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Abbas Hassan
Abbas Hassan (; born 10 May 1985) is a Lebanese professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for club Al-Nejmeh.
Career.
Starting his career in Arvidstorps IK, Hassan moved north in 2002 to Borås and IF Elfsborg. He had to wait until 2005 before making his debut for the club. When first choice goalkeeper Johan Wiland got injured, he played well enough to place Håkan Svensson, who had been brought in as a short-time replacement for the injured Wiland, on the bench
with IFK Norrköping after the club got promoted to Allsvenskan and formally left IF Elfsborg.
On 6 February 2013, Abbas returned to 2012 Swedish champions IF Elfsborg, after breaking his contract with IFK Norrköping. Replacing Andreas Andersson who left as a Bosman from Elfsborg to Ljungskile SK.
International career.
Hassan has played his first game with the Lebanese national team against Iraq on 22 January 2012. Abbas' star moment for Lebanon was the game against Iran, where he was man of the match, and helped his team