Aimar Hazar Anwar Sher (born 20 December 2002) is an Iraqi professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Sarpsborg 08 and the Iraq national team.
Sher was born in Iraq, but moved to Sweden at age four together with his family.
He grew up in Stockholm and started to play football as a youngster with local clubs Mälarhöjdens IK and Enskede IK, before joining the academy of Hammarby IF in 2013. Sher was part of the Hammarby side that won the U17 Swedish championship in 2019.
On 21 August 2019, Sher made his competitive debut for Hammarby in a 3âÂÂ1 away win against IFK LuleÃÂ¥ in Svenska Cupen. The next month, on 25 September, Sher made his league debut for the club, coming on as a late substitute in a 3âÂÂ1 away win against IK Sirius in Allsvenskan. He became Hammarby's youngest Allsvenskan debutant so far at age 16 and nine months, surpassing the former record holder Isac Lidberg. Sher signed his first professional contract with Hammarby on 20 November 2019.
On 5 August 2020, Sher signed a new two-year contract with Hammarby after establishing himself in the first-team squad. He scored his first competitive goal for the club on 1 November the same year, a stoppage-time equaliser in a 1âÂÂ1 home draw against BK Häcken. In his full debut season, Sher played 21 games, although the side disappointedly finished 8th in the table.
On 30 May 2021, Sher won the 2020âÂÂ21 Svenska Cupen with Hammarby, through a 5âÂÂ4 win on penalties (0âÂÂ0 after full-time) against BK Häcken in the final, where he scored his attempt.
On 19 August 2021, Sher transferred to Spezia in the Serie A, for a reported fee of around â¬1,5 million, signing a five-year contract. On 3 October, he made his competitive debut for the club in a 0âÂÂ4 home loss against Hellas Verona.
On 17 January 2023, Sher was loaned by FC Groningen in the Netherlands.
On 1 September 2023, his contract with Spezia was terminated by mutual consent.
Sher scored in his debut for the Swedish U17 national team in a 1âÂÂ2 friendly loss against Denmark on 18 April 2018.
On 7 September 2021, Sher made his debut for the Swedish U21 national team, coming on as a substitute in a 1âÂÂ1 away draw against Bosnia and Herzegovina, in the qualification to the 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship.
On 24 February 2025, Sher's request to switch allegiance to Iraq was approved by FIFA.
His first name is an homage to the Argentinian former football player Pablo Aimar.
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