Ayub Daud

Ayub Daud (Somali: Ayuub Daaud, Arabic: أيوب داود; born 24 February 1990) is a Somali professional footballer who plays as a forward or attacking midfielder for the Somalia national team.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]}

Ayub Daud

Personal information
Date of birth	(1990-02-24) 24 February 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth	Mogadishu, Somalia
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
1999–2000	Cuneo
2000–2009	Juventus
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2008–2013	Juventus	1	(0)
2009–2010	→ F.C. Crotone (loan)	11	(0)
2010–2011	→ Lumezzane (loan)	4	(1)
2011–2012	→ Cosenza (loan)	14	(2)
2012	→ Gubbio (loan)	11	(4)
2012–2013	Chiasso	9	(2)
2013–2016	Honvéd	52	(14)
2016–2017	Viareggio 2014	0	(0)
International career
2011–2015	Somalia	40	(6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 April 2014

Club career

The son of Daud Hussein, a former member of the Somalia national team,^[8] Daud was born in Somalia, and moved to Cuneo, Italy with his family at the age of five.^[9][10]

He joined the Juventus youth sector in 2000 and made his debut with the Primavera (under-20) squad in the 2007–08 season.^[11] Daud was part of the Juventus squad in the 2009 Torneo di Viareggio, where he was praised as one of the best footballers of the tournament. He scored 20 goals, and was named top scorer of the tournament.^[12]

On 14 March 2009, he made his first team debut with Juventus, replacing Sebastian Giovinco during the final minutes of a Serie A 4–1 win over Bologna.^[13]

On 6 August 2009, Daud left Juventus and joined Crotone on loan.^[14] The youngster endured a difficult time at the southern Italian club, and subsequently returned to Juventus in January of the following year. He was then loaned out to Serie C1 club Lumezzane.^[15] On 25 January 2011 he left for Gubbio on loan.^[16] Daud left Italy in August 2013 to join Hungarian club Budapest Honvéd.^{[citation needed]}

References

1. "Ayub Daud, quando il Viareggio non basta". chiamarsibomber.com.
2. "Ayub Daud – article".
3. "Ayub Daud e due talenti dal Fano". umbrialeft.it.
4. "Daud, l'unico etiope nella storia della Juve". ilbianconero.com.
5. "Ayub Daud – Goal.com article".
6. "Ayub Daud – Nemzeti Sport article".
7. "Ayub Daud – Calcio Mercato article". Archived from the original on 11 September 2023. Retrieved 14 September 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
8. Size doesn’t matter for Ayub – The Star
9. "Daud si ripete, la Juve piega il Parma" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. 12 February 2009. Retrieved 14 March 2009.
10. "AYUB DAUD" (in Italian). Calciomercato.it. 6 March 2009. Archived from the original on 9 March 2009. Retrieved 14 March 2009.
11. "Ayub Daud" (in Italian). Juventus FC. Archived from the original on 21 February 2009. Retrieved 14 March 2009.
12. "TMW VIAREGGIO – Juventus, Daud: una freccia bianconera" (in Italian). Juventus FC. 11 February 2009. Retrieved 14 March 2009.
13. "JUVE-BOLOGNA 4–1: RIPRESA TRAVOLGENTE E L'INTER E' A −4" (in Italian). Calciomercato.it. 14 March 2009. Archived from the original on 16 March 2009. Retrieved 14 March 2009.
14. Ora è ufficiale: Ayub Daud in prestito al Crotone di Lerda^{[permanent dead link]}
15. "Calciomercato Juventus: Daud torna in bianconero dal Crotone" (in Italian). Sportevai.it. 2 January 2010. Archived from the original on 20 July 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2010.
16. "Ceduto al Gubbio 1910 il calciatore Ayub Daud". Cosenza Calcio 1914 (in Italian). 25 January 2011. Archived from the original on 1 February 2016. Retrieved 4 April 2011.