Liban Abdi
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Liban Abdi Ali | ||
Date of birth | 5 October 1988 | ||
Place of birth | Burao, Somalia | ||
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Position(s) | Left winger | ||
Team information | |||
Current team
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Free agent | ||
Youth career | |||
Vålerenga | |||
Skeid | |||
2004–2007 | Sheffield United | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2007–2010 | Sheffield United | 0 | (0) |
2008–2010 | → Ferencváros (loan) | 10 | (1) |
2010–2012 | Ferencváros | 29 | (2) |
2012–2013 | Olhanense | 16 | (4) |
2013–2014 | Académica de Coimbra | 11 | (0) |
2014–2015 | Çaykur Rizespor | 13 | (1) |
2015 | → Levski Sofia (loan) | 9 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 May 2015 |
Liban Abdi (Somali: Liibaan Cabdi, Arabic: لبان عبدي; born 5 October 1988) is a Somalian footballer, who is also eligible to play for Norway. He previously played for Sheffield United in England, for Ferencváros in Hungary and for Olhanense in Portugal.
Abdi was born in Somalia, but grew up in Norway and holds Norwegian citizenship.[1]
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Early life
Abdi was born in Burao, Somalia, in 1988. He spent most of his childhood in Oslo, Norway, where he attended both primary and secondary school. He lived in Stovner, an eastern borough in Oslo.
Career
Club career
Abdi moved to England with his family at the age of 14, and after a year in England he joined Sheffield United's youth academy.[2] Abdi was the first Somali to be awarded a professional football contract at Sheffield United after impressing with the club's Academy. Following spells with Newport Pagnell Town and Buckingham Town, he was picked up by United when he subsequently moved to Sheffield with the assistance of the Football Unites, Racism Divides program.
Having signed a two-year contract in the summer of 2008, Abdi was loaned out to the Blades' sister club, Ferencváros, for the following season to gain first team experience.[3] On his return, and after failing to break into the first team at Bramall Lane, he was released by Sheffield United in July 2010.[4]
He then joined Ferencváros on a permanent basis, spending two seasons with the club, before moving to Portuguese Primeira Liga club Olhanense in the 2012 close season.
International career
Abdi is eligible to play for both Somalia and Norway but has not represented any of them although he has stated that he wants to play for Norway.[5] When Norway national team coach Egil "Drillo" Olsen announced his squad for the friendly match against Greece in August 2012, Drillo said that he had never seen Abdi in action despite the fact that he was playing in Portugal.[1] Two months later Drillo stated that Abdi was not good enough for the Norwegian team, when announcing his squad for the World Cup qualifiers against Switzerland and Cyprus.[6]
References
- Infobox statistics
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- General
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External links
- Profile at Sheffield United F.C. website
- Ferencvárosi TC profile (Hungarian)
- Profile at LevskiSofia.info
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- Pages using infobox football biography with height issues
- Articles containing Somali-language text
- Articles containing Arabic-language text
- Articles with Hungarian-language external links
- 1988 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Oslo
- Somalian footballers
- Norwegian footballers
- Buckingham Town F.C. players
- Sheffield United F.C. players
- Ferencvárosi TC footballers
- S.C. Olhanense players
- Associação Académica de Coimbra – O.A.F. players
- Çaykur Rizespor footballers
- PFC Levski Sofia players
- Nemzeti Bajnokság I players
- Primeira Liga players
- Süper Lig players
- Bulgarian A Football Group players
- Somalian emigrants to Norway
- Somalian expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in England
- Expatriate footballers in Hungary
- Expatriate footballers in Portugal
- Expatriate footballers in Turkey
- Expatriate footballers in Bulgaria
- Somalian expatriates in England
- Somalian expatriates in Hungary
- Norwegian people of Somali descent
- Association football wingers