Personal information | |||
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Full name | Abdallahi Mohamed Mahmoud [1] | ||
Date of birth | [2] | 4 May 2000||
Place of birth | Dar-Naim, Mauritania [2] | ||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) [2] | ||
Position(s) | Centre back, midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Al-Arabi | ||
Youth career | |||
FC Nouadhibou | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2017–2018 | FC Nouadhibou | ||
2018–2023 | Alavés B | 38 | (2) |
2020–2024 | Alavés | 8 | (0) |
2021–2022 | → Istra 1961 (loan) | 24 | (3) |
2023 | → Istra 1961 (loan) | 18 | (1) |
2023–2024 | → Bellinzona (loan) | 21 | (1) |
2024– | Al-Arabi | 0 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2018 | Mauritania U20 | ||
2018– | Mauritania [3] | 23 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 September 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 September 2022 |
Abdallahi Mohamed Mahmoud (born 4 May 2000) is a Mauritanian professional footballer who plays as either a central defender or a midfielder for Kuwaiti club Al-Arabi and the Mauritania national team.
Born in Dar-Naim, Mahmoud started his career with FC Nouadhibou, first playing for their main squad in 2017. On 8 August 2018, after impressing with the under-20 national team in the L'Alcúdia International Football Tournament, he signed for La Liga side Deportivo Alavés, being initially assigned to the youth setup. [4]
Midway through the 2018–19 season, Mahmoud started to appear with the reserves in Tercera División, and contributed with one goal in 12 appearances (play-offs included) as his side achieved promotion to Segunda División B. On 11 May 2020, he was one of the five B-team players called up to train with the main squad for the remainder of the campaign after the COVID-19 pandemic. [5]
Mahmoud made his first team – and La Liga – debut on 27 June 2020, starting in a 1–2 loss at Atlético Madrid. [6] On 18 August of the following year, moved on loan to Croatian club NK Istra 1961, for one year. [7]
On 8 September 2023, Mahmoud moved to Swiss Challenge League side AC Bellinzona on loan for the 2023–24 season. [8]
In September 2024, Mahmoud signed for Kuwait Premier League club Al-Arabi. [9]
After representing Mauritania at under-20 level in the 2018 COTIF tournament, Mahmoud was first called up for the full side on 27 August 2018, for a 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification match against Burkina Faso. [10] He made his international debut on 8 September, coming on as a late substitute for Abdoulaye Gaye in the 2–0 win. [11]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | Other | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Alavés B | 2018–19 | Tercera División | 8 | 1 | — | 4 [lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 12 | 1 | |
2019–20 | Segunda División B | 20 | 1 | — | — | 20 | 1 | |||
2020–21 | 9 | 0 | — | — | 9 | 0 | ||||
2022–23 | Segunda Federación | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
Total | 38 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 42 | 2 | ||
Alavés | 2019–20 | La Liga | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |
2020–21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |||
2022–23 | Segunda División | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | ||
Total | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
Istra 1961 (loan) | 2021–22 | Prva liga | 24 | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | 27 | 3 | |
Istra 1961 (loan) | 2022–23 | Prva liga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
Career total | 70 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 78 | 5 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Mauritania | 2018 | 1 | 0 |
2019 | 2 | 0 | |
2020 | 3 | 0 | |
2021 | 9 | 0 | |
2022 | 8 | 1 | |
Total | 23 | 1 |
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 4 June 2022 | Stade Cheikha Ould Boïdiya, Nouakchott, Mauritania | Sudan | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
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