Suleyman Sleyman (born 28 December 1979) is a Swedish former professional

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who played as a defender.

Club career

Sleyman joined

Hammarby IF Hammarby Idrottsförening ("Hammarby Sports Club"), commonly known as Hammarby IF or simply Hammarby ( or, especially locally, ), is a Swedish sports club located in Stockholm, with a number of member organizations active in a variety of differ ...

from

Syrianska FC Syrianska Football Club, also known as Syrianska FC or simply Syrianska, is a Swedish professional football club based in Södertälje in Stockholm County. The club was founded by Syriac-Aramean immigrants in 1977 as Suryoyo Sportklubb, or Sury ...

in 1998. He signed for a continuation with Hammarby IF in September 2007, which expired at the end of the 2008 season. He scored his first goal for Hammarby in August 2008, after almost ten years in the club, in the derby where Hammarby faced

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, 2–2. He left Hammarby at contract's end and on 26 February 2009, he returned to Syrianska FC. On March 5, 2014, Sleyman officially announced his retirement.

International career

Sleyman represented the Sweden U17 and U19 teams between 1995 and 1997, and made his full international debut for the Sweden national team in a

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1–0 win against Costa Rica on 13 January 2008 when he played for 71 minutes before being replaced by Peter Larsson.

Personal life

Sleyman belongs to the Syriac community, and declares as Syriac ( sv, syrian).

Honours

Hammarby *

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* 1979 births Living people Sportspeople from Södertälje Swedish people of Assyrian or Syriac descent Assyrian footballers Swedish men's footballers Sweden men's international footballers Hammarby Fotboll players Syrianska FC players Allsvenskan players Stockholm School of Economics alumni Men's association football defenders Footballers from Stockholm County {{sweden-footy-defender-stub