Abdallah Juma Ally

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Abdallah Juma Ally
Personal information
Date of birth (1976-07-02) 2 July 1976 (age 49)
Place of birth Tanzania
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2002–2004 Mtibwa Sugar Turiani
2004 Simba
2004–2005 Mlandege
2005–2010 Mtibwa Sugar Turiani (20+)
International career
2002–2003 Tanzania 4 (0)
2003–2007 Zanzibar 13 (9)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Abdallah Juma Ally (born 2 July 1976) is a Tanzanian former footballer who played as a striker for several Tanzanian clubs and also the Tanzania and Zanzibar national team, the latter of which he is their top goalscorer. [1]

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He is notable for representing Zanzibar at the FIFI Wild Cup. [2]

Club career

Abdallah Juma Ally began his career at Mtibwa Sugar Turiani in 2002. He joined Simba in 2004 before leaving to join Mlandege during the same season. [ citation needed ]

He returned to Mtibwa Sugar Turiani in 2005 and retired there in 2010 after scoring twenty goals during a five year spell at the club. [1]

International career

Tanzania

Ally made his debut for Tanzania during a 2–0 friendly loss against Uganda on 23 October 2002. [3] He would continue to play for Tanzania until his final cap came as Tanzania were eliminated from 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifying after losing 3–0 on aggregate against Kenya. [4]

Zanzibar

Ally represented Zanzibar at the 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2007 editions of the CECAFA Cup, [5] and also at the FIFI Wild Cup. [2]

He would debut for Zanzibar on 2 December 2003 during a 2–2 draw against Rwanda in their final group stage game of the 2003 CECAFA Cup; he also scored his first two goals during this match. [5] His last international cap would come on 18 December 2007 when Zanzibar were eliminated during the 2007 CECAFA Cup quarter-finals.

He ended his international career as Zanzibar's all time top goalscorer with 9 goals. [1]

Career statistics

International

As of match played 18 December 2007. [1]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Tanzania 200210
200330
Total40
Zanzibar 200312
200443
200531
200632
200721
Total139
Scores and results list Zanzibar's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Ally goal. [1]
List of international goals scored by Abdallah Juma Ally
No.DateVenueCapOpponentScoreResultCompetitionRef.
1.2 December 2003 Khartoum Stadium, Khartoum, Sudan5Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda 1–22–2 2003 CECAFA Cup [6]
2.2–2
3.11 December 2004 Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia6Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda 1–02–4 2004 CECAFA Cup [7]
4.13 December 2004 Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia7Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 2–14–2 [8]
5.3–2
6.30 November 2005 Amahoro Stadium, Kigali, Rwanda10Flag of Burundi.svg  Burundi 1–12–1 2005 CECAFA Cup [9]
7.31 May 2006 Millerntor-Stadion, Hamburg, Germany14Flag of Greenland.svg  Greenland 2–24–2 FIFI Wild Cup [2]
8.3–2
9.13 December 2007 Sheikh Amri Abeid Stadium, Arusha, Tanzania16Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan 2–22–2 2007 CECAFA Cup [10]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Abdallah Juma Ally". National Football Teams.
  2. 1 2 3 "Greenland vs. Zanzibar 2006-05-31". National Football Teams.
  3. "Tanzania vs. Uganda 2002-10-23". National Football Teams.
  4. "Kenya - Tanzania". FIFA. November 15, 2003. Archived from the original on November 9, 2007.
  5. 1 2 "East and Central African Championship (CECAFA)". RSSSF .
  6. "Rwanda vs. Zanzibar 2003-12-02". National Football Teams.
  7. "Rwanda vs. Zanzibar 2004-12-11". National Football Teams.
  8. "Zanzibar vs. Tanzania 2004-12-13". National Football Teams.
  9. "Burundi vs. Zanzibar 2005-11-30". National Football Teams.
  10. "Sudan vs. Zanzibar 2007-12-09". National Football Teams.