrač, predsjednik, trener… Možda i načelnik, tko zna? at Novi List
- ^ VIDEO Ahmad i Anas Sharbini danas u Omišlju uživaju u nogometu. Popričali smo s njima at Novi List
- ^ Ahmad Sharbini: Ništa se utakmicom na Viškovu neće riješiti u prvenstvu at Sportcom.hr
- ^ Ahmad Sharbini – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ "Shqipëria sinonim i Brazilit në Evropë (Foto)". Archived from the original on 12 November 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
- ^ "Shqiptarët, brazilianët e Europës" (in Albanian). Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
- ^ "Sharbini Brothers Reject Offer from Palestinian Team". 24 Sata. 10 July 2007. Archived from the original on 8 January 2008. Retrieved 10 April 2009.
- ^ "Has any team ever used more than Blackpool's 51 players in a season?". The Guardian. 25 March 2015. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
- ^ "Rijeka-Lokomotiva 6:0". HRnogomet.com. 26 July 2009. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
External links
edit- Ahmad Sharbini at Soccerway.com
- Ahmad Sharbini at WorldFootball.net
- Ahmad Sharbini at kicker (in German)
- Ahmad Sharbini at FBref.com
- Ahmad Sharbini at the Croatian Football Federation
- Ahmad Sharbini at Croatian Football Statistics (archived) (in Croatian)
- Ahmad Sharbini at the Croatian Football Federation Semafor site