Alhassan_Yusuf
Alhassan Yusuf
Nigerian footballer
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]
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| Full name | Alhassan Yusuf Abdullahi Pigui | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (2000-07-20) 20 July 2000 (age 23) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Kano, Nigeria | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Royal Antwerp | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 0000–2018 | 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) | |||||||||||||||||
IFK Göteborg
From 2018 to 2021, Yusuf played for Allsvenskan club IFK Göteborg.[2]
Antwerp
On 16 July 2021, Belgian club Antwerp announced that they had reached an oral agreement with IFK Göteborg over the transfer of Yusuf.[3]
Yusuf made the final squad for the Nigeria national team for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.[4] He made his AFCON debut against Equatorial Guinea on January 14th 2024 in Côte d'Ivoire which ended in a 1-1 draw. During the game, he was substituted off in the 69th minute after sustaining an injury.[5]
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]
- 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.
- "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.
- Alhassan Yusuf Abdullahi at the Swedish Football Association (in Swedish)
- Alhassan Yusuf at Soccerway
- #28 Alhassan Yusuf at ifkdb.com
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