Abdi Kassim
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 19 October 1984 | (age 39)||
Place of birth | Zanzibar, Tanzania | ||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | UiTM F.C. | ||
Number | 28 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2002–2003 | Mlandege | ||
2004–2006 | Mtibwa Sugar F.C. | 55 | (7) |
2007–2010 | Young Africans S.C. | 65 | (29) |
2011 | Đồng Tâm Long An | 26 | (7) |
2011–2012 | Azam F.C. | 25 | (3) |
2013 | KMKM | 14 | (6) |
2014 | UiTM F.C. | 8 | (1) |
International career | |||
2002–2012 | Tanzania | 25 | (2) |
2005–2012 | Zanzibar | 11 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Abdi Kassim (born October 19, 1984, in Zanzibar) is a footballer from Tanzania. He currently plays for the UiTM F.C. club.
International career
Also known as BABI or sometime Ballack of unguja, Kassim was the first player to score a goal in Tanzania's new stadium in Dar es Salaam, the Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium, in a friendly match against Uganda to mark the official opening of the venue. The stadium was built by the Chinese Government in collaboration with the Tanzania government.
Kassim is noted for his long range shooting ability.[citation needed] He favours his left foot.
On 4 January 2011, Yanga and Tanzanian national team midfielder Abdi Kassim has signed a two-year contract with a Vietnamese club, Đồng Tâm Long An. [1].
References
External links
- Abdi Kassim at National-Football-Teams.com
Categories:
- Tanzanian footballers
- 1984 births
- Living people
- Tanzania international footballers
- Tanzanian expatriate footballers
- Tanzanian expatriate sportspeople in Malaysia
- Association football forwards
- Zanzibari people
- Young Africans S.C. players
- Expatriate footballers in Vietnam
- Expatriate footballers in Malaysia
- Dual internationalists (football)
- UiTM FC players
- Azam F.C. players
- Tanzanian football biography stubs