Hakim Abdallah

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Hakim Abdallah
Personal information
Full name Hakim Djamel Abdallah
Date of birth (1998-01-09) 9 January 1998 (age 27)
Place of birth Saint-Leu, Réunion, France
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 UTA Arad
Number 11
Youth career
2004–2011 AS Saint-Martin-des-Champs
2011–2015 Brest
2016–2017 Stoke City
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2015–2016 Brest B 9 (2)
2016–2018 Stoke City 0 (0)
2017 → Avranches (loan) 14 (4)
2017–2018 → El Ejido (loan) 11 (0)
2018–2020 Nantes B 26 (1)
2020–2021 Swift Hesperange 30 (23)
2021–2022 Lierse 27 (7)
2022–2023 Virton 30 (5)
2023–2025 Dinamo București 67 (9)
2025– UTA Arad 6 (1)
International career‡
2014 France U16 4 (0)
2016 France U19 2 (1)
2020– Madagascar 17 (2)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 29 August 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 8 September 2025

Hakim Djamel Abdallah (born 9 January 1998) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liga I club UTA Arad. Born in France, he represents Madagascar at international level.

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Club career

Dinamo București

On 27 June 2023, Dinamo București announced the signing of Abdallah, their first transfer after the team won promotion back to Liga I. [1] He made his official debut for the club on 17 July 2023, when he started the game and played 65 minutes in the 0–2 home loss against Universitatea Craiova. [2] After 12 games without scoring, his first goal for the team came on 8 October 2023, in the 1–1 home draw against CFR Cluj. [3] His performance in that match was however criticized in the media, as he missed an important chance to score in the 70th minute, when the score was 1-1. [4] On 18 December 2023, he came in as a substitute for Dennis Politic in the 73rd minute, and he scored the second goal in the 2–0 away win against Botoșani. [5] In the following game, on 22 December 2023, Abdallah came once again as a substitute in the 46th minute, and he obtained the deciding penalty in the last minutes of the 1–0 win against Voluntari, [6] being selected as Man of the Match. [7] On 27 January 2024, Abdallah scored in the 1–2 loss against Rapid București [8] and, despite the result, he was named Man of the Match. [9] After this match, Rapid București manager Cristiano Bergodi declared: "It was a very nice goal from Abdallah, I like a lot how he played against us. He is good, very good!". [10] On 18 February 2024, he converted a penalty and produced two assists in the 3–1 home win against Oțelul Galați [11] entering once again the Liga 1 Team of the Week. [12] After a long period of poor form in the relegation group games, Abdallah opened the score on 12 May 2024 in the 2–0 victory against UTA Arad, [13] a victory which allowed Dinamo to avoid relegation.

Abdallah began the 2024-25 Liga I season playing on the right side of a three-man attack line, under manager Željko Kopić. In the first game of the season, on 14 July, he scored once and assisted Cătălin Cîrjan in the 2–3 away loss against CFR Cluj, [14] being selected in the Liga 1 Team of the Week. [15] On 21 July, he opened the score in the 4–1 home win over Petrolul Ploiești. [16]

International career

Abdallah was born in the French overseas territory of Réunion to a Comorian father and Malagasy mother. [17] He debuted for the Madagascar national team in a friendly 2–1 loss to Burkina Faso on 11 October 2020. [18]

Career statistics

International

As of match played 8 September 2025
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Madagascar
202030
202171
202200
202330
202410
202531
Total172
Scores and results list Madagascar's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Abdallah goal. [19]
List of international goals scored by Hakim Abdallah
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
114 November 2021 Mahamasina Municipal Stadium, Antananarivo, MadagascarFlag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 1–11–1 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
28 September 2025 Larbi Zaouli Stadium, Casablanca, MoroccoFlag of Chad.svg  Chad 3–13–1 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification

References

  1. ↑ "Primul transfer oficial de la Dinamo. "Câinii" au adus un jucător cu 10 selecții în naționala țării sale". gsp.ro. 27 June 2023.
  2. ↑ "Dinamo București 0–2 Universitatea Craiova". Soccerway. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
  3. ↑ "Dinamo București 1–1 CFR Cluj". Soccerway. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
  4. ↑ "Ratările etapei la Dinamo - CFR! Abdallah și Otele au gafat inexplicabil în fața porții". DigiSport.
  5. ↑ "Botoșani 0-2 Dinamo București". Soccerway. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
  6. ↑ "Dinamo București 1-0 Voluntari". Soccerway. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
  7. ↑ "SuperLiga - Vedetele etapei a 21-a". lpf.ro.
  8. ↑ "Dinamo București 1-2 Rapid București". Soccerway. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
  9. ↑ "SuperLiga - Vedetele etapei a 23-a". lpf.ro.
  10. ↑ "Scandal la derby-ul de pe Arena Națională". gsp.ro. 28 January 2024.
  11. ↑ "Dinamo București vs. Oțelul - 18 February 2024". Soccerway. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
  12. ↑ "SuperLiga - Echipa etapei a 26-a" [SuperLeague - Team of the Week number 26] (in Romanian). LPF. 20 February 2024. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
  13. ↑ "Dinamo București vs. UTA Arad - 12 May 2024". Soccerway. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
  14. ↑ "CFR Cluj vs. Dinamo București - 14 July 2024". Soccerway. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
  15. ↑ "SuperLiga - Echipa primei etapei" [SuperLeague - Team of the Week number 1] (in Romanian). LPF. 16 July 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
  16. ↑ "Dinamo București vs. Petrolul 52 - 21 July 2024". Soccerway. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
  17. ↑ "Mental! - Hakim Abdallah : "Heureux de faire partie de ce projet "". mental.lu. 11 September 2020.
  18. ↑ "Livescore: Burkina Faso - Madagascar | 2020-10-12 | FootNews.be". www.footnews.be.
  19. ↑ "Abdallah, Hakim". National Football Teams. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
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