Mustafa Abdellaoue

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Mustafa Abdellaoue
Mostafa Abdellaoue 01.jpg
Abdellaoue with Vålerenga in 2009
Personal information
Date of birth (1988-08-01) 1 August 1988 (age 35)
Place of birth Oslo, Norway
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
–2006 Skeid
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2006–2008 Skeid 28 (17)
2009–2012 Vålerenga 33 (7)
2011Tromsø (loan) 29 (17)
2012–2014 Copenhagen 14 (4)
2013Vålerenga (loan) 10 (1)
2013–2014OB (loan) 26 (9)
2014–2017 Aalesund 98 (37)
2018–2019 Strømsgodset 40 (10)
2019–2021 Sarpsborg 08 28 (7)
International career
2006 Norway U18 4 (1)
2007 Norway U19 1 (0)
2011 Norway U23 1 (1)
2012 Norway 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:11, 19 September 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21 January 2012

Mustafa "Mos" Abdellaoue (born 1 August 1988) is a former Norwegian professional footballer who played as a forward. He is the younger brother of former Norway international Mohammed Abdellaoue.

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Club career

Mos in action for Skeid Mostafa Abdellaoue.jpg
Mos in action for Skeid

Abdellaoue was born in Oslo, Norway. He made his debut for Skeid in 2007, and played a total of six games during the relegation campaign from the First Division, the second tier in Norwegian football. He was loaned out to Lillestrøm and played games for their reserve team in Norwegian Second Division, scoring one goal, before returning to Skeid. [1] [2] In 2008, he scored 17 goals in 20 matches when Skeid won the Second Division Group 2, and gained direct promotion back to the First Division. [3]

In September 2008, Abdellaoue and his teammate Dawda Leigh signed for Norwegian Premier League side Vålerenga IF under the Bosman rule, and joined the club on 1 January 2009. [4] His brother Mohammed had also joined the club from the same club the season before.

On 13 April 2009, Abdellaoue scored his first league goal for Vålerenga in a 2–0 victory away to Lillestrøm. [5]

In the 2010 season, he was named top-scorer of the Norwegian Second Division avd. 1 with Vålerenga's B team, scoring 27 goals. He scored 13 in that division the season before with the same team. [6]

Abdellaoue spent the 2011 season loaned out to Tromsø IL, where he became the top scorer of Tippeligaen with 17 goals. He finished runner-up in the league with Tromsø. After he returned from Tromsø, Vålerenga rejected a 5 mill NOK offer for him from F.C. Copenhagen in January 2012. [7]

Mostafa joined FC Copenhagen in January 2012. Mostafa scored his first goal in a friendly against FC Anzhi. In his third match he scored twice against his former club Vålerenga IF in his debut at Parken.

On 31 August 2013, Abdellaoue was sent on a one-year loan deal to OB.

In July 2014, Abdellaoue returned to the Tippeligaen permanently by signing for Aalesunds FK. [8]

On 24 January 2018, Strømsgodset announced that he had signed a four-year-contract with the club. [9]

International career

"Mos" made his debut for the senior team when he replaced Thomas Sørum at half time in a 1–1 friendly draw against Denmark on 15 January 2012. [10]

Personal life

He is the younger brother of former Norway international Mohammed Abdellaoue.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 19 September 2022 [11]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Skeid 2007 Norwegian First Division 600060
2008 Norwegian Second Division 2217102317
Total2817102917
Vålerenga 2009 Tippeligaen 152311 [lower-alpha 1] 0193
2010 18523208
Total33754103911
Tromsø (loan) 2011 Tippeligaen2917353 [lower-alpha 2] 03522
Copenhagen 2011–12 Danish Superliga 9231123
2012–13 520052
Total14431175
Vålerenga (loan) 2013 Tippeligaen10133134
OB (loan) 2013–14 Danish Superliga269132712
Aalesund 2014 Tippeligaen13200132
2015 26621287
2016 2913353218
2017 Eliteserien 3016323318
Total98378810645
Strømsgodset 2018 Eliteserien247783115
2019 16311174
Total4010894819
Sarpsborg 08 2019 Eliteserien11100111
2020 17600176
Total28700287
Career total30410932333010340142
  1. Appearance in Superfinalen
  2. Appearances in UEFA Europa League

Honours

Skeid

Copenhagen

Individual

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