Amir Falahen | |
Height: | 1.93 m |
Birth Date: | 1993 3, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany |
Position: | Forward |
Youthyears1: | –2008 |
Youthclubs1: | SV Hochdorf |
Youthyears2: | 2008–2009 |
Youthclubs2: | PTSV Jahn Freiburg |
Youthyears3: | 2009–2012 |
Youthclubs3: | SC Freiburg |
Years1: | 2012–2017 |
Clubs1: | SC Freiburg II |
Caps1: | 82 |
Goals1: | 32 |
Years2: | 2015–2016 |
Clubs2: | SC Freiburg |
Caps2: | 3 |
Goals2: | 0 |
Years3: | 2017–2018 |
Clubs3: | Fortuna Köln |
Caps3: | 15 |
Goals3: | 1 |
Years4: | 2018–2019 |
Clubs4: | Fortuna Düsseldorf II |
Caps4: | 15 |
Goals4: | 3 |
Years5: | 2019–2022 |
Clubs5: | Bahlinger SC |
Caps5: | 71 |
Goals5: | 14 |
Club-Update: | 14 May 2022 |
Amir Falahen (born 15 March 1993) is a German professional footballer who plays as a forward.[1]
Falahen came to Freiburg in 2009 after playing for SV Hochdorf and PTSV Jahn Freiburg in his youth. With the Freiburg junior team he the DFB-Junioren-Vereinspokal in 2011 and 2012. In the 2012–13 season he moved up into Freiburg's second team and scored 18 goals in the 2013–14 season, when the team finished as runners-up. In July 2014, Falahen picked up a cruciate ligament injury during a friendly match with the first team and was sidelined for more than half a year.[2] After his return in March 2015, he scored five goals in 11 matches. In the 2015–16 season Falahen received a professional contract with SC Freiburg,[3] and on 5 February 2016, during a 0–2 defeat to VfL Bochum, Falahen made his debut in the 2. Bundesliga as a substitute. This made Falahen the first Palestinian who ever played in the 2. Bundesliga.
Born in Germany, Falahen is of Palestinian descent.[4]