Shehu Abdullahi

For the civil servant, see Abdullahi Shehu.
Shehu Abdullahi

Abdullahi at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-03-12) 12 March 1993[1]
Place of birth Kano, Nigeria
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[2]
Playing position Midfielder[3]
Club information
Current team
 Anorthosis Famagusta
Number 15
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– Anorthosis Famagusta 0 (0)
National team‡
2012–2013 Nigeria U20 21 (0)
2014–2016 Nigeria U23 9 (0)
2014– Nigeria 12 (0)
2016 Nigeria Olympic 5 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 01 September 2016.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 01 September 2016

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

Club Career

Qadsia SC

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]

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

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]

Honours

Club International

Club Domestic

National Team

References

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  1. ↑ Abdullahi SHEHU. Fifa.com (1 July 2016). Retrieved on 2016-08-18.
  2. ↑ Shehu Abdullahi. rio2016.com
  3. ↑ "Keshi names Chan squad". kickoffnigeria.com. 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. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
  13. ↑ Oluwashina Okeleji (24 June 2016). "Kelechi Iheanacho included in Nigeria's Olympics squad". BBC Sport. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
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