Shehu Usman Abdullahi (born 12 March 1993) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder and defender for Nigeria Premier Football League team Kano Pillars.
 Shehu with Nigeria in 2016 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Shehu Usman Abdullahi | ||
| Date of birth | 12 March 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | Sokoto, Nigeria | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder, defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Kano Pillars | ||
| Number | 4 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2011 | Plateau United | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2014 | Kano Pillars | ? | (?) |
| 2014–2015 | Qadsia | 7 | (1) |
| 2015–2016 | União da Madeira | 28 | (1) |
| 2016–2018 | Anorthosis | 48 | (3) |
| 2018–2020 | Bursaspor | 60 | (5) |
| 2020–2022 | Omonia | 50 | (0) |
| 2022 | Levski Sofia | 8 | (0) |
| 2024– | Kano Pillars | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2013 | Nigeria U20 | 4 | (0) |
| 2013 | Nigeria U21 | 2 | (0) |
| 2014–2019 | Nigeria | 37 | (0) |
| 2016 | Nigeria Olympic | 5 | (0) |
Medal record | |||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 December 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13:30, 16 July 2019 (UTC) | |||
Club career
editQadsia SC
editIn July 2014, Abdullahi moved from Kano Pillars to Kuwait Premier League side Qadsia SC in a deal worth $480,000, of which Abdullahi received $330,000 and Kano Pillars $150,000.[1]
União da Madeira
editOn 6 June 2015, Shehu joined newly promoted Primeira Liga side C.F. União on a two-year deal.[2]
Anorthosis Famagusta
editOn 2 September 2016, Shehu joined Cypriot side Anorthosis Famagusta on a two-year deal worth for the 20% [3][4] of the player re-sale fee in other European club.[5]
Bursaspor
editOn 24 January 2018, Shehu signed for two and a half years Turkish side Bursaspor for an undisclosed fee.[6]
Omonia
editOn 19 September 2020, Shehu signed for the Cyprus First Division side Omonia.
Levski Sofia
editOn 16 September 2022, Shehu signed with Bulgarian First League club Levski Sofia until the end of the 2022–23 season.[7]
International career
editIn January 2014, coach Stephen Keshi, invited him to be included in the Nigeria 23-man team for the 2014 African Nations Championship.[8] Shehu earned his first cap on 11 January 2014, in the 1:2 loss against Mali, appearing as a substitute.[9] He helped Nigeria defeat Zimbabwe for a third-place finish by a goal to nil.[10][11]
He was included in the Nigeria 35-man provisional team for the 2016 Summer Olympics.[12]
In May 2018 he was named in the Nigeria preliminary 30-man team for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, in Russia.[13]
Career statistics
editClub
edit- As of 13 June 2022
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| União da Madeira | 2015–16 | Primeira Liga | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 30 | 1 | ||
| Anorthosis | 2016–17 | Cypriot First Division | 29 | 2 | 6 | 1 | — | — | — | 35 | 2 | |||
| 2017–18 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 21 | 1 | |||||
| Total | 48 | 3 | 8 | 1 | — | — | — | 56 | 4 | |||||
| Bursaspor | 2017–18 | Süper Lig | 14 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 14 | 0 | ||||
| 2018–19 | 13 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 13 | 1 | ||||||
| 2019–20 | 1. Lig | 33 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 33 | 4 | ||||
| Total | 60 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 60 | 5 | |||||
| Omonia | 2020–21 | Cypriot First Division | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | — | 35 | 0 | ||
| 2021–22 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 0 | |||
| Total | 50 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 68 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 186 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 214 | 10 | ||
International
edit- As of match played 16 July 2019[14]
| Nigeria | ||
| Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 6 | 0 |
| 2015 | 4 | 0 |
| 2016 | 6 | 0 |
| 2017 | 6 | 0 |
| 2018 | 6 | 0 |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 |
| Total | 31 | 0 |
Honours
editClub
editQadsia
Omonia
International
editNigeria U23
- African Games bronze medal: 2015
Nigeria Olympic team
- Summer Olympics bronze medal: 2016
References
edit- ^ "PILLARS GET $150,000 FOR SHEHU ABDULLAHI MOVE". africanfootball.com. africanfootball.com. 19 July 2014. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
- ^ "Shehu assina por duas épocas" [Shehu signs for two seasons] (in Portuguese). A Bola. 6 June 2015. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
- ^ Διώχνει Κρέσπο, παίρνει Σεού και ελπίζει σε κάτι καλό μπροστά, themasport.com
- ^ Ένας χάλκινος Ολυμπιονίκης στην Ανόρθωση (video), reporter.com.cy
- ^ Στην Ανόρθωση ο Abdullah Shehu, Anorthosis Famagusta Official Website
- ^ "Μετεγγραφή Σιεχού στην Μπούρσασπορ". 24 January 2018.
- ^ ""ПФК Левски" подписа договор с Абдулахи Шеху". levski.bg (in Bulgarian). PFC Levski Sofia. 16 September 2022.
- ^ "Nigeria announce 23-man CHAN squad". goal.com. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
- ^ "Mali vs. Nigeria 2-1, African Nations Championship Gameweek 1". footballcritic.com. 11 January 2014. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
- ^ "Nigeria win Chan bronze". kickoff.com. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
- ^ "CHAN 2014: Eagles win bronze". sunnewsonline.com. Archived from the original on 18 February 2014. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
- ^ Oluwashina Okeleji (24 June 2016). "Kelechi Iheanacho included in Nigeria's Olympics squad". BBC Sport. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
- ^ Crawford, Stephen (4 June 2018). "Revealed: Every World Cup 2018 squad - Final 23-man lists". Goal. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
- ^ "Shehu Abdullahi". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
External links
edit
- Shehu Abdullahi at Soccerway
- Abdullahi SHEHU – FIFA competition record (archived)