Abdulkadir Said Ahmed

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Abdulkadir Said Ahmed
Personal information
Full name Abdulkadir Said Ahmed
Date of birth (1999-07-17) 17 July 1999 (age 24)
Place of birth Mogadishu, Somalia
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Futura
Number 6
Youth career
0000–2017 PK-35 Vantaa
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2017 Palloseura Kemi Kings 7 (0)
2017 KTP 5 (0)
2018 PK Keski-Uusimaa 8 (0)
2019 VJS 12 (0)
2020 Espoo 13 (1)
2021 NJS 18 (0)
2022–2023 VJS 22 (0)
2023– Futura 6 (0)
International career
2019– Somalia 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 October 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 00:00, 12 December 2019 (UTC)

Abdulkadir Said Ahmed (born 17 July 1999) is a Somali footballer who plays as a midfielder for Finnish club Futura and the Somalia national team. [1]

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Club career

In 2017, Ahmed began his career with Palloseura Kemi Kings. Later that year, Ahmed signed for Kakkonen club KTP, making five appearances in the 2017 season. For the 2018 season, Ahmed joined PK Keski-Uusimaa, making eight league appearances for the club. Ahead of the 2019 season, Ahmed joined VJS. [2]

International career

On 7 December 2019, Ahmed made his debut for Somalia in a 0–0 draw against Djibouti in the 2019 CECAFA Cup. [3]

Personal life

Abdulkadir Said Ahmed is the brother of the footballer Ahmed Said Ahmed and the politician Suldaan Said Ahmed. [4]

He holds Finnish citizenship.

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References

  1. Abdulkadir Said Ahmed at Soccerway
  2. "Abdulkadir Said Ahmed". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
  3. "Djibouti vs. Somalia". National Football Teams. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
  4. Suomalainen, Tiina (1 November 2021). "Suldaan Said Ahmedin ykkösnainen on yksinhuoltajaäiti Ramla – kasvatti 11 lasta" (in Finnish). Anna. Retrieved 4 January 2022.