Personal information | |||
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Full name | Jusif Joose Ali | ||
Date of birth | (2000-05-04) 4 May 2000 (age 24) | ||
Place of birth | Espoo, Finland | ||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Left winger | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | LePa/Via Alberga | ||
Youth career | |||
LePa | |||
Espoo | |||
HJK | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2016–2017 | Klubi 04 | 24 | (5) |
2018–2019 | Ilves | 3 | (0) |
2018 | → JJK (loan) | 5 | (0) |
2018–2019 | → Dinamo Zagreb II (loan) | 0 | (0) |
2019–2020 | Pafos | 0 | (0) |
2020 | AC Oulu | 5 | (0) |
2021–2022 | HIFK | 50 | (5) |
2023 | Lahti | 12 | (0) |
2023 | → Reipas Lahti | 3 | (0) |
2024– | LePa/Via Alberga | 3 | (5) |
International career | |||
2017 | Finland U17 | 6 | (2) |
2023– | Sudan | 3 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 November 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17:28, 29 April 2024 (UTC) |
Jusif Joose Ali (born 4 May 2000) is a footballer who plays for LePa/Via Alberga in Kutonen, the Finnish eight-tier. Born in Finland, Ali plays for the Sudan national team.
Club career
Ali spent his early career with Klubi 04, FC Ilves and JJK. In August 2018, 18-year old Ali moved on loan to Dinamo Zagreb with an option to buy.
Ali then went on a one-week trial at Slovenian club NK Aluminij, before Cypriot club Pafos FC offered him a contract. He joined the club in September 2019 and was registered for the club's U21 squad. Ali scored five goals in 18 games for the youth teams of the club.
Ali returned to Finland and on 6 September 2020, he signed with Ykkönen club AC Oulu.
On 18 January 2021, Ali signed for HIFK.
On 28 November 2022, Ali signed a contract with Lahti for the 2023 season.
In 2024 he began playing for LePa/Via Alberga, in Kutonen, the Finnish eight-tier.
International career
Born and raised in Finland, Ali has a Sudanese father, He is a former youth international for Finland. He received his first call-up to the Sudan national team in 2023. He debuted with Sudan in a 1–0 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification win over DR Congo on 19 November 2023.
References
- ^ 19-VUOTIAS JUSIF ALI SIIRTYI DINAMO ZAGREBISTA KYPROKSELLE – TAISTELEE NYT PELIPAIKOISTA ENTISTEN VALIOLIIGA-LAITURIEN KANSSA, byyri.com, 9 January 2020
- ^ Jusif Ali at WorldFootball.net
- "Jusif Ali". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
- Jusif Ali at Soccerway. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
- "Jusif Ali GNK Dinamo Zagrebiin" (in Finnish). FC Ilves. 31 August 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
- AC Oululle neljä uutta pelaajasopimusta, acoulu.fi, 6 September 2020
- "Jusif Ali HIFK:n riveihin". www.veikkausliiga.com.
- "Jusif Ali siirtyy IFK:sta FC Lahteen" [usif Ali moves from IFK to FC Lahti] (in Finnish). Lahti. 28 November 2022. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
- Jusif Ali, Football Association of Finland
- LePa, leppavaaranpallo.com
- ^ Jusif Ali maajoukkueeseen, fclahti.fi, 26 October 2023
- "Sudan 1-0 Congo DR (Nov 19, 2023) Final Score". ESPN.
- 2000 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Espoo
- Sudanese men's footballers
- 21st-century Sudanese sportsmen
- Sudan men's international footballers
- Finnish men's footballers
- Finland men's youth international footballers
- Sudanese people of Finnish descent
- Finnish people of Sudanese descent
- Klubi 04 players
- Ilves (football) players
- JJK Jyväskylä players
- GNK Dinamo Zagreb players
- Pafos FC players
- AC Oulu players
- HIFK Fotboll players
- FC Lahti players
- Veikkausliiga players
- Ykkönen players
- Kakkonen players
- Men's association football midfielders
- Finnish expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Croatia
- Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Croatia
- Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus
- Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus
- 21st-century Finnish sportsmen