Mustafa Ahmad Hassan (; born 10 February 1990) is an Iraqi-Danish professional

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who currently plays for Gjelleråsen.

Early life

Hassan came to Denmark from

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at the age of thirteen, settling in

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. He obtained a Danish passport in December 2008.

Career

After his arrival in 2003 in Denmark, he joined the Danish football team FC Bornholm where he stayed for 3 years. He then moved to

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in the summer 2006. He played his first professional game on 30 October 2008 in the

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against Holstebro BK, and his first league game in the

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was on 5 October 2008 against

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. On August 31, 2010, he signed with Danish club HB Køge. On 23 February 2011 left his club HB Køge and signed with his former

teammate Philip Pedersen for Swedish club Kristianstads FF. His contract with the Swedish club was terminated on May 19, 2011. He didn't play a single match for the club. On September 8, 2011 he signed a contract with Svebølle B&I in the Danish 2nd Divisions. On February 4, 2012 he signed a contract with Næstved Boldklub. He played 11 games at Næstved, but at the end of the season the club was relegated, and Hassan returned to his former club Svebølle B&I. A month after joining Svebølle Hassan was offered a contract at Hobro IK, where he would be reunited with his former manager from Næstved, Klavs Rasmussen. Rasmussen resigned as manager of Hobro in January 2013, and two months later Hassan decided to move back to Svebølle B&I for a third spell at the club.Mustafa Hassan tilbage i Svebølle
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hassan, Mustafa 1990 births Living people Danish men's footballers Danish expatriate men's footballers Brøndby IF players HB Køge players Hobro IK players Hamarkameratene players Skeid Fotball players Iraqi expatriates in Denmark Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden Danish expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Expatriate men's footballers in Norway Danish expatriate sportspeople in Norway Men's association football forwards Norwegian First Division players 21st-century Danish sportsmen