| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ali Fuseini | ||
| Date of birth | 7 December 1988 | ||
| Place of birth | Accra, Ghana | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Eastleigh | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2006–2010 | Millwall | 76 | (2) |
| 2011 | Lewes | 1 | (0) |
| 2011 | Lincoln City | 35 | (1) |
| 2011– | Eastleigh | 1 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:31, 18 December 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). |
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Ali Fuseini (born 7 December 1988) is a Ghanaian footballer who plays for Eastleigh as a midfielder.
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He joined Millwall from Sunday league football and made his first-team debut against Gillingham on 12 September 2006. Although he was an unused sub on that occasion, he since went on to make several more appearances for the first team.
Fuseini was born and brought up in Accra, the capital of Ghana, but followed his mother, Mariam, a nurse, to Catford in 2000. Once at St Joseph's Academy, Blackheath, he discovered he had a talent for football, and was soon playing in midfield for Sunday league team Dulmore Albion, based in Brockley Rise. It was there he was seen by Millwall scout Jamie Martin, who signed him up for a scholarship aged 16. Fuseini tore a medial knee ligament in his first season as an under-18, and missed almost two months of football.
A senior appearance for Millwall in the pre-season friendly at Crawley Town on 15 August followed, with Fuseini earning praise from then-manager Nigel Spackman, who watched the game. He then played the first three reserve games of the season, scoring against Wycombe Wanderers. Millwall's opening few results went badly, so Spackman called up Fuseini to the Millwall first team squad.
In the 2007–08 season, Fuseini scored his first goal for the Lions, in a 2–1 defeat at Bristol Rovers. However, Millwall signed midfielder Nadjim Abdou, Fuseini was mainly used as a substitute. Fuseini was part of the Millwall squad which got to the playoff final during the 2008–09 season after beating Leeds United in the playoff semi-finals, Millwall went on to lose against Scunthorpe United. The following season, Fuseini played a bit part role in the Millwall squad got promoted at the end of the 2009–10 season after beating Swindon Town in the play-off final. But after gaining promotion to the Championship, Fuseini's contract wasn't renewed by Millwall. Shortly after leaving Millwall, he had a short trial with Leeds United. On 23 July, he played as a trialist for Crystal Palace against Exeter City, starting the game in central midfield before switching to left back in the second. On 4 August, Sky Sports reported that Leeds were considering offering Fuseini a contract.[1]
In September 2010, he joined Leyton Orient on trial,[2] appearing four times for the reserve team in the course of a month long trial.
On 31 January 2011, he signed for League Two club Lincoln City, agreeing a deal until the summer of 2012.[3] In May 2011 he was made available for transfer by the club after a mass clear out of players following relegation from the Football League.[4]
Having been ever present throughout the 2011–12 season until the dismissal of Steve Tilson, Fuseini found himself dropped to the bench for caretaker manager Grant Brown's first game in charge, a 3–1 victory at Alfreton Town on 11 October 2011.[5] Under new Imps manager David Holdsworth he failed to match the matchday squad and, on 11 November 2011, was one of three players made available for loan with immediate effect.[6] However, no move materialised and on 25 November 2011 he left Sincil Bank by mutual consent.[7] On 1 December 2011, he joined Eastleigh.[8]
Fuseini was trialed for kidnap and aiding and abetting rape.[9] He was cleared of any involvement with the judge ruling that he had no case to answer.[10]