Elmar Abraham ( ar, إلمار أبراهام; born 1 March 1999) is a professional

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who plays as a

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for

Superettan Superettan (; meaning the super first (division)) is an association football league and the second highest league in the league system of Swedish men's football. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with Al ...

club

Skövde AIK Skövde AIK is a Swedish football club from Skövde. It was founded on 21 June 1919. The club is currently in Superettan. Background Skövde AIK has played 14 seasons in second tier Swedish football, the last time being as recently as 1995 ...

. Born in Sweden, he represents the Syria national team.

Club career

Born in Skövde, Abraham is a youth product of his local team

IFK Skövde IFK Skövde is a Swedish handball club from the city of Skövde, whose roots can be traced back to 1907. The current organization, however, got its shape through a reorganization in 1991. The team has been in the Handbollsligan (Swedish highes ...

. In March 2018, he joined their rival

. In 2021, he appeared in 25 games the season, playing an important role the team's promotion the

2022 Superettan The 2022 Superettan is part of the 2022 Swedish football season, and the 22nd season of Superettan, Sweden's second-tier football division in its current format. A total of 16 teams contest the league. Teams A total of 16 teams contest the league ...

after defeating Akropolis IF in the promotion play-offs.

International career

Born in Sweden to Syrian parents, Abraham is eligible to represent

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Syria Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...

. He made his international debut for Syria in October 2023 in a

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game against

Kuwait Kuwait (; ar, الكويت ', or ), officially the State of Kuwait ( ar, دولة الكويت '), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated in the northern edge of Eastern Arabia at the tip of the Persian Gulf, bordering Iraq to the nort ...

. In January 2024, Abraham was named in Syria national team's 26-men squad for the

2023 AFC Asian Cup The 2023 AFC Asian Cup will be the 18th edition of the AFC Asian Cup, the quadrennial international men's football championship of Asia organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). It will involve 24 national teams after expansion in 201 ...

Personal life

Elmar Abraham is the younger brother of

Sargon Abraham Sargon Abraham ( ;born 7 February 1991) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays for Skövde AIK as a forward. Club career He won the 2019–20 Svenska Cupen, to be his first title with IFK Göteborg. After the 2021 season, Abraham left th ...

, who is also a footballer.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Abraham, Elmar Living people 1999 births Swedish men's footballers Syrian men's footballers Syria men's international footballers Men's association football midfielders Skövde AIK players Superettan players Swedish people of Assyrian or Syriac descent Swedish people of Syrian descent Syrian Christians Assyrian footballers People from Skövde Municipality 2023 AFC Asian Cup players