Abdallah Juma Ally

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*
Years	Team	Apps	(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 in the Tanzania Mainland Premier League and also the Tanzania and Zanzibar national teams, ^[1] the latter of which he is the top goalscorer. ^[2]

He is notable for representing Zanzibar at the FIFI Wild Cup. ^{[3] [4]}

Club career

Abdallah Juma Ally began his career at Mtibwa Sugar Turiani in 2002. He joined Simba in 2004, making enough appearances to receive a Tanzanian Mainland Premier League winners' medal, ^[5] before leaving to join Mlandege during the same season. ^[2]

He returned to Mtibwa Sugar Turiani in 2005 and retired there at the end of the 2009–10 season. ^[2]

He finished third place in the Tanzanian Mainland Premier League twice with the club (2006, 2008–09) ^{[6] [7]} and he notably scored 20 goals for Mtibwa Sugar Turiani during the 2006 season. ^[6]

International career

Tanzania

Ally made his debut for Tanzania during a 2–0 friendly loss against Uganda on 23 October 2002. ^[8] He would continue to play for Tanzania until his fourth and final cap came as Tanzania were eliminated from 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifying after losing 3–0 on aggregate against Kenya. ^{[9] [1]}

Zanzibar

Ally represented Zanzibar at the 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2007 editions of the CECAFA Cup, ^[10] and also at the FIFI Wild Cup. ^{[3] [4]}

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. ^[10] 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. ^[2]

Career statistics

International

As of match played 18 December 2007. ^[2]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Tanzania	2002	1	0
	2003	3	0
Total		4	0
Zanzibar	2003	1	2
	2004	4	3
	2005	3	1
	2006	3	2
	2007	2	1
Total		13	9

Scores and results list Zanzibar's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Ally goal. ^[2]

List of international goals scored by Abdallah Juma Ally

No.	Date	Venue	Cap	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1.	2 December 2003	Khartoum Stadium, Khartoum, Sudan	5	Rwanda	1–2	2–2	2003 CECAFA Cup	[11]
2.					2–2
3.	11 December 2004	Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	6	Rwanda	1–0	2–4	2004 CECAFA Cup	[12]
4.	13 December 2004		7	Tanzania	2–1	4–2		[13]
5.					3–2
6.	30 November 2005	Amahoro Stadium, Kigali, Rwanda	10	Burundi	1–1	2–1	2005 CECAFA Cup	[14]
7.	31 May 2006	Millerntor-Stadion, Hamburg, Germany	14	Greenland	2–2	4–2	FIFI Wild Cup	[3]
8.					3–2
9.	13 December 2007	Sheikh Amri Abeid Stadium, Arusha, Tanzania	16	Sudan	2–2	2–2	2007 CECAFA Cup	[15]

Honours

Simba

• Tanzanian Mainland Premier League: 2004 ^[5]

Mtibwa Sugar Turiani

• Tanzanian Mainland Premier League: third place 2006, ^[6] 2008–09 ^[7]

Zanzibar

• FIFI Wild Cup: runner-up 2006 ^[4]

See also

• List of top international men's football goalscorers by country

References

1. Kirwa, Michael (January 9, 2025). "The curious case of Zanzibar: A nation's fight for FIFA and CAF recognition". The Eastleigh Voice. Retrieved October 6, 2025.
2. "Abdallah Juma Ally". National Football Teams.
3. "Greenland vs. Zanzibar 2006-05-31". National Football Teams.
4. "Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus Triumphs in FIFI Wild Cup". Soca Warriors.net. June 7, 2006. Retrieved October 6, 2025.
5. "Tanzania - List of Champions". RSSSF . Archived from the original on January 16, 2023. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
6. "Tanzania (Mainland) 2006". RSSSF.
7. "Tanzania (Mainland) 2008/09". RSSSF.
8. "Tanzania vs. Uganda 2002-10-23". National Football Teams.
9. "Kenya - Tanzania". FIFA. November 15, 2003. Archived from the original on November 9, 2007.
10. "East and Central African Championship (CECAFA)". RSSSF .
11. "Rwanda vs. Zanzibar 2003-12-02". National Football Teams.
12. "Rwanda vs. Zanzibar 2004-12-11". National Football Teams.
13. "Zanzibar vs. Tanzania 2004-12-13". National Football Teams.
14. "Burundi vs. Zanzibar 2005-11-30". National Football Teams.
15. "Sudan vs. Zanzibar 2007-12-09". National Football Teams.