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Nasiru Mohammed
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-06-06) 6 June 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Kumasi, Ghana
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 7+12 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
Levski Sofia
Number 18
Youth career
2003–2009 Asawase
2010–2011 Rainbow FC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012 Rainbow FC
2012BK Häcken (loan) 11 (4)
2013–2019 BK Häcken 154 (30)
2019– Levski Sofia 11 (1)
International career
2010–2011 Ghana U17
2011–2013 Ghana U20
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 September 2019

Nasiru Mohammed (born 6 June 1994) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays for Bulgarian First League club Levski Sofia.[1]

Career

Mohammed started his career at age nine by joining Kumasi based Lazio Football Club (under 12 to under 17) and later promoted to Rainbow FC a division three team in Kumasi Ghana at the time[2] In 2010, he was promoted to the first team of the third tier Division Two League club of Rainbow FC.[3] He played two years with the senior team and was loaned to BK Häcken on 23 August 2012.[4] He made his debut for BK Häcken on 26 August 2012 against IF Elfsborg. After only six minutes he scored his first goal which meant 2–2. Five minutes later he scored again. The match ended 4–2 to BK Häcken.[5] After scoring four goals in only seven games, on 6 October 2012 BK Häcken pulled the sold option from Rainbow FC and he signed a four-year contract.[6]

On 23 July 2019, he was sold for 250 000 € to Levski Sofia in a three-year deal.[7] He scored his first goal for the club in a 1–5 cup match victory against Spartak Varna on 25 Sempember 2019.[8] He scored again on 12 July 2020 against Lokomotiv Plovdiv, but unfortunately his team lost the match 1-2 and will not play in UEFA Europa League for the 2020/21 season.[9]

International career

Mohammed was previously the captain of the Ghana national under-17 football team.[10] He has played for the Ghana national under-20 football team since 2011.[11] He was called up to the senior Ghana squad for a World Cup qualifier against Egypt in October 2017.[12]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 7 October 2019
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
BK Häcken 2012 Allsvenskan 11 4 3 1 14 5
2013 20 2 4 0 24 2
2014 24 8 6 1 3 1 33 10
2015 30 4 30 4
2016 26 3 5 2 31 5
2017 25 8 6 2 2 0 33 10
2018 17 4 5 0 22 4
2019 12 1 4 1 4 1 20 3
Total 165 34 33 7 9 2 207 43
Levski Sofia 2019–20 First League 11 1 2 1 1 0 14 2
2020–21 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 11 1 2 1 1 0 14 2
Career total 176 35 35 8 10 2 221 45

Honours

BK Häcken

References

  1. ^ "Nasiru Mohammed". Fotbolltransfers. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
  2. ^ "Nasiru lämnade sin familj som nioåring". Aftonbladet. Retrieved 18 February 2013.
  3. ^ "Ghana youngster Nasiru Mohammed making waves in Sweden". The Elastico. Archived from the original on 3 February 2013. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
  4. ^ "Officiellt: Filip Pivkovski och Nasiru Mohammed till BK Häcken". Fotbolltransfers. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
  5. ^ "Nasiru Mohammed". Svenskfotboll. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
  6. ^ "Häcken säkrar stjärnskottet – Nasiru Mohammed klar för fyra år". Fotbollskanalen. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
  7. ^ "Левски подписа с Насиру Мохамед".
  8. ^ "Nasiru Mohammed goal vs Spartak Varna".
  9. ^ "Nasiru Mohammed goal vs Lokomotiv Plovdiv".
  10. ^ "Hacken's Nasiru Mohammed making waves in Sweden". Goal.com. Retrieved 18 February 2013.
  11. ^ "Ghana U20 striker Nasiru Mohammed to finalize Hacken move". Ghana Soccernet. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
  12. ^ "Ghana vs Egypt". ESPN. 9 October 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2018.