Sabit Abdulai

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Sabit Abdulai
Personal information
Full name Sabit Abdulai [1]
Date of birth (1999-05-11) 11 May 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth Techiman, Ghana
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Botafogo-SP
Youth career
Spartans
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2017–2019 Spartans
2018–2019Extremadura B (loan) 20 (1)
2019–2020 Extremadura B 22 (3)
2020–2021 Extremadura 4 (1)
2020–2021Getafe B (loan) 15 (0)
2021Getafe (loan) 3 (0)
2021–2022 Getafe B 5 (0)
2022–2024 Getafe 0 (0)
2022–2023Ponferradina (loan) 19 (0)
2023Lugo (loan) 15 (0)
2024Murcia (loan) 15 (0)
2024– Botafogo-SP 10 (1)
International career
2019 Ghana U20 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 October 2024

Sabit Abdulai (born 11 May 1999) is a Ghanaian footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Brazilian club Botafogo-SP.

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Club career

Born in Techiman, [2] Abdulai moved to Spain in 2017 to join Deportivo Alavés, but paperwork issues ruled out the move. [3] He later had trials at Rio Ave (where he was also unable to sign a contract due to administrative problems) and UB Conquense, before joining Extremadura UD from Spartans FC in July 2018 on a one-year loan deal, and was assigned to the reserves in Tercera División. [4] Roughly one year later, after being regularly used, he signed a permanent five-year contract with the club. [2]

Abdulai made his first team debut for Extremadura on 4 July 2020, coming on as a second-half substitute for compatriot Emmanuel Lomotey in a 0–1 Segunda División away loss against CD Numancia. [5] He scored his first professional goal sixteen days later, netting his team's only in a 1–5 loss at UD Las Palmas. [6]

On 19 August 2020, Abdulai was loaned to Getafe CF, being initially assigned to the B-team in Segunda División B. [7] He made his La Liga debut with the main squad the following 3 April, replacing Carles Aleñá late into a 0–0 draw at CA Osasuna.

After signing a permanent three-year contract with Geta in 2021, [8] but suffered a serious knee injury in July of that year, [9] being sidelined for eight months. [8] On 8 August 2022, he was loaned to SD Ponferradina in the second division, for one year. [10]

On 20 August 2024, Abdulai signed with Botafogo-SP in Brazil. [11]

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References

  1. "Sabit" (in Spanish). Liga de Fútbol Profesional . Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  2. 1 2 "EXCLUSIVE: La Liga 2 club Extremadura UD promote Ghanaian youngster Sabit Abdulai to first team". KickGH.com. 24 May 2020. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  3. "Ghanaian Sabit Abdulai has gone from having no club to B teams to facing Messi". BBC Sport. 7 May 2021. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  4. "Ghanaian youngster Sabit Abdulai joins Spanish club Extremadura UD". KickGH.com. 14 July 2019. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  5. "El Numancia toma oxígeno de Segunda ante un rival directo" [Numancia take Segunda air against a direct rival] (in Spanish). Marca. 4 July 2020. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  6. "Las Palmas cierra la temporada con una 'manita' al Extremadura" [Las Palmas end the season with a 'fiver' over Extremadura] (in Spanish). Marca. 20 July 2020. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  7. "Sabit, cedido al Getafe CF" [Sabit, loaned to Getafe CF] (in Spanish). Extremadura UD. 19 August 2020. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  8. 1 2 "Ghanaian midfielder Sabit Abdulai working hard to return to action after serious injury". Eagle Ghana News. 28 February 2022. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  9. "Se confirman los peores presagios: Sabit, de seis a ocho meses de baja" [The worst fears confirmed: Sabit, six to eight months out] (in Spanish). Marca. 23 July 2021. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  10. "Comunicado Oficial | Sabit" [Official announcement | Sabit] (in Spanish). Getafe CF. 8 August 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
  11. "Botafogo contrata meio-campista com passagens pelas categorias de base da seleção de Gana e Getafe" [Botafogo signs midfielder with experience in the youth ranks of the Ghana national team and Getafe] (in Portuguese). Botafogo-SP. 20 August 2024. Retrieved 13 October 2024.