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Shehu Abdullahi
Shehu with Nigeria in 2016
Personal information
Full name Shehu Usman Abdullahi
Date of birth (1993-03-12) 12 March 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Sokoto, Nigeria
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder, defender
Team information
Current team Kano Pillars
Number 4
Youth career
2011 Plateau United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2014 Kano Pillars ? (?)
2014–2015 Qadsia 7 (1)
2015–2016 União da Madeira 28 (1)
2016–2018 Anorthosis 48 (3)
2018–2020 Bursaspor 60 (5)
2020–2022 Omonia 50 (0)
2022 Levski Sofia 8 (0)
2024– Kano Pillars 0 (0)
International career
2013 Nigeria U20 4 (0)
2013 Nigeria U21 2 (0)
2014–2019 Nigeria 37 (0)
2016 Nigeria Olympic 5 (0)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
Africa Cup of Nations
Third place 2019 Egypt
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 December 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13:30, 16 July 2019 (UTC)

Shehu Usman Abdullahipronunciation (born 12 March 1993) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder and defender for Nigeria Premier Football League team Kano Pillars.

Club career

Qadsia SC

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

União da Madeira

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

Anorthosis Famagusta

On 2 September 2016, Shehu joined Cypriot side Anorthosis Famagusta on a two-year deal worth for the 20% of the player re-sale fee in other European club.

Bursaspor

On 24 January 2018, Shehu signed for two and a half years Turkish side Bursaspor for an undisclosed fee.

Omonia

On 19 September 2020, Shehu signed for the Cyprus First Division side Omonia.

Levski Sofia

On 16 September 2022, Shehu signed with Bulgarian First League club Levski Sofia until the end of the 2022–23 season.

International career

In January 2014, coach Stephen Keshi, invited him to be included in the Nigeria 23-man team for the 2014 African Nations Championship. Shehu earned his first cap on 11 January 2014, in the 1:2 loss against Mali, appearing as a substitute. He helped Nigeria defeat Zimbabwe for a third-place finish by a goal to nil.

He was included in the Nigeria 35-man provisional team for the 2016 Summer Olympics.

In May 2018 he was named in the Nigeria preliminary 30-man team for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, in Russia.

Career statistics

Club

As of 13 June 2022
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
União da Madeira 2015–16 Primeira Liga 28 1 1 0 1 0 — — 30 1
Anorthosis 2016–17 Cypriot First Division 29 2 6 1 — — — 35 2
2017–18 19 1 2 0 — — — 21 1
Total 48 3 8 1 — — — 56 4
Bursaspor 2017–18 Süper Lig 14 0 — — — — 14 0
2018–19 13 1 — — — — 13 1
2019–20 1. Lig 33 4 0 0 — — — 33 4
Total 60 5 0 0 — — — 60 5
Omonia 2020–21 Cypriot First Division 30 0 1 0 — 4 0 — 35 0
2021–22 20 0 3 0 — 9 0 1 0 33 0
Total 50 0 3 0 — 13 0 1 0 68 0
Career total 186 9 13 1 1 0 13 0 1 0 214 10

International

As of match played 16 July 2019
Nigeria
Year Apps Goals
2014 6 0
2015 4 0
2016 6 0
2017 6 0
2018 6 0
2019 3 0
Total 31 0

Honours

Club

Qadsia

Omonia

International

Nigeria U23

Nigeria Olympic team

References

  1. "PILLARS GET $150,000 FOR SHEHU ABDULLAHI MOVE". africanfootball.com. africanfootball.com. 19 July 2014. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
  2. "Shehu assina por duas épocas" [Shehu signs for two seasons] (in Portuguese). A Bola. 6 June 2015. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  3. Διώχνει Κρέσπο, παίρνει Σεού και ελπίζει σε κάτι καλό μπροστά, themasport.com
  4. Ένας χάλκινος Ολυμπιονίκης στην Ανόρθωση (video), reporter.com.cy
  5. Στην Ανόρθωση ο Abdullah Shehu, Anorthosis Famagusta Official Website
  6. "Μετεγγραφή Σιεχού στην Μπούρσασπορ". 24 January 2018.
  7. ""ПФК Левски" подписа договор с Абдулахи Шеху". levski.bg (in Bulgarian). PFC Levski Sofia. 16 September 2022.
  8. "Nigeria announce 23-man CHAN squad". goal.com. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
  9. "Mali vs. Nigeria 2-1, African Nations Championship Gameweek 1". footballcritic.com. 11 January 2014. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
  10. "Nigeria win Chan bronze". kickoff.com. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
  11. "CHAN 2014: Eagles win bronze". sunnewsonline.com. Archived from the original on 18 February 2014. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
  12. Oluwashina Okeleji (24 June 2016). "Kelechi Iheanacho included in Nigeria's Olympics squad". BBC Sport. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  13. Crawford, Stephen (4 June 2018). "Revealed: Every World Cup 2018 squad - Final 23-man lists". Goal. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  14. "Shehu Abdullahi". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 23 June 2018.

External links

Nigeria squads
Nigeria men's football squad – 2016 Summer Olympics – Bronze medalists
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Nigeria squad – 2018 FIFA World Cup
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Nigeria squad – 2019 Africa Cup of Nations third place
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