Ayuub Abdi

Ayuub Abdi
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-10-08) 8 October 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Finland
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
PK-35
Number 24
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2020 Viikingit 60 (4)
2020–2022 JäPS 35 (0)
2023– PK-35 30 (0)
International career
2022– Somalia 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 October 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 06:23, 26 March 2022 (UTC)

Ayuub Abdi (born 8 October 1996) is a Somali professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Finnish Ykkösliiga club PK-35 and the Somalia national team.

Club career

Abdi began his senior career with Viikingit in the Finnish Ykkönen, and moved to JäPS for the start of the 2021 season.[1]

On 30 March 2023, Abdi signed with PK-35 for the 2023 season.[2]

International career

Abdi debuted with the Somalia national team in a 3–0 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification loss to Eswatini on 23 March 2022.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Esittelyssä JäPS – "vauhtia, iloa ja elämyksiä"". 31 May 2021.
  2. ^ "Ayuub Abdi PK-35:n keskikentälle!" [Ayuub Abdi to PK-35's midfield!] (in Finnish). PK-35. 30 March 2023. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
  3. ^ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Somalia vs. Eswatini". www.national-football-teams.com.