Shehu Abdullahi

Shehu Abdullahi
Abdullahi in 2016
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-03-12) 12 March 1993[1]
Place of birth Sokoto, Nigeria
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Playing position Defender[3]
Club information
Current team
 Bursaspor
Number 25
Youth career
2011 Plateau United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2014 Kano Pillars ? (?)
2014–2015 Qadsia 7 (1)
2015–2016 União da Madeira 28 (1)
2016–2018 Anorthosis Famagusta 48 (3)
2018– Bursaspor 14 (0)
National team‡
2013 Nigeria U20 4 (0)
2013 Nigeria U21 2 (0)
2014– Nigeria 27 (0)
2016 Nigeria Olympic 5 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 June 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22 June 2018

Shehu Abdullahi (born 12 March 1993) is a Nigerian football midfielder, who plays for Turkish side Bursaspor.[4]

Club career

Qadsia SC

In July 2014, Abdullahi moved from Kano Pillars to Kuwait Premier League side Qadsia SC in a deal worth $480,000, of which Abdullahi received $330,000 and Kano Pillars $150,000.[5]

União da Madeira

On 6 June 2015, Shehu joined newly promoted Primeira Liga side C.F. União on a two-year deal.[6]

Anorthosis Famagusta

On 2 September 2016, Shehu joined Cypriot side Anorthosis Famagusta on a two-year deal worth for the 20% [7][8] of the player re-sale fee in other European club.[9]

International career

Shehu with Nigeria in 2017

In January 2014, Senior team coach Stephen Keshi, invited him to be a part of the Nigeria national football team squad for the 2014 African Nations Championship.[10] He helped the team to a third-place finish after Nigeria beat Zimbabwe by a goal to nil.[11][12]

He was selected by Nigeria for their 35-man provisional squad for the 2016 Summer Olympics.[13]

In May 2018 he was named in Nigeria’s preliminary 30 man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.[14]

Career statistics

International

Statistics accurate as of match played 22 June 2018.[15]
Nigeria
YearAppsGoals
201460
201540
201660
201760
201850
Total270

Honours

Club International

Club Domestic

National Team

References

  1. ↑ Abdullahi SHEHU. Fifa.com (1 July 2016). Retrieved on 18 August 2016.
  2. ↑ "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia – List of Players" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 4 June 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  3. ↑ "Keshi names Chan squad". kickoffnigeria.com. Archived from the original on 8 February 2014. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
  4. ↑ Έκλεισε και ο Abdullahi Shehu!, anorthosis24.net
  5. ↑ "PILLARS GET $150,000 FOR SHEHU ABDULLAHI MOVE". africanfootball.com. africanfootball.com. 19 July 2014. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
  6. ↑ "Shehu assina por duas épocas" [Shehu signs for two seasons] (in Portuguese). A Bola. 6 June 2015. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  7. ↑ Διώχνει Κρέσπο, παίρνει Σεού και ελπίζει σε κάτι καλό μπροστά, themasport.com
  8. ↑ Ένας χάλκινος Ολυμπιονίκης στην Ανόρθωση (video), reporter.com.cy
  9. ↑ Στην Ανόρθωση ο Abdullah Shehu, Anorthosis Famagusta Official Website
  10. ↑ "Nigeria announce 23-man CHAN squad". goal.com. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
  11. ↑ "Nigeria win Chan bronze". kickoff.com. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
  12. ↑ "CHAN 2014: Eagles win bronze". sunnewsonline.com. Archived from the original on 18 February 2014. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
  13. ↑ Oluwashina Okeleji (24 June 2016). "Kelechi Iheanacho included in Nigeria's Olympics squad". BBC Sport. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  14. ↑ http://www.goal.com/en-gb/amp/news/revealed-every-world-cup-2018-squad-23-man-preliminary-lists/oa0atsduflsv1nsf6oqk576rb
  15. ↑ "Shehu Abdullahi". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
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