Shehu Abdullahi
 Shehu with Nigeria in 2016 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Shehu Usman Abdullahi | ||
| Date of birth | 12 March 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | Sokoto, Nigeria | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder, defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Kano Pillars | ||
| Number | 4 | ||
| 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 | 48 | (3) |
| 2018–2020 | Bursaspor | 60 | (5) |
| 2020–2022 | Omonia | 50 | (0) |
| 2022 | Levski Sofia | 8 | (0) |
| 2024– | Kano Pillars | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2013 | Nigeria U20 | 4 | (0) |
| 2013 | Nigeria U21 | 2 | (0) |
| 2014–2019 | Nigeria | 37 | (0) |
| 2016 | Nigeria Olympic | 5 | (0) |
Medal record | |||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 December 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13:30, 16 July 2019 (UTC) | |||
Shehu Usman Abdullahi (born 12 March 1993) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder and defender for Nigeria Premier Football League team Kano Pillars.
Club career
[edit]Qadsia SC
[edit]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.[1]
União da Madeira
[edit]On 6 June 2015, Shehu joined newly promoted Primeira Liga side C.F. União on a two-year deal.[2]
Anorthosis Famagusta
[edit]On 2 September 2016, Shehu joined Cypriot side Anorthosis Famagusta on a two-year deal worth for the 20% [3][4] of the player re-sale fee in other European club.[5]
Bursaspor
[edit]On 24 January 2018, Shehu signed for two and a half years Turkish side Bursaspor for an undisclosed fee.[6]
Omonia
[edit]On 19 September 2020, Shehu signed for the Cyprus First Division side Omonia.
Levski Sofia
[edit]On 16 September 2022, Shehu signed with Bulgarian First League club Levski Sofia until the end of the 2022–23 season.[7]
International career
[edit]In January 2014, coach Stephen Keshi, invited him to be included in the Nigeria 23-man team for the 2014 African Nations Championship.[8] Shehu earned his first cap on 11 January 2014, in the 1:2 loss against Mali, appearing as a substitute.[9] He helped Nigeria defeat Zimbabwe for a third-place finish by a goal to nil.[10][11]
He was included in the Nigeria 35-man provisional team for the 2016 Summer Olympics.[12]
In May 2018 he was named in the Nigeria preliminary 30-man team for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, in Russia.[13]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of 13 June 2022
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| União da Madeira | 2015–16 | Primeira Liga | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 30 | 1 | ||
| Anorthosis | 2016–17 | Cypriot First Division | 29 | 2 | 6 | 1 | — | — | — | 35 | 2 | |||
| 2017–18 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 21 | 1 | |||||
| Total | 48 | 3 | 8 | 1 | — | — | — | 56 | 4 | |||||
| Bursaspor | 2017–18 | Süper Lig | 14 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 14 | 0 | ||||
| 2018–19 | 13 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 13 | 1 | ||||||
| 2019–20 | 1. Lig | 33 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 33 | 4 | ||||
| Total | 60 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 60 | 5 | |||||
| Omonia | 2020–21 | Cypriot First Division | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | — | 35 | 0 | ||
| 2021–22 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 0 | |||
| Total | 50 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 68 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 186 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 214 | 10 | ||
International
[edit]- As of match played 16 July 2019[14]
| Nigeria | ||
| Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 6 | 0 |
| 2015 | 4 | 0 |
| 2016 | 6 | 0 |
| 2017 | 6 | 0 |
| 2018 | 6 | 0 |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 |
| Total | 31 | 0 |
Honours
[edit]Club
[edit]Qadsia
Omonia
International
[edit]Nigeria U23
- African Games bronze medal: 2015
Nigeria Olympic team
- Summer Olympics bronze medal: 2016
References
[edit]- ^ "PILLARS GET $150,000 FOR SHEHU ABDULLAHI MOVE". africanfootball.com. africanfootball.com. 19 July 2014. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
- ^ "Shehu assina por duas épocas" [Shehu signs for two seasons] (in Portuguese). A Bola. 6 June 2015. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
- ^ Διώχνει Κρέσπο, παίρνει Σεού και ελπίζει σε κάτι καλό μπροστά, themasport.com
- ^ Ένας χάλκινος Ολυμπιονίκης στην Ανόρθωση (video), reporter.com.cy
- ^ Στην Ανόρθωση ο Abdullah Shehu, Anorthosis Famagusta Official Website
- ^ "Μετεγγραφή Σιεχού στην Μπούρσασπορ". 24 January 2018.
- ^ ""ПФК Левски" подписа договор с Абдулахи Шеху". levski.bg (in Bulgarian). PFC Levski Sofia. 16 September 2022.
- ^ "Nigeria announce 23-man CHAN squad". goal.com. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
- ^ "Mali vs. Nigeria 2-1, African Nations Championship Gameweek 1". footballcritic.com. 11 January 2014. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
- ^ "Nigeria win Chan bronze". kickoff.com. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
- ^ "CHAN 2014: Eagles win bronze". sunnewsonline.com. Archived from the original on 18 February 2014. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
- ^ Oluwashina Okeleji (24 June 2016). "Kelechi Iheanacho included in Nigeria's Olympics squad". BBC Sport. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
- ^ Crawford, Stephen (4 June 2018). "Revealed: Every World Cup 2018 squad - Final 23-man lists". Goal. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
- ^ "Shehu Abdullahi". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
External links
[edit]
- Shehu Abdullahi at Soccerway
- Abdullahi SHEHU – FIFA competition record (archived)
Nigeria squads | |||||||||||||
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| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
- 1993 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Kano
- People from Sokoto
- Nigerian men's footballers
- Nigeria men's international footballers
- 2014 African Nations Championship players
- C.F. União players
- Primeira Liga players
- Men's association football midfielders
- Footballers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic footballers for Nigeria
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for Nigeria
- Olympic medalists in football
- Nigerian expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Kuwait
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Kuwait
- Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal
- Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus
- Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
- Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria
- Qadsia SC players
- Kano Pillars F.C. players
- Anorthosis Famagusta FC players
- Cypriot First Division players
- 2018 FIFA World Cup players
- Bursaspor footballers
- Süper Lig players
- Nigeria Professional Football League players
- 2019 Africa Cup of Nations players
- Kuwait Premier League players
- Nigeria men's under-20 international footballers
- AC Omonia players
- Nigeria men's A' international footballers
- First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players
- PFC Levski Sofia players
- 21st-century Nigerian sportsmen