Mohamud Ali (footballer)

Mohamud Ali Mohamed (born 8 July 1994) is a Somali international footballer who plays for Southport F.C. and the Somalia national team[7] as a centre back or defensive midfielder.

Mohamud Ali
Personal information
Full name Mohamud Ali Mohamed[1]
Date of birth (1994-07-08) 8 July 1994
Place of birth Zeist, Netherlands[2]
Height 184 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Centre back[1]
Club information
Current team
 Southport F.C.
Youth career
Alphense Boys
ADO Den Haag
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2013 Alphense Boys 17 (0)
2014–2016 Northwich Victoria[3] 54 (3)
2016–2017 Glossop North End[4] 34 (0)
2016–2017 Mossley[5] 29 (2)
2017–2018 Droylsden[6] 30 (1)
2018–2020 Curzon Ashton 64 (3)
2020- Southport 6 (1)
National team
2015– Somalia 7 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

Ali has spent most of his youth at the highly rated academy of Alphense Boys with a short spell at ADO Den Haag playing alongside Nathan Aké. Ali made his first team debut for Alphense Boys on the 15th of April 2012 aged 18 playing in the Hoofdklasse then the third tier. [8][9] Ali moved to Manchester in 2013. In 2014 Ali joined Northwich Victoria. In December 2015 Ali played in the FA Cup 2nd Round Proper against League Two opposition Northampton Town featuring Dominic Calvert-Lewin.[10] At the beginning of the 2016/2017 season Ali joined Glossop North End midway through the season he signed for Mossley where he spent 12 months. Ali spent the last few months of the 2017/2018 season at Droylsden FC. Ali joined Curzon Ashton in the summer of 2018.

International career

He has been capped by the Somalia national team. He made his international debut on the 13th of October 2015 in the World Cup qualifiers against Niger. On 5 September 2019, he played in a 1–0 win against Zimbabwe, marking Somalia's first ever FIFA World Cup qualification victory.[11] and was named man of the match in the team's historic World Cup match against Zimbabwe in September 2019, when the country recorded their first win in 35 years of qualification matches.[12][13]

Personal life

Ali works as a driving instructor in Manchester, England.[13][14] His brother Ahmed Ali also plays for the national team.[13]

References
  1. "Magacyada Cayaartoyda Soomaalyeed iyo wadamadda ay ka yimaadeen | Somaliweyn".
  2. "Somalia's rocky road to a World Cup dream | Somalia". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
  3. "October Moves (Part One)..." Pitchero Non-League. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
  4. "Summer Signings (Part Seven)..." Pitchero Non-League. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
  5. "Mossley Bring in Interesting New Trio". Pitchero Non-League. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
  6. "Three In - One Out At Mossley". Pitchero Non-League. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
  7. "World Cup qualifying: Somalia national team's history-making driving instructor - BBC Sport". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
  8. https://gh.soccerway.com/matches/2012/04/15/netherlands/hoofdklasse/nieuwenhoorn/alphense-boys/1173855/
  9. https://www.allesinalphen.nl/nieuws/arc-en-alphense-boys-weer-de-wei-in.html
  10. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/34952309
  11. "Somalia vs. Zimbabwe". National Football Teams. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  12. "Curzon Ashton FC : News". Curzon Ashton FC.
  13. "World Cup qualifying: Somalia national team's history-making driving instructor". 8 September 2019 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  14. https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/jan/12/somalia-first-world-cup-qualifying-win-mohamud-ali-manchester-driving-instructor

https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/inpictures/2015/10/somalia-rocky-road-world-cup-dream-151013121255402.html

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