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Not to be confused with Ahmed Abdulla (Maldivian footballer).

Ahmed Abdulla
Abdulla playing for Whitehawk in 2016
Personal information
Full name Ahmed Mohamed Abdulla[1]
Date of birth (1991-11-12) 12 November 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Whitehawk
Youth career
2001–2008 Arsenal
2008–2011 West Ham United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2012 West Ham United 0 (0)
2011 → Swindon Town (loan) 6 (0)
2012 → Dagenham & Redbridge (loan) 4 (0)
2012 Dagenham & Redbridge 1 (0)
2012–2014 Barnet 29 (3)
2014–2015 Whitehawk 25 (1)
2015–2016 Staines Town 38 (2)
2016–2017 Whitehawk 24 (4)
2017 → Metropolitan Police (loan) 1 (0)
2017–2018 Ware 21 (1)
2018 Heybridge Swifts 23 (0)
2018–2019 Concord Rangers 22 (1)
2019 Hayes & Yeading United 3 (0)
2019 Bishop's Stortford 1 (0)
2019 Ware 6 (0)
2019– Whitehawk 21 (12)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 November 2020 (UTC)

Ahmed Mohamed Abdulla (Template:Lang-ar), (born 12 November 1991) is a Saudi Arabian born footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Whitehawk.

Early life

Of Somali and Yemeni descent Abdulla moved to Enfield, London aged eight.[3] He has pledged any future international career to Saudi Arabia [3]

Football career

Having previously played for Arsenal's youth team Abdulla joined West Ham as a sixteen-year-old in 2008.[4] He signed his first professional contract, with West Ham, in the summer of 2011.[5] In August 2011 he signed a loan deal with Swindon Town until January 2012.[4] Abdulla made his debut on 3 September 2011 in a 3–2 home win against Rotherham United.[6] In January 2012 Abdulla joined Dagenham & Redbridge on-loan.[7] On his return to West Ham he was released by the club but signed a permanent short-term deal, until the end of the 2011–12 season, with Dagenham in March 2012.[8] In May 2012, Abdulla was released by Dagenham due to the expiry of his contract.[9]

On 4 July 2012, Abdulla signed for Barnet.[10] He scored his first goal for Barnet against Salisbury City on 28 September 2013.[11] His second goal was the winner in a 1–0 win at Hereford United on 19 October.[12] Abdulla was released at the end of the 2013–14 season, though he was invited back for 2014–15 pre-season training.[13] Abdulla played in pre-season friendlies for Barnet in 2014–15 but instead joined Whitehawk,[14] followed by a year at Staines Town. Abdullah re-signed for Whitehawk for the start of the 2016–17 season.[15] In March 2017 he was signed on loan by Metropolitan Police manager Jim Cooper.[16][17] Ware secured his signature on 11 July 2017.[18] He signed for Heybridge Swifts in February 2018.[19] He left the club in October 2018 in the wake of manager Jody Brown's resignation.[20] Abdulla joined Concord Rangers on 23 October 2018.[21] He joined Hayes & Yeading United for the 2019–20 season.[22] After only three appearances,[23] Abdulla joined Bishop's Stortford.[24] This spell was also short-lived, as he re-joined Ware after only two appearances.[25][26] Abdulla re-joined Whitehawk in December 2019.[27]

Career statistics

Club Season League Cup Europe Other* Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
West Ham United 2011–12 0 0 0 0 – – – – 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0 – – – – 0 0
Swindon Town (loan) 2011–12 6 0 0 0 – – 1 0 7 0
Total 6 0 0 0 – – 1 0 7 0
Dagenham & Redbridge 2011–12 5 0 2 0 – – – – 7 0
Total 5 0 2 0 – – – – 7 0
Barnet 2012–13 6 0 1 0 – – – – 7 0
2013–14 23 3 2 0 – – 1 0 26 3
Total 29 3 1 0 – – – – 33 3
Career Total 40 3 3 0 – – 1 0 47 3

References

  1. ^ "Premier League Squad Lists 2010/11". Premier League. Archived from the original on 3 September 2010. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
  2. ^ Rollin, Glenda; Rollin, Jack, eds. (2012). Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2012–2013 (43rd ed.). London: Headline. p. 550. ISBN 978-0-7553-6356-8.
  3. ^ a b "West Ham striker Ahmed Abdulla wants Saudi Arabia future". www.tribalfootball.com. Retrieved 1 September 2011.
  4. ^ a b "Abdulla loaned to Robins". www.whufc.com. Archived from the original on 24 November 2011. Retrieved 1 September 2011.
  5. ^ "Ahmed keen to impress". www.whufc.com. Archived from the original on 24 November 2011. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
  6. ^ "Swindon 3 – 2 Rotherham". BBC Sport. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
  7. ^ "Daggers loan Hammers duo". www.whufc.com. Archived from the original on 10 January 2012. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  8. ^ Richards, Joshua (5 March 2012). "Dagenham & Redbridge sign former West Ham midfielder". London24. Retrieved 5 March 2012.[permanent dead link‍]
  9. ^ "Eight cut loose by Daggers". Sky Sports. 22 May 2012. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
  10. ^ "AND ABDULLA MAKES THE HAT TRICK!". Barnet FC. Archived from the original on 6 July 2012. Retrieved 4 July 2012.
  11. ^ Barnet 3 – 1 Salisbury
  12. ^ Hereford 0 – 1 Barnet
  13. ^ 2014/15 retained list
  14. ^ Another new signing
  15. ^ "Whitehawk make six signings". The Argus. 22 May 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
  16. ^ "Two Join the Met Police". Pitch Hero Non League. 3 March 2017. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  17. ^ Ahmed Abdulla - 1st XI
  18. ^ "Another mega signing after Tuesday training plus three more confirmed". Ware FC. 13 July 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  19. ^ Ahmed Abdulla signs for Swifts as Brown looks to bolster midfield options Heybridge Swifts F.C.
  20. ^ "Heybridge Swifts appoint Dicks as Manager". North Kent Non League. 4 October 2018. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
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  23. ^ [3]
  24. ^ [4]
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  26. ^ [6]
  27. ^ Hawks Return for Abdulla
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