Yusuf Abdulazeez
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 9 March 2002 | ||
| Place of birth | Akure, Nigeria | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Varberg | ||
| Number | 25 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2020 | Gombe United | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020–2022 | Gombe United | +? | (+16) |
| 2022– | Mjällby AIF | 4 | (0) |
| 2023 | → Skövde AIK (loan) | 13 | (6) |
| 2024– | → Varberg (loan) | 20 | (3) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 November 2024 | |||
Yusuf Abdulazeez (born 9 March 2002) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as an attacker for Swedish club Varberg on loan from Mjällby AIF.
Career
[edit]Abdulazeez played for a local team in his hometown of Akure before a move to Zamfara State from where he secured a move to the Savannah Scorpions of Gombe United, whom he helped to gain promotion to the NPFL in 2020.[1][2] Playing for Gombe United, Abdulazee finished as the joint second-highest scorer in the 2021–22 Nigeria Professional League, scoring 16 goals, 3 goals shy of the league top scorer Chijioke Akuneto of Rivers United.[3]
A transfer to Swedish side Mjällby AIF of the Allsvenskan was agreed in September 2022. He signed a three-year deal to keep him in Listerlandet until 2025.[4] He made his league debut for Mjälby on 16 October 2022 in a 3–0 home defeat against Hammarby IF.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Yusuf Abdulazeez: I'm Confident Of Winning 2022 NPFL Highest Goal Scorer Award". dailytrust.com.
- ^ "Gombe United Striker Seals Move To Mjallby AIF". bsnsports.com.ng.
- ^ "He can be the difference for us - Mjallby chief explains decision to sign Yusuf Abdulazeez". brilla.net.
- ^ "Swedish club Mjällby AIF sign Yusuf Abdulazeez from Gombe United". gazettengr.com.
- ^ "MJÄLBY VS. HAMMARBY 0-3". Soccerway.
External links
[edit]- Yusuf Abdulazeez at Soccerway
- 2002 births
- People from Akure
- Living people
- Nigerian men's footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- Mjällby AIF players
- Skövde AIK players
- Varbergs BoIS players
- Allsvenskan players
- Superettan players
- Nigerian expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden
- 21st-century Nigerian sportsmen