Personal information | |||
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Full name | Jusif Joose Ali | ||
Date of birth | 4 May 2000 | ||
Place of birth | Espoo, Finland [1] | ||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) [2] | ||
Position(s) | Left winger [2] | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Al-Merrikh | ||
Youth career | |||
LePa [1] | |||
Espoo [1] | |||
HJK [1] | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2016–2017 | Klubi 04 | 24 | (5) |
2018–2019 | Ilves | 3 | (0) |
2018 | → JJK (loan) | 5 | (0) |
2018–2019 | → Dinamo Zagreb II (loan) | 0 | (0) |
2019–2020 | Pafos | 0 | (0) |
2020 | AC Oulu | 5 | (0) |
2021–2022 | HIFK | 50 | (5) |
2023 | Lahti | 12 | (0) |
2023 | → Reipas Lahti | 3 | (0) |
2024 | LePa/Via Alberga | 10 | (13) |
2025– | Al-Merrikh | ||
International career‡ | |||
2017 | Finland U17 | 6 | (2) |
2023– | Sudan [3] | 3 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 November 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17:28, 29 April 2024 (UTC) |
Jusif Joose Ali (born 4 May 2000) is a footballer who plays for Al-Merrikh in the Super D1. Born in Finland, Ali plays for the Sudan national team.
Ali spent his early career with Klubi 04, FC Ilves and JJK. [4] In August 2018, 18-year old Ali moved on loan to Dinamo Zagreb with an option to buy. [5]
Ali then went on a one-week trial at Slovenian club NK Aluminij, before Cypriot club Pafos FC offered him a contract. He joined the club in September 2019 and was registered for the club's U21 squad. [1] Ali scored five goals in 18 games for the youth teams of the club.
Ali returned to Finland and on 6 September 2020, he signed with Ykkönen club AC Oulu. [6]
On 18 January 2021, Ali signed for HIFK. [7]
On 28 November 2022, Ali signed a contract with Lahti for the 2023 season. [8]
In 2024 he began playing for LePa/Via Alberga, [9] in Kutonen, the Finnish eight-tier. [10]
In January 2025, Ali signed with Sudanese club Al-Merrikh, competing in Mauritanian Super D1. [11]
Born and raised in Finland, Ali has a Sudanese father, [12] He is a former youth international for Finland. He received his first call-up to the Sudan national team in 2023. [12] He debuted with Sudan in a 1–0 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification win over DR Congo on 19 November 2023. [13]
Ali is a devout Muslim. [14]