Shehu Abdullahi

Shehu Unman Abdullahi (born 12 March 1993) is a Nigerian professional footballer who currently plays for Cypriot First Division side Omonia.

For the civil servant, see Abdullahi Shehu.

Shehu Abdullahi
Abdullahi in 2016
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-03-12) 12 March 1993
Place of birth Sokoto, Nigeria
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Right back
Defensive Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Omonia
Number 4
Youth career
2011 Plateau United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2014 Kano Pillars ? (?)
2014–2015 Qadsia 7 (1)
2015–2016 União da Madeira 28 (1)
2016–2018 Anorthosis 48 (3)
2018–2020 Bursaspor 60 (5)
2020– Omonia 18 (0)
National team‡
2013 Nigeria U20 4 (0)
2013 Nigeria U21 2 (0)
2014– Nigeria 31 (0)
2016 Nigeria Olympic 5 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 February 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13:30, 16 July 2019 (UTC)

Club career

Qadsia SC

In July 2014, Abdullahi moved from Kano Pillars to Kuwait Premier League side Qadsia SC in a deal worth $480,000, of which Abdullahi received $330,000 and Kano Pillars $150,000.[1]

União da Madeira

On 6 June 2015, Shehu joined newly promoted Primeira Liga side C.F. União on a two-year deal.[2]

Anorthosis Famagusta

On 2 September 2016, Shehu joined Cypriot side Anorthosis Famagusta on a two-year deal worth for the 20% [3][4] of the player re-sale fee in other European club.[5]

Bursaspor

On 24 January 2018, Shehu signed for two and a half years Turkish side Bursaspor for an undisclosed fee.[6]

Omonia

On 19 September 2020, Shehu signed for the Cyprus First Division side Omonia.

International career
Shehu with Nigeria in 2017

In January 2014, Senior team coach Stephen Keshi, invited him to be a part of the Nigeria national football team squad for the 2014 African Nations Championship.[7] He helped the team to a third-place finish after Nigeria beat Zimbabwe by a goal to nil.[8][9]

He was selected by Nigeria for their 35-man provisional squad for the 2016 Summer Olympics.[10]

In May 2018 he was named in Nigeria's preliminary 30-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.[11]

Career statistics

Club
As of 7 February 2021
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
União da Madeira 2015–16 Primeira Liga 2811010——301
Anorthosis 2016–17 Cypriot First Division 29261———352
2017–18 19120———211
Total 48381———564
Bursaspor 2017–18 Süper Lig 140————140
2018–19 131————131
2018–19 1. Lig 33400———334
Total 60500———605
Omonia 2020–21 Cypriot First Division 18000—40—220
Career total 15499110400016810

International
As of match played 16 July 2019[12]
Nigeria
YearAppsGoals
201460
201540
201660
201760
201860
201930
Total310

Honours

Club

International

Nigeria Olympic

Nigeria U23 national team

References
  1. "PILLARS GET $150,000 FOR SHEHU ABDULLAHI MOVE". africanfootball.com. africanfootball.com. 19 July 2014. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
  2. "Shehu assina por duas épocas" [Shehu signs for two seasons] (in Portuguese). A Bola. 6 June 2015. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  3. Διώχνει Κρέσπο, παίρνει Σεού και ελπίζει σε κάτι καλό μπροστά, themasport.com
  4. Ένας χάλκινος Ολυμπιονίκης στην Ανόρθωση (video), reporter.com.cy
  5. Στην Ανόρθωση ο Abdullah Shehu, Anorthosis Famagusta Official Website
  6. https://www.anorthosisfc.com.cy/2018/01/metengrafi-siechou-stin-boursaspor/
  7. "Nigeria announce 23-man CHAN squad". goal.com. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
  8. "Nigeria win Chan bronze". kickoff.com. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
  9. "CHAN 2014: Eagles win bronze". sunnewsonline.com. Archived from the original on 18 February 2014. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
  10. Oluwashina Okeleji (24 June 2016). "Kelechi Iheanacho included in Nigeria's Olympics squad". BBC Sport. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  11. Crawford, Stephen (4 June 2018). "Revealed: Every World Cup 2018 squad - Final 23-man lists". Goal. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  12. "Shehu Abdullahi". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
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