Shehu Abdullahi

Shehu Abdullahi

Personal information
Date of birth	12 March 1993[1]
Place of birth	Kano, Nigeria
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Midfielder[2]
Club information
Current team	União da Madeira
Number	14
Youth career
2011	Plateau United
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2012–2014	Kano Pillars
2014–2015	Qadsia	7	(1)
2015–	União da Madeira	1	(0)
National team^‡
2012–2013	Nigeria U20	21	(0)
2014–	Nigeria	8	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 August 2015. † Appearances (goals) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 1 February 2014

Shehu Abdullahi is a Nigerian professional footballer, who plays as a Midfielder for the Portuguese side C.F. União.

Career

Club

In July 2014, Abdullahi moved from Kano Pillars to Kuwaiti Premier League side Qadsia SC in a deal worth $480,000, of which Abdullahi received $330,000 and Kano Pillars $150,000.^[3]

On 6 June 2015, Shehu joined newly promoted Primeira Liga side C.F. União on a two-year deal.^[4]

International

In January 2014, Senior team coach Stephen Keshi, invited him to be a part of the Nigeria national football team squad for the 2014 African Nations Championship.^[5] He helped the team to a third-place finish after Nigeria beat Zimbabwe by a goal to nil.^[6][7]

References

1. FIFA Competition record
2. "Keshi names Chan squad". kickoffnigeria.com. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
3. "PILLARS GET $150,000 FOR SHEHU ABDULLAHI MOVE". africanfootball.com. africanfootball.com. 19 July 2014. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
4. "Shehu assina por duas épocas" [Shehu signs for two seasons] (in Portuguese). A Bola. 6 June 2015. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
5. "Nigeria announce 23-man CHAN squad". goal.com. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
6. "Nigeria win Chan bronze". kickoff.com. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
7. "CHAN 2014: Eagles win bronze". sunnewsonline.com. Retrieved 10 February 2014.

External links

• Shehu Abdullahi at footballzz.co.uk
• Shehu Abdullahi profile at Soccerway