Abdi Sharif

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Abdi Sharif
Personal information
Full name Abdulrahman Mohamoud Sharif [1]
Date of birth (2001-01-01) 1 January 2001 (age 24) [1]
Place of birth Qoryoley, Somalia [2]
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) [1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Aberystwyth Town
Number 23
Youth career
2010–2019 Liverpool
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2019–2021 Liverpool 0 (0)
2022–2024 Wigan Athletic 1 (0)
2023–2024 → AFC Telford United (loan) 2 (1)
2025– Aberystwyth Town 2 (0)
International career‡
2023– Somalia 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:12, 1 February 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:58, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

Abdulrahman Mohamoud Sharif (born 1 January 2001) is a Somali footballer who plays as a midfielder for Cymru Premier club Aberystwyth Town and the Somalia national team.

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Early life

Abdulrahman Mohamoud Sharif was born in Somalia on 1 January 2001 before he emigrated to the United Kingdom with his family in 2004. [3] He grew up in Toxteth with his nine older brothers. [4]

Club career

Liverpool

Sharif spent his youth with the Academy at Liverpool, spending three years training with the club before he joined officially at the age of nine. [5] He turned professional at Anfield in July 2019. [6] He suffered an Anterior cruciate ligament injury and was given a one-year contract extension to allow him the opportunity to recover. [7] [8]

Wigan Athletic

He spent a year unattached and then joined Wigan Athletic following a successful trial in the summer of 2022. [3] [9] He scored goals in friendlies against Hyde United and Alvechurch during his trial spell. [10] He made his senior debut for the club on the last day of the 2022–23 season, in a 0–0 draw with Rotherham United at the DW Stadium. [11] This made him the first Somali to play in the EFL Championship. [12] [13]

He joined National League North club AFC Telford United on loan on 25 November 2023. [14] He returned to Wigan in the new year. [15]

He was released by Wigan at the end of the 2023–24 season. [16]

Aberystwyth Town

On 10 January 2025, Sharif joined Cymru Premier club Aberystwyth Town. [17]

International career

Sharif was called up to represent Somalia for the first time in October 2023. [18]

Style of play

A central midfielder, he earned praise from Liverpool coach Steven Gerrard for his stamina. [19] He can also play at right-back and was a centre-forward in his youth. [6] [20]

Career statistics

As of match played 6 December 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague FA Cup EFL Cup OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Liverpool U21 2020–21 ———2 [a] 020
Wigan Athletic 2022–23 [21] EFL Championship 1000000010
2023–24 [22] EFL League One 0000001 [a] 010
Total1000001020
AFC Telford United (loan) 2022–23 [1] National League North 20——0020
Career total3000003060
  1. 1 2 Appearances in the EFL Trophy

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  11. ↑ "Match Report | Latics 0 Rotherham United 0". Wigan Athletic FC. 8 May 2023. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
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