Shehu Abdullahi

Shehu Abdullahi
Personal information
Date of birth12 March 1993[1]
Place of birthNigeria
Playing positionMidfielder[2]
Club information
Current team
Qadsia SC[3]
Number24
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2012-2014Kano Pillars
2014-Qadsia
National team
2012-13Nigeria U2021(0)
2014-Nigeria6
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 1 February 2014

Shehu Abdullahi is a Nigerian professional footballer, who plays now as a Midfielder for Qadsia SC[2][4]

Career

Club

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

International

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.[4][6] He helped the team to a third place finish after Nigeria beat Zimbabwe by a goal to nil.[7][8]

References

  1. FIFA Competition record
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Keshi names Chan squad". kickoffnigeria.com. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
  3. "Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi names weakened CHAN Squad". bbc.com/. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
  4. 4.0 4.1 "Nigeria name final squad for 2014 CHAN". www.google.com. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
  5. "PILLARS GET $150,000 FOR SHEHU ABDULLAHI MOVE". africanfootball.com. africanfootball.com. 19 July 2014. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
  6. "Nigeria announce 23-man CHAN squad". goal.com. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
  7. "Nigeria win Chan bronze". kickoff.com. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
  8. "CHAN 2014: Eagles win bronze". sunnewsonline.com. Retrieved 10 February 2014.