Ahmed Abdulla

Not to be confused with Ahmed Abdulla (Maldivian footballer).

Ahmed Abdulla
Abdulla playing for Whitehawk in 2016
Personal information
Full name Ahmed Mohamed Abdulla[1]
Date of birth (1991-11-12) 12 November 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 FC Baresi
Youth career
2001–2008 Arsenal
2008–2011 West Ham United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2012 West Ham United 0 (0)
2011 → Swindon Town (loan) 6 (0)
2012 → Dagenham & Redbridge (loan) 4 (0)
2012 Dagenham & Redbridge 1 (0)
2012–2014 Barnet 29 (3)
2014–2015 Whitehawk 25 (1)
2015–2016 Staines Town 38 (2)
2016–2017 Whitehawk 24 (4)
2017 → Metropolitan Police (loan) 1 (0)
2017–2018 Ware 21 (1)
2018 Heybridge Swifts 23 (0)
2018–2019 Concord Rangers 22 (1)
2019 Hayes & Yeading United 3 (0)
2019 Bishop's Stortford 1 (0)
2019 Ware 6 (0)
2019–2021 Whitehawk 21 (12)
2021–2022 Sittingbourne 21 (8)
2022 Bedford 10 (1)
2022 Haywards Heath Town 4 (0)
2022–2023 Barking 28 (11)
2024– FC Baresi 6 (1)
Managerial career
2022 Bedford (caretaker)
2023– Castellón (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:17, 28 August 2024 (UTC)

Ahmed Mohamed Abdulla (Arabic: أحمد عبدالله; born 12 November 1991) is a Saudi Arabian born footballer who plays as a central midfielder for FC Baresi.

Early life

Of Somali and Yemeni descent Abdulla moved to Enfield, London aged eight.[3] He was available for the selection of Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Somalia, but has pledged any future international career to Saudi Arabia.[3]

Playing career

Having previously played for Arsenal's youth team Abdulla joined West Ham as a sixteen-year-old in 2008.[4] He signed his first professional contract, with West Ham, in the summer of 2011.[5] In August 2011, he signed a loan deal with Swindon Town until January 2012.[4] Abdulla made his debut on 3 September 2011 in a 3–2 home win against Rotherham United.[6] In January 2012, Abdulla joined Dagenham & Redbridge on-loan.[7] On his return to West Ham he was released by the club but signed a permanent short-term deal, until the end of the 2011–12 season, with Dagenham in March 2012.[8] In May 2012, Abdulla was released by Dagenham due to the expiry of his contract.[9]

On 4 July 2012, Abdulla signed for Barnet.[10] He scored his first goal for Barnet against Salisbury City on 28 September 2013.[11] His second goal was the winner in a 1–0 win at Hereford United on 19 October.[12] Abdulla was released at the end of the 2013–14 season, though he was invited back for 2014–15 pre-season training.[13] Abdulla played in pre-season friendlies for Barnet in 2014–15 but instead joined Whitehawk,[14] followed by a year at Staines Town. Abdullah re-signed for Whitehawk for the start of the 2016–17 season.[15] In March 2017 he was signed on loan by Metropolitan Police manager Jim Cooper.[16][17] Ware secured his signature on 11 July 2017.[18] He signed for Heybridge Swifts in February 2018.[19] He left the club in October 2018 in the wake of manager Jody Brown's resignation.[20] Abdulla joined Concord Rangers on 23 October 2018.[21] He joined Hayes & Yeading United for the 2019–20 season.[22] After only three appearances,[23] Abdulla joined Bishop's Stortford.[24] This spell was also short-lived, as he re-joined Ware after only two appearances.[25] Abdulla re-joined Whitehawk in December 2019,[26] but left the club after the end of the curtailed 2020–2021 season.[27] Abdulla joined Sittingbourne for the 2021–22 season and scored a hat-trick on the first day of the new campaign.[28] In January 2022 he joined Bedford, scoring once in ten games and also taking over as caretaker manager for the final three games of the season.[29][30][31] He joined Haywards Heath Town for the 2022–23 season,[32] before joining Barking.[33]

Coaching career

In July 2023, Abdulla was appointed by Castellón as assistant to new head coach Dick Schreuder, who was his manager at Barnet.[34]

