 Hamad withHammarby IF in 2018 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jiloan Mohammed Hamad Amin Alla Werdi[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1990-11-06)6 November 1990 (age 35) | ||
| Place of birth | Baku,Azerbaijan SSR,Soviet Union[1] | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Position | Winger | ||
| Youth career | |||
| BK Forward | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007 | BK Forward | 23 | (8) |
| 2008–2013 | Malmö FF | 126 | (22) |
| 2013–2017 | 1899 Hoffenheim | 15 | (1) |
| 2014–2017 | →1899 Hoffenheim II | 6 | (0) |
| 2015 | →Standard Liège (loan) | 6 | (1) |
| 2017–2018 | Hammarby IF | 54 | (15) |
| 2019 | Incheon United | 11 | (1) |
| 2019–2021 | Gorica | 52 | (6) |
| 2021–2022 | Örebro SK | 41 | (6) |
| 2023 | Al-Kholood | 5 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | Uthai Thani | 23 | (6) |
| 2024 | Lee Man | 6 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2006–2007 | Sweden U17 | 9 | (4) |
| 2007–2009 | Sweden U19 | 17 | (2) |
| 2009–2012 | Sweden U21 | 28 | (3) |
| 2011–2018 | Sweden | 8 | (0) |
| 2019 | Iraq | 1 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 8 January 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 10 October 2019 | |||
Jiloan Mohammed Hamad Amin Alla Werdi (Arabic:جِيلْوَان مُحَمَّد حَمَد أَمِين عَلَاء وَرْدِيّ; born 6 November 1990), simply known asJiloan Hamad, is a professionalfootballer who plays as awinger.[2] Born inSoviet Azerbaijan and ofIraqi descent, Hamad moved toSweden and represented theirnational team beforeswitching to representIraq.
Hamad was born in Azerbaijan, and is ofKurdish descent.[3] His family originates fromRanya,Iraqi Kurdistan.[4][5] They sought refugee status in both Turkmenistan and Russia before settling in Sweden in 1992, when Jiloan was two years old.[6] Mohammed Hamad, Jiloan's father, was aguerrilla warrior in the Kurdishpeshmerga for 15 years before fleeing Iraq together with his wife and children.[7]
Having joined their youth setup aged 14–15,[6] Hamad started his footballing career at the local clubBK Forward inÖrebro. He debuted in the senior team in 2006, aged 16, when the club competed in the Swedish third tier calledDivision 1.[8] During the upcoming two seasons, he played 23 competitive games for the club, scoring 8 goals. During this period, he enjoyed a fruitful partnership withJimmy Durmaz, his childhood friend who later would move on to play with him atMalmö FF.[9] Before switching to theScanian team he was refused by the local clubÖrebro SK, with the club citing that Hamad "was too short".[8]
Hamad came toMalmö FF from BK Forward in December 2007.[10] He made hisAllsvenskan debut on 17 September 2008 in a 0–4-loss againstIF Elfsborg. After only having played one match for the club in 2008, Hamad had a breakthrough in 2009 when he played 20 matches and scored two goals. In 2010, he battled with teammateJimmy Durmaz for the position as left midfielder. Hamad ended up playing 27 games although only starting in 10, the majority of which were played as right midfielder. In the final game of 2010, he scored the game-winning goal againstMjällby AIF that secured the title, the day after his 20th birthday.
Hamad started the2011 season with injury problems and missed the start of the season. He recovered and became the natural choice for playing right midfielder after team-mateGuillermo Molins was sold in the summer transfer window of 2011. Hamad also participated in the club's campaign to qualify for the2011–12 UEFA Champions League and scored the goal that took the club through to the play-off round after equalizing at home againstRangers. He continued to play in Europe as the club qualified for the group stage of the2011–12 UEFA Europa League after losing in the play-off round of the Champions League. During the 2011 season Hamad signed a new contract to the end of the 2013 season.[11]
Hamad played all of Malmö FF's 30 league matches during the2012 season. He also scored six goals which was his best goal production since joining the club. Hamad was also given the captaincy for the majority of the team's matches. Former captainDaniel Andersson had stepped down to focus on coaching duties before the beginning of the season and new captainUlrich Vinzents received limited time on the pitch.
The2013 season was Hamad's first and only season as full-time captain for the club. In total he played 28 matches and scored eight goals in the league. He also played all matches for the club during the qualification stage for the2013–14 UEFA Europa League and scored two goals. Some of his goals in the early part of the season was match-deciding, on 14 April 2013 he scored the only goal of the game in the home fixture againstKalmar FF, one week later he made the same accomplishment in the away fixture againstAIK. Malmö FF secured the title one round before the competition of the league and Hamad could raiseLennart Johanssons Pokal on 3 November 2013 after a last home win againstSyrianska FC. His last match for the club was the2013 Svenska Supercupen againstIFK Göteborg which Malmö FF won 3–2. For his performances in the2013 Allsvenskan season he won midfielder of the year and was also nominated for most valuable player of the year.
