Gassan Ahadme

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Gassan Ahadme
Personal information
Full name Gassan Ahadme Yahyai [1]
Date of birth (2000-11-17) 17 November 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth Vic, Spain
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) [2]
Position(s) Second-striker
Team information
Current team
Stevenage
(on loan from Charlton Athletic)
Number 9
Youth career
Gimnástic Manresa [3] [4]
2019–2020 Norwich City
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2020–2022 Norwich City 0 (0)
2021Real Oviedo B (loan) 6 (0)
2021–2022Portsmouth (loan) 5 (0)
2022 Burton Albion 20 (6)
2022–2024 Ipswich Town 6 (0)
2023Burton Albion (loan) 7 (1)
2023–2024Cambridge United (loan) 29 (11)
2024– Charlton Athletic 19 (1)
2025–Stevenage (loan) 4 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17:10, 30 August 2025 (UTC)

Gassan Ahadme Yahyai (born 17 November 2000) is a professional footballer who plays as a second-striker for Stevenage on loan from EFL Championship club Charlton Athletic. Born in Spain, he represented Morocco at youth international level.

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Club career

Born in Vic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Ahadme began his career with Norwich City.

Ahadem spent time on loan at Real Oviedo B. [5]

He moved on loan to Portsmouth in July 2021. [6] He scored his first goal for the club on 9 November 2021 in an EFL Trophy tie against Crystal Palace U21s. [7]

He signed for Burton Albion in January 2022. [8] He scored his first goal for the club in a 2–1 loss to former club Portsmouth on 8 February 2022. [9] Ahadme would later score the fastest goal for Burton Albion in the EFL in a 4–3 defeat to Cambridge United, scoring in 11 seconds. [10]

Ahadme joined Ipswich Town on 1 September 2022. [11] [12] He scored his first goal for the club in an FA Cup tie against Buxton on 27 November 2022. [13]

He returned on loan to Burton Albion in January 2023. [14]

He moved on loan to Cambridge United in June 2023. [15]

On 4 July 2024, Ahadme joined Charlton Athletic on a four-year contract. [16] [17]

On 14 August 2025, Ahadme joined Stevenage on a season-long loan. [18] [19] He scored on his Stevenage debut in a 2–0 home win over Northampton on 16 August 2025. [20]

International career

Born in Spain, Ahadme represented Morocco at youth international level. [21]

Career statistics

As of match played 30 August 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonDivisionLeagueNational cup [a] League cup [b] OtherTotal
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Norwich City U23s 2019–20 [22] 2 [c] 121
Norwich City 2020–21 [23] Championship 0000000000
2021–22 [24] Premier League 0000000000
Total0000000000
Real Oviedo B (loan) 2020–21 Segunda División B 600060
Portsmouth (loan) 2021–22 [24] League One 5010103 [c] 1101
Burton Albion 2021–22 [24] League One143000000143
2022–23 [25] League One6300101 [c] 285
Total206001012228
Ipswich Town 2022–23 [25] League One6021000081
2023–24 [26] Championship0000000000
Total6021000081
Burton Albion (loan) 2022–23 [25] League One7100000071
Cambridge United (loan) 2023–24 [26] League One291111102 [c] 13313
Charlton Athletic 2024–25 [27] League One19133001 [c] 0234
2025–26 [28] Championship00000000
Total191330010234
Stevenage (loan) 2025–26 [28] League One41000041
Career total962075309511530
  1. Includes FA Cup
  2. Includes EFL Cup
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy

References

  1. "Club List of Registered Players as at September 2024" (PDF). English Football League. p. 58 and 59. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  2. Gassan Ahadme at WorldFootball.net OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  3. Freezer, David (29 January 2019). "Moroccan striker announced as City's second youth signing of the day". Eastern Daily Press.
  4. "El Nàstic juvenil perd el seu referent ofensiu, que marxa al Norwich City". Regió7. 30 January 2019.
  5. "Morocco – G. Yahyai – Profile with news, career statistics and history – Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com.
  6. "Portsmouth bolster striking options". BBC Sport. 21 July 2021.
  7. "Pompey 3 Crystal Palace U21 0". portsmouthfc.co.uk. 9 November 2021. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  8. "Burton sign Norwich striker Ahadme". BBC Sport. 14 January 2022.
  9. "Portsmouth 2–1 Burton". BBC. 8 February 2022. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  10. "Brewers luck runs out again despite dream start". Staffordshire Live. 27 August 2022 via www.derbytelegraph.co.uk.
  11. "GASSAN AHADME JOINS IPSWICH FOR SIX FIGURE SUM". www.burtonalbionfc.co.uk.
  12. "Ipswich sign striker Ahadme and midfielder Camara". BBC Sport. September 2022.
  13. "Ipswich 4-0 Buxton". BBC. 27 November 2022. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  14. "Burton sign Kirk and re-sign Ahadme on loan". BBC Sport. 31 January 2023.
  15. "Cambridge sign Ipswich striker Ahadme on loan". BBC Sport. 27 June 2023.
  16. "GASSAN AHADME JOINS CHARLTON". Charlton Athletic Official Site. 4 July 2024. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
  17. "Gassan Ahadme: Charlton Athletic sign striker from Ipswich Town". BBC Sport. 4 July 2024.
  18. "Gassan Ahadme joins Stevenage on loan". Charlton Athletic Official Site. 14 August 2025. Retrieved 14 August 2025.
  19. "Gassan Ahadme: Stevenage sign forward from Charlton on season-long loan". BBC Sport. 15 August 2025.
  20. "Stevenage 2-0 Northampton Town - Win puts Boro on top of League One". BBC Sport. Retrieved 17 August 2025.
  21. "Gassan Ahadme joins Portsmouth on season-long loan". www.canaries.co.uk.
  22. "Games played by Gassan Ahadme in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  23. "Games played by Gassan Ahadme in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  24. 1 2 3 "Games played by Gassan Ahadme in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  25. 1 2 3 "Games played by Gassan Ahadme in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  26. 1 2 "Games played by Gassan Ahadme in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
  27. "Games played by Gassan Ahadme in 2024/2025". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  28. 1 2 "Games played by Gassan Ahadme in 2025/2026". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 September 2022.