# Alexander Jakobsen

Alexander Amir Adel Jakobsen (Arabic: ألكسندر أمير عادل ياكوبسن; 18 March 1994) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for Dutch Eredivisie club RKC Waalwijk. Born in Denmark, he has represented the Egypt national team.

## Club 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 ran through 2017.
On December 2020, Jakobsen joined Egyptian Premier League club Wadi Degla, on a free transfer. On 19 September 2021, he joined Smouha signing a three-year contract, after rival Wadi Degla was relegated.
On 29 December 2022, after terminating his contract with Smouha on August 2022, Jakobsen joined Georgian club Dinamo Batumi, on a one-year contract.
On 11 April 2024, Jakobsen signed with Zhenis in Kazakhstan.
On 13 August 2024, Jakobsen moved to RKC Waalwijk in the Netherlands on a one-season contract.

## Career statistics

    As of match played on 15 November 2024
| Season | Club | Division | League | League | Cup | Cup | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| Season | Club | Division | 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 | Falkenbergs FF | Allsvenskan | 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 | IFK Norrköping | Allsvenskan | 21 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 2 |
| 2019 | IFK Norrköping | Allsvenskan | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 2019 | Kalmar | Allsvenskan | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| 2020 | Sarpsborg 08 | Eliteserien | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 2020–21 | Wadi Degla | Egyptian Premier League | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 |
| 2021–22 | Smouha | Egyptian Premier League | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 2023 | Dinamo Batumi | Erovnuli Liga | 18 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 4 |
| 2024 | Zhenis | Kazakhstan Premier League | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 2024–25 | RKC Waalwijk | Eredivisie | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Career Total | Career Total | Career Total | 160 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 186 | 18 |
* ↑ Appearances in Allsvenskan Relegation play-offs
* ↑ Appearances in Danish Superliga Relegation play-offs
* ↑ Appearances in Allsvenskan Relegation play-offs
* ↑ 2 appearances in Georgian Super Cup and 1 appearance in UEFA Champions League

## 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