Personal information | |||
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Full name | Abdul Musa Zubairu | ||
Date of birth | 3 October 1998 | ||
Place of birth | Kaduna, Nigeria[1] | ||
Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Zemplín Michalovce | ||
Number | 4 | ||
Youth career | |||
GBS Academy | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2017–2022 | AS Trenčín | 130 | (4) |
2022 | Zrinjski Mostar | 7 | (0) |
2023 | Kolubara | 11 | (0) |
2023– | Zemplín Michalovce | 9 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 June 2024 |
Abdul Zubairu (born 3 October 1998) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Slovak Niké liga club Zemplín Michalovce.[2]
Career
[edit]Zubairu made his Fortuna Liga debut for AS Trenčín against Slovan Bratislava on 25 February 2016.[3]
He played for AS Trenčín 7 consecutive seasons in the Slovak top tier, and in the summer of 2022, he moved to the region of former-Yugoslavia and joined the well-established Bosnian top-tier side HŠK Zrinjski. However, his stay was short, as he moved to Serbia in the following winter break to reinforce FK Kolubara which was struggling in its first-ever season at the top level.[2]
Style of play
[edit]A dynamic and diminutive player, standing at just 1.65 m, Zubairu is known for his energy and ball-winning abilities as a box-to-box midfielder in the centre of the pitch.[1] He is also capable as a playmaker, and has been likened to N'Golo Kanté.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "AS Trenčín | Profil hráča | Abdul Zubairu #10". AS Trenčín (in Slovak). Archived from the original on 12 June 2022. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
- ^ a b Abdul Zubairu at Soccerway
- ^ "ŠK Slovan Bratislava futbal – AS Trenčín | Fortuna liga 21. kolo". SportNet (in Slovak). Retrieved 12 June 2022.
- ^ "Ajax Linked with Nigerian 'Wonderkid' Abdul Zubairu". Fox Sports Africa. 8 August 2018. Archived from the original on 8 January 2019. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
External links
[edit]- AS Trenčín official club profile (in Slovak)
- Abdul Zubairu at Soccerway
- Futbalnet Profile (in Slovak)
- Abdul Zubairu at Fortunaliga.sk (in Slovak)
- 1998 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Kaduna
- Nigerian men's footballers
- Nigerian expatriate men's footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- AS Trenčín players
- Slovak First Football League players
- HŠK Zrinjski Mostar players
- Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina players
- FK Kolubara players
- MFK Zemplín Michalovce players
- Serbian SuperLiga players
- Expatriate men's footballers in Serbia
- Expatriate men's footballers in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Slovakia
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Serbia
- 21st-century Nigerian sportsmen
- Nigerian football midfielder stubs