Pashang_Abdulla
Pashang Abdulla
Iraqi footballer (born 1994)
Pashang Abdulla (Arabic: باشانغ عبدالله; born 29 May 1994) is an Iraqi professional footballer who plays for Allsvenskan club Degerfors IF and the Iraq national team.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1994-05-29) 29 May 1994 (age 29) | ||
| Place of birth | Erbil, Iraq | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Degerfors IF | ||
| Number | 13 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014 | Värmdö IF | 26 | (6) |
| 2015 | IFK Stockholm | 18 | (6) |
| 2016 | Spårvägens FF | 7 | (3) |
| 2017–2018 | IFK Aspudden-Tellus | 47 | (18) |
| 2019 | Karlbergs BK | 24 | (26) |
| 2020 | Sollentuna FK | 0 | (0) |
| 2020 | IFK Haninge | 14 | (5) |
| 2021 | Piteå IF | 30 | (20) |
| 2022 | Dalkurd FF | 25 | (8) |
| 2023 | Jönköpings Södra IF | 12 | (8) |
| 2023– | Degerfors IF | 14 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2023– | Iraq | 1 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 November 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 June 2023 | |||
Abdulla started his senior playing career at the age of 14,[2] as he went on to feature for several teams from the Stockholm metropolitan area,[2][3] before joining Karlbergs BK for the 2019 season.[2]
Having scored 26 goals in 24 matches for the side, Abdulla joined IFK Haninge for the 2020 season.[2] However, due to injuries, he scored just five goals in 14 matches, and was released at the end of the year.[2]
On 19 January 2021, Abdulla officially signed for newly promoted Ettan Norra side Piteå IF,[4] penning his first full-time professional contract.[2] On 11 October, he scored all of his side's goals in a 4–4 league draw against Umeå FC.[5] Throughout the 2021 season, he established himself as one of the best players in the Swedish third tier,[2][6] eventually becoming Ettan Norra's joint top scorer for the year (together with Rodin Deprem).[6][7]
In January 2022, Abdulla joined newly promoted Superettan side Dalkurd FF.[2]
On 6 February 2023, he officially signed for fellow second-tier club Jönköpings Södra IF.[8][9] Throughout the first half of the 2023 season, the striker rose to prominence as one of the league's best performers,[10][11] having scored eight goals in 12 matches.[11]
On 6 July 2023, Abdulla officially joined Allsvenskan side Degerfors IF for an undisclosed fee, signing a contract until the end of 2025 with the club.[12][13] Two days later, he made his top-tier debut, starting and playing full 90 minutes in a 2–1 league win over Brommapojkarna.[14]
After going through the bureaucratic process to obtain his Iraqi citizenship,[15] in June 2023 Abdulla received his first call-up to the Iraq senior national team by head coach Jesús Casas.[15][16] He then made his full international debut on 16 June, starting in a friendly match against Colombia, which ended in a 1–0 loss.[17][18]
Born in Iraqi Kurdistan,[3] but raised in Stockholm, Sweden,[2][3] Abdulla worked as a teacher while playing part-time football during the first part of his career;[2][3] he eventually quit his job after signing his first full-time deal with Piteå IF.[2]
Individual
- Ettan Norra top scorer: 2021[6][7]
- "Pashang Abdulla" (in Swedish). Fotbolltransfers. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
- Julin, Max (20 January 2022). "Läraren flyttade 85 mil och vann skytteligan - nu klar för superettanklubb: "Stolt att vara här"". fotbollskanalen (in Swedish). Retrieved 7 July 2023.
- Sundvall, Magnus (19 March 2023). ""Min dröm är roligare än vad pengarna är"". Jnytt.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 7 July 2023.
- "Pashang Abdulla klar för Piteå IF FF". Piteå IF (in Swedish). 19 January 2021. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
- "Umeå FC fixade kryss borta mot Piteå". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). 11 October 2021. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
- "Rankar: 25 bästa spelarna i division 1 säsongen 2021". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). 22 November 2021. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
- "Division 1 Norra 2021 - Top Scorer". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
- "Pashang Abdulla är klar för Södra". Jönköpings Södra IF (in Swedish). 6 February 2023. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
- Persson, Max (6 February 2023). "J-Södra värvar – plockar in anfallare". Jnytt.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 7 July 2023.
- Sjöblom, Patrik (29 April 2023). "Pashang Abdulla ny publikfavorit på Vallen: "Det är svårt att ta in det"". Jnytt.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 7 July 2023.
- "Uppgifter: Pashang Abdulla nära Degerfors". fotbollskanalen (in Swedish). 4 July 2023. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
- "Pashang Abdulla klar för Degerfors IF". Degerfors IF (in Swedish). 6 July 2023. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
- "Han ska skjuta Degerfors kvar i allsvenskan". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). 6 July 2023. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
- Fiskaare, Jonas (8 July 2023). "Degerfors vände och vann – efter målvaktstabbe". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 9 July 2023.
- Billengren, Ludwig (3 June 2023). "Abdulla uttagen i irakiska landslaget: "Väldigt häftig känsla"". fotbollskanalen (in Swedish). Retrieved 7 July 2023.
- "Irak anuncia su convocatoria para enfrentar a Selección Colombia". Diario AS (in Spanish). 2 June 2023. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
- Valle, Conrado (16 June 2023). "Selección Colombia vence a Irak en amistoso de fecha FIFA". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 July 2023.
- "Colombia 1–0 Iraq (16 Jun, 2023) – Final Score". ESPN. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
- Pashang Abdulla at Soccerway
- Pashang Abdulla at WorldFootball.net