Salim Abdalla

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Salim Abdallah
Personal information
Full name Salim Yusuf Abdallah
Date of birth (1990-12-21) 21 December 1990 (age 33)
Place of birth Kanduyi, Kenya
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
2010 Bukembe
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2011–2012 Ligi Ndogo
2013 Sofapaka 0 (0)
2013–2014 → Posta Rangers (loan) 0 (0)
2015–2016 Posta Rangers 22 (0)
2017–2019 AFC Leopards 67 (2)
2019–2020 Nairobi City Stars 27 (3)
2020–2023 Nairobi City Stars 52 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 May 2023

Salim Yusuf "Shittu" Abdallah, is a Kenyan footballer who plays as a defender for Kenyan Premier League side Nairobi City Stars. He formerly turned out for Bukembe Academy, Ligi Ndogo, Sofapaka, Posta Rangers, and AFC Leopards.

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Career

Salim joined lower-tier side Ligi Ndogo in 2011, after being scouted from Bungoma-based Bukembe Academy. At the end of the year 2012, he moved to Premier League side Sofapaka [1] [2] on a four-year contract. He was then sent on loan [3] to Posta Rangers at the start of the year 2013. The loan move was later made permanent.

In 2017, Salim joined AFC Leopards on a two-year deal. [4] [5] [6] Upon expiry of that contract, he was handed a three-year deal [7] [8] but after only six months he was released by the club. [9]

He joined Nairobi City Stars in August 2019, for a season [10] after the arrival of Bosnian UEFA Pro coach Sanjin Alagic. He extended his stay [11] at the club for a further two years after the team gained promotion to the Kenyan Premier League. He left at the end of the 2021–22 FKF Premier League season. [12] [13]

After eight months out, he returned to Nairobi City Stars during the mid-transfer window in February 2023 [14] to boost the club's defense line.

Honours

Posta Rangers

AFC Leopards

Nairobi City Stars

Individual

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