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Nigerian football player From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
Personal information | |||
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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) | 6 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 July 2024 |
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]
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