Liban Abdi

Liban Abdi

Personal information
Full name	Liban Abdi
Date of birth	5 October 1988 (1988-10-05)
Place of birth	Burao, Somalia
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	Winger / Forward
Club information
Current club	Ferencváros
Number	19
Youth career
2004–2007	Sheffield United
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2007–2010	Sheffield United	0	(0)
2008–2010	→ Ferencváros	10	(1)
2010–	Ferencváros	26	(3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 27 November 2011. † Appearances (Goals).

Liban Abdi (Somali: Liibaan Cabdi, Arabic: لبان عبدي‎) (born 5 October 1988) is a footballer who plays for Ferencváros in the Hungarian First Division.

Playing career

Sheffield United

Abdi was born in Burao, Somalia in 1988. He spent most of his childhood in Oslo, Norway, where he attended both primary and secondary school. He lived in Stovner, an eastern borough in Oslo.

Abdi was the first Somali to be awarded a professional football contract at Sheffield United after impressing with the club's Academy. Following spells with Newport Pagnell and Buckingham Town, he was picked up by United when he subsequently moved to Sheffield with the assistance of the Football Unites, Racism Divides program.

Having signed a two year contract in the summer of 2008, Abdi was loaned out to the Blades' sister club, Ferencváros, for the following season to gain first team experience. On his return, and after failing to break into the first team at Bramall Lane, he was released by Sheffield United in July 2010.

References

Infobox statistics

• Profile at HLSZ (Hungarian)

General

External links

• Profile at Sheffield United F.C. website
• Ferencvárosi TC profile (Hungarian)