Nader El-Jindaoui (Arabic: نادر الجنداوي; born 16 November 1996) is a German Influencer and professional footballer who plays as a winger for MLS Next Pro club Ventura County FC.

Playing career

El-Jindaoui is a youth product of Nord Wedding, Füchse Berlin, Tennis Borussia Berlin, Energie Cottbus and Chemnitz. He left Energie Cottbus due to a bout with epilepsy, and a series of injuries caused by the epilepsy medication led to him being released by Chemnitz.[1] On 6 November 2016, after months on trial he signed a professional contract with Babelsberg in the Regionalliga.[2] In 2018, he moved to Greuther Fürth's reserves for a season, and followed that up with a stint with Fortuna Düsseldorf's reserves.[3]

In the summer of 2020, he returned to Berlin signing with Berliner AK 07, and had his most prolific seasons to date.[4] On 3 June 2022, he joined Hertha's reserves.[5] On 4 July 2023, he extended his contract with Hertha for another season.[6] He made his professional debut with Hertha BSC in a 3–3 (5–3) DFB Pokal penalty shootout win over Hamburg on 6 December 2023.[7]

Personal life

Born in Germany, El-Jindaoui is of Palestinian descent.[8] He is married and has a daughter named Imani born in 2021. He has a son named Nidal born in 2024. With his wife Louisa he is an influencer with over four million subscribers on TikTok and over two million subscribers on YouTube and Instagram.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Puls, Benedict (14 July 2022). "Nader El-Jindaoui: Marketing-Transfer oder sinnvolle sportliche Verstärkung?". Hertha BASE.
  2. ^ Moldenhauer, Marcel (6 November 2016). "Nulldrei verpflichtet Nader El-Jindaoui | BABELSBERG 03".
  3. ^ Weber, Tom (18 August 2021). "Nader Jindaoui – the Social Media Star Taking the Regionalliga By Storm".
  4. ^ "Energie Cottbus Regionalliga: Ex-Cottbuser Nader El-Jindaoui ist jetzt ein Youtube-Star". lr-online.de. 6 August 2021.
  5. ^ "Hertha BSC: Fans von Internet-Star Nader El-Jindaoui sorgen mit Platzsturm für Spielabbruch". 16 July 2022 – via www.spiegel.de.
  6. ^ "Hertha BSC: Vertragsverlängerung! Nader El-Jindaoui bleibt bei den Berlinern". bild.de. 20 June 2023.
  7. ^ "Herthas Internet-Star El-Jindaoui im Pokal-Spiel gegen den HSV eingewechselt". Sky Sport.
  8. ^ Jahn, Michael (13 September 2021). "Nader El-Jindaoui: Ein offensives Phänomen auf YouTube und dem Rasen". Berliner Zeitung.
Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nader_El-Jindaoui
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