External links
- Ibrahim Aliyu at Soccerway.com
- Ibrahim Aliyu at WorldFootball.net
- Ibrahim Aliyu at FBref.com
- Ibrahim Aliyu at kicker (in German)
- Ibrahim Aliyu at Major League Soccer
- Ibrahim Aliyu at Fussballdaten.de (in German)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 16 January 2002 | ||
| Place of birth | Kano, Nigeria [1] | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Columbus Crew | ||
| Number | 11 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2019 | Oasis FC | ||
| 2019–2020 | Footwork FC | ||
| 2020 | Lokomotiva Zagreb | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020–2023 | Lokomotiva Zagreb | 79 | (14) |
| 2023–2025 | Houston Dynamo | 66 | (9) |
| 2025– | Columbus Crew | 23 | (3) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019 | Nigeria U20 [1] | 4 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 12:08, 26 October 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 1:34, 27 January 2023 (UTC) | |||
Ibrahim Aliyu (born 16 January 2002) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Major League Soccer club Columbus Crew. [1]
Aliyu went on trial with Croatian club NK Lokomotiva Zagreb in January 2020. [2] [3] On 9 February the 18 year old signed with the club. [4] He spent the remainder of the 2019–20 season playing with the youth teams. [4] [2]
On 2 October 2020 Aliyu made his first team debut against Istra 1961 in a Prva HNL match, coming on as a substitute in the 72nd minute for Reuben Acquah in a 0–0 draw. [5] [6] He scored his first goal for Lokomitiva on 1 November 2020 in a 1–1 draw with Dinamo Zagreb. [7] Aliyu finished the season with 2 goals in 19 appearances in league play as Lokomotiva finished 8th in the table. [8]
On 14 August 2021 he scored a brace in a 4–0 win over Istra 1961. [9] He ended the 21–22 season with 34 appearances and 6 goals in the league to help Lokomotiva finish 5th. [8]
On 5 March 2023 Aliyu scored a brace against Croatian powerhouse Hajduk Split in a 4–3 victory. [10] [11]
On 25 April 2023 Aliyu joined Major League Soccer side Houston Dynamo on a three-year deal with team options for 2026 and 2027 for an undisclosed fee. [12] [2] The fee was reportedly €2.1 million. [13] Aliyu made his debut for his new club on 10 May 2023 in a U.S. Open Cup game against Sporting KC. [14] On 23 May He scored his first goal for the club in a 4–0 victory versus Minnesota United the U.S. Open Cup. In the following round of the Open Cup, Aliyu scored a brace to propel his team to a 4–1 win. [15] Aliyu was part of the team that would win the 2023 U.S. Open Cup and quality for the CONCACAF Champions Cup. [16]
On 24 April 2025, Aliyu was acquired by fellow Major League Soccer club Columbus Crew in an intra-league trade. [17]
Aliyu has stated that is favorite football club is Real Madrid and that Kylian Mbappé is a player he looks to as a role model. [18]
As of 29 April 2023 [8] [19] [20]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup [a] | League Cup [b] | Continental [c] | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Lokomotiva Zagreb | 2020–21 | HNL | 19 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 21 | 3 | |
| 2021–22 | 34 | 6 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 35 | 7 | ||||
| 2022–23 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 28 | 7 | ||||
| Total | 79 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84 | 17 | ||
| Houston Dynamo | 2023 | MLS | 24 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | — | 33 | 6 | |
| 2024 | 34 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 42 | 6 | ||
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | |||
| Total | 66 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 83 | 12 | ||
| Columbus Crew | 2025 | MLS | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Career total | 145 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 167 | 29 | ||
Houston Dynamo
