Alhassan Yusuf
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Full name | Alhassan Yusuf Abdullahi Pigui | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 20 July 2000 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Kano, Nigeria | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Royal Antwerp | ||||||||||||||||
Number | 8 | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
–2018 | FC Hearts Nigeria | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2018–2021 | IFK Göteborg | 66 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
2021– | Royal Antwerp | 74 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
2023 | Young Reds Antwerp | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
2024– | Nigeria | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 09:48, 4 January 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 06:45, 16 January 2024 (UTC) |
Alhassan Yusuf Abdullahi Pigui MON (born 20 July 2000) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Belgian First Division A club Royal Antwerp and the Nigeria national team.[1]
Career[edit]
IFK Göteborg[edit]
From 2018 to 2021, Yusuf played for Allsvenskan club IFK Göteborg.[2]
Antwerp[edit]
On 16 July 2021, Belgian club Antwerp announced that they had reached an oral agreement with IFK Göteborg over the transfer of Yusuf.[3]
International career[edit]
Yusuf made the final squad for the Nigeria national team for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations in Ivory Coast.[4] He made his AFCON debut against Equatorial Guinea on January 14, 2024 which ended in a 1-1 draw. He was substituted off in the 69th minute of the game after sustaining an injury.[5]
Honours[edit]
IFK Göteborg
Royal Antwerp
Nigeria
- Africa Cup of Nations runner-up: 2023[7]
Individual
- Allsvenskan Newcomer of the year: 2019[8]
Orders
- Member of the Order of the Niger[9]
References[edit]
- ^ Alhassan Yusuf at Soccerway
- ^ "A-lagskontrakt för Yusuf". IFK Göteborg. 25 July 2018. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
- ^ "Done Deal: On Four-Year Contract". Complete Sports. 16 July 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-07-16. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
- ^ "EXCLUSIVE: Gate crasher Alhassan Yusuf set for AFCON debut – Score Nigeria".
- ^ "Alhassan Yusuf's fine Nigeria debut overshadowed by injury". OneFootball. 2024-02-17. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
- ^ "Antwerp wint nu ook de Supercup! KV Mechelen plooit pas na strafschoppen" (in Dutch). Sporza. 23 July 2023. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
- ^ Stevens, Rob (11 February 2024). "Nigeria 1–2 Ivory Coast". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
- ^ "Marcus Danielson kvällens stora vinnare på Allsvenskans Stora Pris". Föreningen Svensk Elitfotboll. 5 November 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
- ^ "Afcon: Ivory Coast and Nigeria players get cash, villas and honours". BBC News. 2024-02-13. Retrieved 2024-02-24.
External links[edit]
- Alhassan Yusuf Abdullahi at the Swedish Football Association (in Swedish)
- Alhassan Yusuf at Soccerway
- #28 Alhassan Yusuf at ifkdb.com
- 2000 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Kano
- Nigerian men's footballers
- Nigeria men's international footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- IFK Göteborg players
- Royal Antwerp F.C. players
- Allsvenskan players
- Belgian Pro League players
- Nigerian expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden
- Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium
- 2023 Africa Cup of Nations players
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden
- Belgian National Division 1 players
- Members of the Order of the Niger
- Nigerian football biography stubs