Saminu Abdullahi
{{Short description|Nigerian footballer (born 2001)}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Saminu Abdullahi
| fullname = Saminu Kwari Abdullahi
| image =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2001|1|3|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Jos, Nigeria
| height = 1.81 m
| position = Defensive midfielder
| currentclub = Juárez
| clubnumber = 14
| youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Gee-Lec Academy
| years1 = 2019–2022 | clubs1 = Spartaks Jūrmala | caps1 = 47 | goals1 = 2
| years2 = 2021–2022 | clubs2 = → Veles Moscow (loan) | caps2 = 23 | goals2 = 1
| years3 = 2023 | clubs3 = Veles Moscow | caps3 = 14 | goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2023 | clubs4 = Dynamo Makhachkala | caps4 = 19 | goals4 = 2
| years5 = 2024–2025 | clubs5 = Khimki | caps5 = 16 | goals5 = 0
| years6 = 2025– | clubs6 = Juárez | caps6 = 3 | goals6 = 0
| pcupdate = 29 March 2025
| ntupdate =
}}
Saminu Kwari Abdullahi (born 3 January 2001) is a Nigerian football player who plays as a defensive midfielder for Mexican club Juárez.
Club career
Abdullahi made his debut in the Russian Football National League for Veles Moscow on 31 July 2021 in a game against Tom Tomsk.{{cite web|publisher=Russian Football National League|url=https://1fnl.ru/champioship/results/841/842/847/5393/|title=Game Report by FNL|date=31 July 2021}}
On 1 January 2024, Dynamo Makhachkala announced that Abdullahi had left the club after his contract was cancelled by mutual consent.{{cite web |title=Абдуллахи покинул Динамо |url=https://dinamo-mx.ru/blog/2024/01/01/abdullahi-pokinul-dinamo/ |website=dinamo-mx.ru |publisher=FC Dynamo Makhachkala |access-date=10 January 2024 |date=1 January 2024}}
In January 2025, Abdullahi left Khimki.{{cite web|publisher=FC Khimki|url=https://fckhimki.com/news/sezon-2024-2025/fevral/saminu-abdullakhi-pokidaet-khimki/|title=Самину Абдуллахи покидает футбольный клуб «Химки»|date=1 February 2025|language=ru}} On 31 January 2025, Mexican club Juárez announced the signing of Abdullahi. He became the club's first African player.{{cite web|publisher=FC Juárez|url=https://fcjuarez.com/noticias-detalle.php?c2k9MjIzNg|title=Saminu Abdullahi se convierte en el primer futbolista africano del FC Juárez|trans-title=Saminu Abdullahi becomes FC Juárez's first African footballer|date=31 January 2025|access-date=2 February 2025|language=es}}
Career statistics
{{updated|match played 8 December 2024}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|Cup !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="4"|Spartaks Jūrmala
|2019 |7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 7 | 0 | ||
| 2020
|Latvian Higher League |25 | 2 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 27 | 2 | ||
| 2021
|Latvian Higher League |15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 15 | 0 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!47 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 2 | |
| Veles Moscow (loan)
|23 | 1 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 25 | 1 | ||
| Veles Moscow
|Russian First League |14 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 14 | 0 | |||
| Dynamo Makhachkala
|Russian First League |19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 19 | 2 | ||
| rowspan="3"|Khimki
|Russian First League |9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 10 | 0 | ||
| 2024–25
|7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 14 | 0 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!16 | 0 | 8 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 24 | 0 | ||
| colspan="3"|Career total
!119 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 131 | 5 |
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References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Soccerway|samiru-kwari-abdullahi/619945}}
- [https://1fnl.ru/players/5348/ Profile by Russian Football National League]
{{FC Juárez squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Abdullahi, Saminu}}
Category:Nigerian men's footballers
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:FK Spartaks Jūrmala players
Category:FC Veles Moscow players
Category:FC Dynamo Makhachkala players
Category:FC Juárez footballers
Category:Latvian Higher League players
Category:Russian First League players
Category:Russian Premier League players
Category:Nigerian expatriate men's footballers
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Latvia
Category:Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Latvia
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Russia
Category:Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Russia
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico
Category:Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Mexico
Category:21st-century Nigerian sportsmen
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