Rabiu Ali
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Rabiu Ali Pele | ||
| Date of birth | 27 September 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | Kano, Nigeria | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Kano Pillars F.C. | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2009- | Kano Pillars F.C. | 271 | (71) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2013– | Nigeria | 18 | (5) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 October 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 October 2024 | |||
Rabiu Ali (born 27 September 1980) is a Nigerian football midfielder who plays for Kano Pillars F.C. He is the current captain of Kano Pillars F.C. and is regarded as one of the club's greatest ever players and one of the best players in Nigerian Professional Football League.[1]
Prior to joining Kano Pillars in 2009, he played for Nasarawa United.
International career
[edit]International goals
[edit]- Scores and results list Nigeria's goal tally first.[2]
| No | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 15 January 2014 | Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town, South Africa |  Mozambique |
2–1 | 4–2 | 2014 African Nations Championship |
| 2. | 3–2 | |||||
| 3. | 25 January 2014 | Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town, South Africa |  Morocco |
3–2 | 4–3 (a.e.t.) | 2014 African Nations Championship |
| 4. | 19 August 2017 | Sani Abacha Stadium, Kano, Nigeria |  Benin |
1–0 | 2–0 | 2018 African Nations Championship qualification |
| 5. | 23 January 2018 | Stade Adrar, Agadir, Morocco |  Equatorial Guinea |
3–1 | 3–1 | 2018 African Nations Championship |
Honours
[edit]- Kano Pillars
Winner
- Nigeria Premier League (3): 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14
- Nigeria FA Cup (1): 2019
References
[edit]- ^ RABIU ALI: Marriage has been good to me thenationonlpineng.net
- ^ "Ali, Rabiu". National Football Teams. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
External links
[edit]- Rabiu Ali at Soccerway
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- 1980 births
- Living people
- Nigerian men's footballers
- Nigeria men's international footballers
- Kano Pillars F.C. players
- Men's association football midfielders
- Footballers from Kaduna
- Nigeria men's A' international footballers
- 2014 African Nations Championship players
- 2018 African Nations Championship players
- Nigerian football midfielder stubs