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Alexander Jakobsen (born Amir Adel Zatuna Elmeshad, 18 March 1994) is a Danish-born Egyptian professional footballer who plays for Sarpsborg 08 as an attacking midfielder.
Club career
Early career
Jakobsen began his career playing for Lyngby BK and later transferred to F.C. Copenhagen then to PSV.
Falkenbergs FF, which Jakobsen joined in 2015, announced mid-June 2016 that there had been a controversy between two teammates during a training session, wherein one player had struck another. The club later terminated Jakobsen's contract on 23 June 2016. It was later revealed that Jakobsen had struck a teammate with an icebag, causing him to bleed.
FK Bodø/Glimt signed Jakobsen on a free transfer on 17 August 2016. His contract runs through 2017.
Career statistics
- As of match played on 5 July 2020
| Season | Club | Division | League | Cup | Other | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| 2013–14 | Jong PSV | Eerste Divisie | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 2015 | Falkenbergs FF | Allsvenskan | 17 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 3 |
| 2016 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | ||
| 2016 | Bodø/Glimt | Tippeligaen | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 2016–17 | Viborg FF | Danish Superliga | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 2 |
| 2017 | IFK Norrköping | Allsvenskan | 14 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 |
| 2018 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 2 | ||
| 2019 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 2019 | Kalmar | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | |
| 2020 | Sarpsborg 08 | Eliteserien | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Career Total | 110 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 127 | 13 | ||
International career
Danish youth team
Jakobsen's father Adel immigrated from Egypt and his mother is from Denmark. Jakobsen played 29 games with the Danish U17 team and 5 games with the Danish U19 team.
Egypt
In 2013, he accepted the Egypt U20 youth coach Rabie Yassin invitation to an Egypt U20 training camp. He was part of the Egyptian team that won the 2013 African U-20 Championship.
On 14 March 2017 he received his first call up to Egypt's national team for the friendly against Togo
Honours
National Team
- 2013 African U-20 Championship (1) : 2013