Mohammed Goyi Aliyu

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Mohammed Aliyu
Personal information
Full name Mohammed Goyi Aliyu
Date of birth (1993-02-12) February 12, 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Kachia, Nigeria
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Left-Back
Youth career
Lima Primary School
2008–2010 Niger Tornadoes
2010–2011 Villarreal
2011–2013 Tavriya Simferopol
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2013–2014 Tavriya Simferopol 4 (0)
2014 Pomorac 8 (0)
2014–2017 Saxan 33 (1)
2017 Dinamo Tbilisi 2 (0)
International career‡
2009 Nigeria U-17 7 (0)
2011–2013 Nigeria U-20 12 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 November 2017
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 July 2017

Mohammed Goyi Aliyu (born February 12, 1993) is a Nigerian football player.

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Career

Aliyu began to play football at Lima Primary School and joined in 2008 to Niger Tornadoes who earned his first professional matches. [1] In January 2011 left Nigerian club Niger Tornadoes and signed for Primera División side Villarreal C.F. [2] On December 13, 2011 he signed a long-term contract for Ukrainian Premier League club Tavriya. [3]

International career

He was called from Sam John Obuh for the Nigeria national under-17 football team for the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup. [4] Obuh called the defender on 12 April 2011 for the 2011 African Youth Championship in South Africa. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ "Pen Pix of Glory-chasing Eaglets". kickoff.com. Retrieved 6 June 2017.[ permanent dead link ]
  2. ↑ "Obuh names Musa, 20 others for AYC". newsatnine.info. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  3. ↑ "Сайт sctavriya.com не настроен на сервере". sctavriya.com. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  4. ↑ "FIFA Tournaments - Players & Coaches - Mohammed ALIYU". FIFA.com. Retrieved 6 June 2017.[ dead link ]
  5. ↑ Nigeria's Flying Eagles up close Archived 2012-03-18 at the Wayback Machine
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