Zayn Hakeem

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Zayn Hakeem
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Hakeem in 2023
Personal information
Full name Zayn Mohammed Junayd Hakeem [1]
Date of birth (1999-02-15) 15 February 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth Leicester, England
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Shepshed Dynamo
Youth career
2012–2014 Nottingham Forest
2014–2016 Mansfield Town
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2016–2019 Mansfield Town 2 (0)
2017Matlock Town (loan) 5 (0)
2018Grantham Town (loan) 13 (2)
2018Basford United (loan) 3 (0)
2018–2019Coalville Town (loan) 2 (0)
2019 Bradford (Park Avenue) 5 (0)
2019–2020 Barwell 14 (2)
2020 Coleshill Town 6 (1)
2020–2021 Anstey Nomads 8 (6)
2021 Worksop Town (2)
2021–2022 Stamford 12 (1)
2022 Anstey Nomads
2022–2023 Shepshed Dynamo 38 (19)
2023 Basford United 4 (0)
2023Long Eaton United (loan)
2023–24 Anstey Nomads 7 (3)
International career
2017–2018 Antigua and Barbuda U20 7 (4)
2023– Antigua and Barbuda 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:40, 21 December 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 03:04, 6 September 2023 (UTC)

Zayn Mohammed Junayd Hakeem (born 15 February 1999) is a footballer who plays for Anstey Nomads FC, where he plays as a forward. Born in England, he plays for the Antigua and Barbuda national team.

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Early life

Hakeem attended The Martin High School, Anstey, Leicestershire starting in 2012.

Playing career

Mansfield Town

Hakeem began his career with Mansfield Town and made his professional debut on 7 May 2016 in a 0–0 draw against Cambridge United. [2]

In August 2017, Hakeem joined Matlock Town on loan for one month. [3]

In September 2018, Hakeem joined Basford United on a one-month loan deal. [4] He scored on his debut for the club in the FA Cup against Staveley Miners Welfare. [4] [5]

He joined Southern League Premier Central side Coalville Town on loan on 13 October 2018, on a deal that ran until 1 January 2019. [6]

He was released by Mansfield at the end of the 2018–19 season. [7]

Bradford (Park Avenue)

Zayn signed for National League North side Bradford (Park Avenue) on 30 July 2019. [8]

Barwell

Hakeem joined Southern League Premier Division Central side Barwell for the 2019–20 season in September 2019. He made his Southern League Premier Division Central debut on 28 September 2019 coming on as a 70th-minute substitute for Tolani Omotola, in a 3–1 away defeat at Nuneaton Borough. [9]

Zayn scored his first Southern League Premier Division Central goal for Barwell on 21 December 2019, in an away fixture against Peterborough Sports, again coming on as a 70th-minute substitute for Tolani Omotola, Hakeem scored the equaliser on the 73rd minute to make it 4–4, only for Dan Lawlor to score an 80th-minute winner for Peterborough Sports. [10]

Coleshill Town

Zayn signed for Southern League Division One Central side Coleshill Town on 23 January 2020. [11] He made his Southern League Division One Central debut the following day in a home fixture against Aylesbury United, it wasn't one to remember with his new team succumbing to a 6–0 home defeat. [12]

Northern Premier League

In July 2021, he signed for Northern Premier League Division One East side Worksop Town, following a curtailed season at Anstey Nomads in the previous campaign in the United Counties League. [13] [14] In October 2021, he was on the move again to divisional rivals Stamford. [15] He returned to Anstey Nomads in January 2022, as he had found his game time limited at Stamford. [16] Hakeem made the move back to the NPL, signing for Shepshed Dynamo at the beginning of the 2022–23 season.

In May 2023, Hakeem signed for Basford United. [17] He joined Long Eaton United on an initial three-month loan deal in August 2023. [18] He returned to Shepshed Dynamo on a permanent basis in December 2023. [19]

International career

Hakeem has represented Antigua and Barbuda U-20s. He scored twice against Bermuda in the 2017 CONCACAF U-20 Championship qualifying tournament. He has also represented the Antigua and Barbuda nation men’s team making 3 appearances. The 3 performances were against Guadeloupe, Puerto Rico and Montserrat. [20]

Career statistics

Club

As of end of 2022–23 season
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague FA Cup League Cup OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Mansfield Town 2015–16 [21] League Two 1000000010
2016–17 [22] League Two0000100000
2017–18 [23] League Two0000001 [lower-alpha 1] 000
2018–19 [24] League Two1000000010
Total2000101040
Matlock Town (loan) 2017–18 [25] Northern Premier League Premier Division50000050
Grantham Town (loan)2017–18 [26] Northern Premier League Premier Division132002 [lower-alpha 2] 0152
Basford United (loan) 2018–19 [27] Northern Premier League Premier Division30111 [lower-alpha 3] 051
Coalville Town (loan) 2018–19 [28] Southern League Premier Division Central20000020
Bradford (Park Avenue) 2019–20 [29] National League North 50000050
Barwell 2019–20 [28] Southern League Premier Division Central142002 [lower-alpha 4] 0162
Coleshill Town 2019–20 [28] Southern League Division One Central61000061
Shepshed Dynamo 2022–23 [30] Northern Premier League Midlands Division3817522 [lower-alpha 5] 04519
Career total882263108010325
  1. One appearance in EFL Trophy
  2. Appearance(s) in Northern Premier League Premier Division play-offs
  3. Appearance(s) in Northern Premier League Challenge Cup
  4. One appearance in FA Trophy; one appearance in Leicestershire and Rutland Challenge Cup
  5. Appearance(s) in FA Trophy

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