Mohammed Sagaf

Mo Sagaf ^[1]

Personal information
Full name	Mohammed Ali Omar Sagaf [2]
Date of birth	(1997-11-12) 12 November 1997 (age 26) [3]
Place of birth	Kismayo, Somalia
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) [3]
Position(s)	Playmaker
Team information
Current team	Boreham Wood
Number	8
Youth career
2015	Real Avilés
2015–2016	Ternana
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2015	North Greenford United	0	(0)
2016–2017	Leatherhead	25	(4)
2017–2018	Waltham Forest	18	(8)
2018	Ipswich Town	0	(0)
2018	Barking	0	(0)
2018–2019	Braintree Town	27	(4)
2019–2020	Carlisle United	17	(1)
2021–2023	Dagenham & Redbridge	94	(2)
2023–	Boreham Wood	4	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:32, 28 October 2023 (UTC)

Mohammed Ali Omar Sagaf (born 12 November 1997) is a Somali-born Tanzanian professional footballer who plays for National League side Boreham Wood.

Club career

Sagaf began his career in the youth team before joining the youth team at Real Avilés in February 2015 along with team-mate and compatriot Salim Nassor. ^{[4] [5]} He began his senior career in August that year at North Greenford United, where he played in four FA Cup games at the start of the 2015–16 season. In September 2015, Sagaf, along with Nassor, travelled to Italy and joined the academy at Ternana, ^{[6] [4]} where he played for the under-19 team in Campionato Primavera. ^[7] Sagaf returned to England and played for Leatherhead in the 2016–17 season, ^[8] before joining Waltham Forest for 2017–18, where he scored 10 goals in 23 games and was made captain. ^[9]

In January 2018, Sagaf joined Ipswich Town, where he played for the under-23 team. ^[10] After a brief spell with Barking at the start of the 2018–19 season, Sagaf joined Braintree Town in September 2018. ^[11] He won the National League player of the month in April 2019 after three goals in five games that month. ^[12] After a trial with FK Sarajevo the following month, ^[13] Sagaf returned to England and signed a one-year deal with Carlisle United after a successful trial. ^[14] He scored on his League Two debut as a substitute against Swindon Town on 10 August 2019. ^[15] Sagaf was released at the end of the season. ^[16] On 30 January 2021, Sagaf signed for National League side Dagenham & Redbridge. ^[17]

In July 2023, Sagaf signed for fellow National League side Boreham Wood ^[18] having departed Dagenham & Redbridge at the end of the 2022–23 season. ^[19]

International career

Born in Somalia, Sagaf grew up in Tanzania. ^[20] In December 2023, he was pre-called up by the Tanzania national team for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations. ^[21]

Career statistics

As of match played 19 August 2023

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
North Greenford United	2015–16	SFL Division One Central	0	0	4	1	—		—		4	1
Leatherhead	2016–17 [8]	IL Premier Division	25	4	—		—		—		25	4
Waltham Forest	2017–18 [9]	Essex Senior League	18	8	2	0	—		3 [lower-alpha 1]	2	23	10
Ipswich Town	2017–18	Championship	0	0	—		—		—		0	0
Barking	2018–19	IL North Division	0	0	—		—		—		0	0
Braintree Town	2018–19 [22]	National League	27	4	1	0	—		1 [lower-alpha 2]	0	29	4
Carlisle United	2019–20 [22]	League Two	17	1	1	0	0	0	2 [lower-alpha 3]	0	20	1
Dagenham & Redbridge	2020–21 [22]	National League	13	0	—		—		—		13	0
	2021–22 [22]	National League	37	1	2	0	—		4 [lower-alpha 2]	1	43	2
	2022–23 [22]	National League	44	1	4	1	—		1 [lower-alpha 2]	0	49	2
	Total		94	2	6	1	—		5	1	105	4
Boreham Wood	2023–24 [22]	National League	4	0	0	0	—		0	0	4	0
Career total			185	19	14	2	0	0	11	3	210	24

1. One appearance and two goals in the Essex Senior League Cup, two appearances in the Gordon Brasted Memorial Trophy
2. Appearances in the FA Trophy
3. Appearances in the EFL Trophy

References

1. "Dagenham & Redbridge FC | Team".
2. List of Players under Written Contract Registered Between 01/09/2018 and 30/09/2018
3. "Mo Sagaf". The Football Player Database. 18 January 2021. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
4. ‘The Harry Redknapp of non-league football’
5. Juveniles ingleses en el Avilés
6. ESCLUSIVA TMW - Ternana, in arrivo due giovani: si tratta di Salim e Sagaf
7. Player Summary - Mohammed Sagaf
8. Leatherhead – Appearances – Mohammed Sagaf – 2016-2017
9. Mohammed Sagaf - Waltham Forest FC
10. Super skipper Sagaf snapped up by Suffolk pros
11. "Barking Football Club on Facebook". Facebook . Archived from the original on 30 April 2022.^{[ user-generated source ]}
12. @braintreetownfc (3 May 2019). "Super Mohammed Sagaf!He's named @TheNationalLge's Player of the Month for April! A huge congratulations to Mo…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
13. Stigao u Sarajevo: Bivši fudbaler engleskog Ipswicha pojacava tim sa Koševa?
14. CONTRACT: Midfielder secures deal following successful trial spell
15. Swindon Town 3–2 Carlisle United
16. CLUB: End-of-season retained and released list confirmed
17. "Sagaf signs!". Dagenham and Redbridge FC. 30 January 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
18. "WELCOME, MO SAGAF!". www.borehamwoodfootballclub.co.uk. 1 July 2023. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
19. "Sagaf Departs". daggers.co.uk. 6 June 2023. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
20. "INTERVIEW: It's up to me to show everybody what I'm about". Carlisle United . I was born in Kismayo, but I grew up in Tanzania. When I was young we moved to Leyton and I started playing football in local teams around there
21. "AFCON 2023 - PROVISIONAL SQUADS LIST" (PDF). p. 37.
22. "M. Sagaf". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 26 April 2021.

External links

• Mohammed Sagaf at Soccerway
• Mohammed Sagaf at Aylesbury United