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Full name | Alhassan Yusuf Abdullahi Pigui | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 20 July 2000 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Kano, Nigeria | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | New England Revolution | ||||||||||||||||
Number | 80 | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
–2018 | FC Hearts Nigeria | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2018–2021 | IFK Göteborg | 66 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
2021–2024 | Royal Antwerp | 90 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
2023 | Young Reds Antwerp | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2024– | New England Revolution | 7 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
2024– | Nigeria | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 October 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 August 2024 |
Alhassan Yusuf Abdullahi Pigui MON (born 20 July 2000) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Major League Soccer club New England Revolution and the Nigeria national team. [1]
Alhassan Yusuf arrived in Sweden to participate in a Scandinavian youth cup Gothia cup with tiki-taka academy after and excellent performance he earned a professional contract with IFK Göteborg.
From 2018 to 2021, Yusuf played for Allsvenskan club IFK Göteborg. [2]
On 16 July 2021, Belgian club Antwerp announced that they had reached an oral agreement with IFK Göteborg over the transfer of Yusuf. [3]
On 12 August 2024, Yusuf signed a contract with New England Revolution through the 2027 season, with a club option for the 2028 season. [4]
Yusuf made the final squad for the Nigeria national team for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations in Ivory Coast. [5] He made his AFCON debut against Equatorial Guinea on January 14, 2024 which ended in a 1-1 draw. He was substituted off in the 69th minute of the game after sustaining an injury. [6]
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