Lumala Abdu

Lumala Abdu (born 21 July 1997) is a Ugandan professional footballer who plays as a forward for Egyptian club Pyramids and the Uganda national team.[2]

Lumala Abdu
Personal information
Full name Lumala Abdu
Date of birth (1997-07-21) 21 July 1997
Place of birth Uganda
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
Pyramids
Number 22
Youth career
Gualövs GoIF[1]
Mjällby AIF[1]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015 Mjällby AIF 24 (3)
2016–2019 Kalmar FF 10 (0)
2017Varbergs BoIS 10 (1)
2017Helsingborgs IF (loan) 10 (1)
2018IFK Värnamo (loan) 22 (0)
2019Syrianska FC (loan) 9 (1)
2019– Pyramids 4 (0)
National team
2019– Uganda 6 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 08:49, 20 October 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11:09, 16 July 2019 (UTC)

Club career

Early years

Abdu grew up with his grandmother in the village of Kataba since his mother had died when he was just a few months old and since the father was unknown.[3] When he was 10 he was given a Henrik Larsson-shirt as a birthday present by his aunt. In hope of receiving a better life his grandmother sent him away to the capital Kampala when he was 16. Abdu took many jobs, mostly washing cars before he met a few white Europeans who managed to get him on a plane to Sturup Airport.

Sweden

He was left alone on the streets of Malmö and there he contacted Migrationsverket. They managed to get accommodation for Abdu in the little town of Bromölla. There he started training with the local club Ifö/Bromölla playing in the Swedish 5th tier, but after not managing to find any football shoes he and a friend moved to 9th tier side Gualövs GoIF. He was instantly made captain and after scoring 20 goals in 10 games big local club Mjällby AIF signed him in the summer of 2014. He played the rest of the year with the U17s and U19s. Before the next season Abdu was moved up to the A-Team playing in Swedish second division Superettan. He impressed, scoring 3 goals in 24 games being only 17 when the season started. The rumours of his talent spread and clubs like Malmö FF and Olympiacos wanting to sign him.

Kalmar FF

Abdu instead ended up in Swedish top flight club Kalmar FF. In his first season, he played 10 league matches.

Loans

Ahead of the 2017 season Abdu was loaned out to Superettan club Varbergs BoIS. After half a season with the club, he returned to Kalmar FF just to be loaned out once again, this time to his idol Henrik Larsson's mother club Helsingborgs IF. He made his debut in a game against GAIS. At the back of Abdu's shirt it says "Lumalinho".[4]

Pyramids FC

In July 2019, Abdu joined Egyptian Premier League club Pyramids FC where he linked up with former Uganda coach Sébastien Desabre.[5]

International career

He made his Uganda national football team debut on 9 June 2019 in a friendly against Turkmenistan, as a starter.[6]

Career statistics

Club

As of 16 July 2019[2]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cups Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Gualövs GoIF 2014 Division 7 Blekinge 10201020
Mjällby AIF 2015 Superettan 2433120294
Kalmar FF 2016 Allsvenskan 10052152
Varbergs BoIS (loan) 2017 Superettan 101101
Helsingborgs IF (loan) 2017 Superettan 101101
IFK Värnamo (loan) 2017 Superettan 2202020260
Syrianska FC (loan) 2019 Superettan 9191
Career total 9526103004010929

International

As of matches played on 16 July 2019[7]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Uganda 201960
Total60

References

  1. Föräldralös och övergiven nytt superlöfte, svenskelitfotboll.se, 21 May 2015
  2. Lumala Abdu at Soccerway
  3. "Föräldralös och övergiven nytt superlöfte". svenskelitfotboll.se. 21 May 2015. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
  4. "Det är en saga" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 29 August 2017. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
  5. Wagih, Ahmed (31 July 2019). "Pyramids sign Ibrahim Hassan, Lumala Abdu". KingFut. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
  6. "Uganda v Turkmenistan game report". National Football Teams. 9 June 2019.
  7. Lumala Abdu at National-Football-Teams.com


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