On 30 October 2013,Bundesliga club1899 Hoffenheim confirmed the free transfer of Jiloan Hamad to the club with a contract until 2017.[12] The transfer went through on 1 January 2014 when the German transfer window opened. During the same spring he played 8 competitive games for his new side.
After attracting a serious injury during his loan spell atStandard Liège in 2015, he made his comeback for Hoffenheim in aBundesliga fixture againstBayer Leverkusen on 23 January 2016, in which he scored the first goal in a 1–1 draw.[13]
In late January 2015, he was loaned toBelgian first tier sideStandard Liège for the remainder of the 2014–2015 season.[14] He played 6 competitive games for the side, scoring once, before injuring his knee in late March 2015, effectively ending his season.[15]
He returned to his native country on 7 February 2017, signing a two-year deal (with an option for a further) with theStockholm-based sideHammarby IF.[16][17] Hamad scored two goals in three games as Hammarby got knocked out in the group stage of the2016–17 Svenska Cupen. On 3 April, the first match day ofAllsvenskan 2017, he contributed with an assist toRômulo's 2–1-goal in an away loss against IFK Norrköping.[18] He scored a brace for his side in a 2–1 away win againstHalmstad on 14 May.[19] Hamad scored his first home goal atTele2 Arena on 13 August 2017, from the penalty spot in a 2–2 draw againstÖstersund.[20]
On 29 January 2019, Hamad signed withIncheon United in theK League 1.[21][22] On 23 July 2019 Jiloan Hamad parted ways with Incheon by mutual consent.
On 31 January 2023, Hamad joinedSaudi First Division League sideAl-Kholood.[23]
On 8 July 2024, Hamad joinedHong Kong Premier League clubLee Man.[24]
Having been born in Azerbaijan, Hamad was able to represent bothIraq,Azerbaijan andSweden.[6]
Hamad was a member and also for some time the captain of theSweden U21 national side. On 7 September 2010, Hamad scored alast-minute goal for the 1–0 away win againstBulgaria U21 in a2011 UEFA Euro U-21 Championship qualifier. In early 2011, Hamad revealed that he had rejected an offer from Azerbaijan coachBerti Vogts to play for his country of birth.[25]
Hamad was first with the Sweden squad for the 2011 January training tour and played his first cap for Sweden during this tour.[26] His first cap for Sweden was againstBotswana on 19 January 2011. Hamad was once again selected for the annual training camp for the Sweden national team in January 2012. The squad selection for the camp traditionally features the best Swedish players in domestic and other Scandinavian leagues.[27] He was selected for the friendly against England on 14 November, but did not get any playing time, and was then again selected for the winter tour in 2013.
After a five-year absence, Hamad was called up to the Swedish squad for the training tour in January 2018. He made his return on the pitch in a 1–1 draw againstEstonia, where several pundits praised Hamad's performance and voted him as the best player on the pitch.[28][29][30]
Hamad was reported to be called up by Iraq in October 2018 though he declined to comment.[31] He was not called into Sweden's squad in December 2018.[32] On 26 February 2019, Hamad announced that he would represent the Iraq national team and "help the team reach new heights" from February 2019 and onward.[33]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| BK Forward | 2006 | Division 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
| 2007 | Division 1 | 23 | 8 | 0 | 0 | — | 23 | 8 | ||
| Total | 23 | 8 | 0 | 0 | — | 23 | 8 | |||
| Malmö FF | 2008 | Allsvenskan | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |
| 2009 | Allsvenskan | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 20 | 2 | ||
| 2010 | Allsvenskan | 27 | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | 29 | 3 | ||
| 2011 | Allsvenskan | 20 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 32 | 6 | |
| 2012 | Allsvenskan | 30 | 6 | 1 | 0 | — | 31 | 6 | ||
| 2013 | Allsvenskan | 28 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 37 | 11 | |
| Total | 126 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 17 | 4 | 152 | 28 | ||
| 1899 Hoffenheim | 2013–14 | Bundesliga | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | |
| 2014–15 | Bundesliga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2015–16 | Bundesliga | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 7 | 1 | ||
| 2016–17 | Bundesliga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | ||
| 1899 Hoffenheim II (loan) | 2013–14 | Regionalliga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
| 2014–15 | Regionalliga | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2015–16 | Regionalliga | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2016–17 | Regionalliga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| Total | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Standard Liège (loan) | 2014–15 | Belgian Pro League | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 6 | 1 | |
| Hammarby IF | 2017 | Allsvenskan | 25 | 4 | 4 | 2 | — | 29 | 6 | |
| 2018 | Allsvenskan | 29 | 11 | 4 | 2 | — | 33 | 13 | ||
| Total | 54 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 19 | ||
| Career total | 230 | 47 | 18 | 6 | 17 | 4 | 265 | 57 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 2011 | 2 | 0 |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2014 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2015 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 8 | 0 | |
| Iraq | 2019 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 1 | 0 | |
| Career total | 9 | 0 | |
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