Alexander Jakobsen’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

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