Aimar Hazar Sher (born 20 December 2002) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club Spezia.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Aimar Hazar Sher | ||
| Date of birth | (2002-12-20) 20 December 2002 (age 19) | ||
| Place of birth | Kirkuk, Iraq | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Spezia | ||
| Number | 31 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Mälarhöjdens IK | |||
| Enskede IK | |||
| 2014–2019 | Hammarby IF | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019–2021 | Hammarby IF | 32 | (1) |
| 2020 | → IK Frej (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2021– | Spezia | 1 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2018 | Sweden U17 | 2 | (1) |
| 2019–2020 | Sweden U19 | 3 | (0) |
| 2021– | Sweden U21 | 1 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 December 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 September 2021 | |||
Sher was born in Iraq, but moved to Sweden at age four together with his family.[2]
He grew up in Stockholm and started to play football as a youngster with local clubs Mälarhöjdens IK and Enskede IK, before joining the academy of Hammarby IF in 2014.[3] Sher was part of the Hammarby side that won the U17's Swedish championship in 2019.[4]
On 21 August 2019, Sher made his competitive debut for Hammarby IF in a 3–1 away win against IFK Luleå in Svenska Cupen.[5] The next month, on 25 September, Sher made his league debut for the club, coming on as a late substitute in a 3–1 away win against IK Sirius in Allsvenskan. He became Hammarby's youngest Allsvenskan debutant so far at age 16 and nine months, surpassing the former record holder Isac Lidberg.[6] Sher signed his first professional contract with Hammarby on 20 November 2019.[4]
On 5 August 2020, Sher signed a new two-year contract with Hammarby after establishing himself in the first-team squad.[7] He scored his first competitive goal for the club on 1 November the same year, a stoppage-time equaliser in a 1–1 home draw against BK Häcken.[8] In his full debut season, Sher played 21 games, although the side disappointedly finished 8th in the table.[9]
On 30 May 2021, Sher won the 2020–21 Svenska Cupen with Hammarby IF, through a 5–4 win on penalties (0–0 after full-time) against BK Häcken in the final, where he scored his attempt.[10][11]
On 19 August 2021, Sher transferred to Spezia in the Serie A, for a reported fee of around €1,5 million, signing a five-year contract.[12][13][14] On 3 October, he made his competitive debut for the club in a 0–4 home loss against Hellas Verona.[15]
Sher scored in his debut for the Swedish U17 national team in a 1–2 friendly loss against Denmark on 18 April 2018.[16]
On 7 September 2021, Sher made his debut for the Swedish U21 national team, coming on as a substitute in a 1–1 away draw against Bosnia and Herzegovina, in the qualification to the 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship.[17]
His first name is an homage to the Argentinian former football player Pablo Aimar.[2]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Hammarby IF | 2019 | Allsvenskan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |
| 2020 | Allsvenskan | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1 | |
| 2021 | Allsvenskan | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Total | 32 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 37 | 1 | ||
| IK Frej (loan) | 2020 | Ettan | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 7 | 0 | |
| Career total | 38 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 43 | 1 | ||
Hammarby IF
Spezia Calcio – current squad | |
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