Career statistics

Club Season League Cup Europe Other* Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
West Ham United 2011–12 0 0 0 0 – – – – 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0 – – – – 0 0
Swindon Town (loan) 2011–12 6 0 0 0 – – 1 0 7 0
Total 6 0 0 0 – – 1 0 7 0
Dagenham & Redbridge 2011–12 5 0 2 0 – – – – 7 0
Total 5 0 2 0 – – – – 7 0
Barnet 2012–13 6 0 1 0 – – – – 7 0
2013–14 23 3 2 0 – – 1 0 26 3
Total 29 3 1 0 – – – – 33 3
Career Total 40 3 3 0 – – 1 0 47 3

References

  1. ^ "Premier League Squad Lists 2010/11". Premier League. Archived from the original on 3 September 2010. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
  2. ^ Rollin, Glenda; Rollin, Jack, eds. (2012). Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2012–2013 (43rd ed.). London: Headline. p. 550. ISBN 978-0-7553-6356-8.
  3. ^ a b "West Ham striker Ahmed Abdulla wants Saudi Arabia future". tribalfootball.com. Retrieved 1 September 2011.
  4. ^ a b "Abdulla loaned to Robins". whufc.com. Archived from the original on 24 November 2011. Retrieved 1 September 2011.
  5. ^ "Ahmed keen to impress". whufc.com. Archived from the original on 24 November 2011. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
  6. ^ "Swindon 3 – 2 Rotherham". BBC Sport. 3 September 2011. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
  7. ^ "Daggers loan Hammers duo". whufc.com. Archived from the original on 10 January 2012. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  8. ^ Richards, Joshua (5 March 2012). "Dagenham & Redbridge sign former West Ham midfielder". London24. Retrieved 5 March 2012. [permanent dead link‍]
  9. ^ "Eight cut loose by Daggers". Sky Sports. 22 May 2012. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
  10. ^ "AND ABDULLA MAKES THE HAT TRICK!". Barnet FC. Archived from the original on 6 July 2012. Retrieved 4 July 2012.
  11. ^ "Barnet 3-1 Salisbury". BBC Sport.
  12. ^ "Hereford United 0-1 Barnet". BBC Sport.
  13. ^ "2014/15 Retained List – News – Barnet Football Club". barnetfc.com. Archived from the original on 30 November 2020. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  14. ^ "Another new signing". Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  15. ^ "Whitehawk make six signings". The Argus. 22 May 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
  16. ^ "Two Join the Met Police". Pitch Hero Non League. 3 March 2017. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  17. ^ "Ahmed Abbulla – Metropolitan Police FC 1st XI". pitchero.com.
  18. ^ "Another mega signing after Tuesday training plus three more confirmed". Ware FC. 13 July 2017. Archived from the original on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  19. ^ Ahmed Abdulla signs for Swifts as Brown looks to bolster midfield options Heybridge Swifts F.C.
  20. ^ "Heybridge Swifts appoint Dicks as Manager". North Kent Non League. 4 October 2018. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  21. ^ @ConcordRangers (23 October 2018). "NEW SIGNING" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  22. ^ @HYUFC_Live (18 June 2019). "New signing" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  23. ^ "Hayes & Yeading United Football Club – A-Z of Hayes & Yeading United". hyufc.com.
  24. ^ "Abdulla signs up". 7 September 2019.
  25. ^ "Bishop's Stortford | Appearances | Ahmed Abdulla | Football Web Pages". footballwebpages.co.uk.
  26. ^ "Non League Today I Hawks Return for Abdulla". nonleague.today.
  27. ^ "Abdulla and Hamilton Depart the Hawks". 30 March 2021.
  28. ^ "Sittingbourne | Appearances | Ahmed Abdulla | Football Web Pages".
  29. ^ @realbedford (27 January 2022). "Announcing three new signings for Bedford FC:- Ahmed Abdulla @abss1506- Marvin Hamilton-…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  30. ^ "Ahmed Abdulla Profile | Aylesbury United FC".
  31. ^ @realbedford (16 April 2022). "Away at Letchworth today with Ahmed Abdulla as caretaker manager for our last three games.The club would like to…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  32. ^ "Haywards Heath Town | Appearances | Ahmed Abdulla | Football Web Pages".
  33. ^ "Ahmed Mohamed Abdulla player stats | Essex Senior Football League".
  34. ^ "Dick Schreuder: "He querido unirme al CD Castellón desde el principio"". 3 July 2023.