Selemani Mwalimu

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Selemani Mwalimu
Personal information
Full name Selemani Mwalimu Abdallah [1]
Date of birth (2006-01-19) 19 January 2006 (age 19) [1]
Place of birth Manyoni,Singida, Tanzania
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) [1]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Simba
(on loan from Wydad AC)
Number 37
Youth career
2018–2023 FGA Talents
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2023–2025 Singida Black Stars
2023–2024 → KVZ (loan) 27 (20)
2024–2025 → Fountain Gate (loan) 11 (6)
2025–2025 Wydad 3 (0)
2025– Simba (loan) 0 (0)
International career‡
2024– Tanzania 6 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 15:24, 14 June 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 23:00, 5 September 2025 (UTC)

Selemani Mwalimu Abdallah (born 19 January 2006) is a Tanzanian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Simba, on loan from Botola Pro club Wydad AC, and the Tanzania national team. [2]

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Club career

As a youth, Mwalimu played for FGA Talents FC of the Tanzanian Championship League. He then joined Singida Black Stars FC on a 3.5-year deal in 2023. He was then loaned to KVZ S.C. of the Zanzibar Premier League for the 2023–24 season. He went on to appear in twenty-seven of the club's thirty matches. He tallied twenty goals and seven assists to become the league's top scorer that year. [3] While on loan at Fountain Gate for the 2024–25 season, Mwalimu took an early lead in the golden boot race, scoring four goals in the first six matches. [4] After reaching five goals in seven matches by the end of the month, he was named the league's top player for September 2024. [5]

In February 2025, it was announced that Mwalimu had joined Wydad AC of Morocco's Botola from Fountain Gate where he was on loan. He initially caught the attention of Wydad manager Rulani Mokwena during the player's season with KVZ. [6] [7] He joined the club reportedly for a transfer fee of TSh 891,000,00 on a four-and-a-half-year contract worth TSh 6,000,000 per month plus bonuses. [8]

International career

Mwalimu made his senior international debut on 15 October 2024 in a 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualification match against DR Congo. [9] In April 2025, he was named to Tanzania's national under-20 team for the 2025 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations and was expected to be the key to Tanzani's offense in the competition. [10]

As of match played 5 September 2025 [9]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Tanzania 202430
202531
Total61
Scores and results list Tanzania's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Mwalimu goal.
List of international goals scored by Cédric Bakambu [11]
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
15 September 2025 Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat, Brazzaville, CongoFlag of the Republic of the Congo.svg  Congo 1–11–1 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification

References

  1. 1 2 3 "FIFA Club World Cup 2025™ – Squad List: Wydad AC (MAR)" (PDF). FIFA. 4 July 2025. p. 32. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 July 2025. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
  2. ↑ "Mwalimu Join Simba". dailynews.co.tz.
  3. ↑ "Seleman Mwalimu 'Gomez' Asajiliwa Fountain Gate". Habari Forum. Retrieved 14 June 2025.
  4. ↑ Abel, Charles. "Mwalimu, wazawa watupe muendelezo". Mwananchi. Retrieved 14 June 2025.
  5. ↑ "SELEMAN MWALIMU MCHEZAJI BORA MWEZI SEPTEMBA". New Times Tanzania. Retrieved 14 June 2025.
  6. ↑ Nhhimbi, Nassir. "Selemani Mwalimu excited to begin new chapter at Wydad Casablanca". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 June 2025.
  7. ↑ Abong'o, Robert. "Selemani Mwalimu: 19-year-old Tanzanian dreams of shining at Wydad Casablanca". Standard Media. Retrieved 14 June 2025.
  8. ↑ James, Charity. "Singida Black Stars yaanza kuzidai pesa za Gomez". Mwana Spoti. Retrieved 14 June 2025.
  9. 1 2 "NFT profile". National Football Teams. Retrieved 14 June 2025.
  10. ↑ Abel, Charles. "Selemani Mwalimu, Nangu wabebeshwa mikoba Ngorongoro Heroes". Mwananchi. Retrieved 14 June 2025.
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