Ahmed Abdulla

Ahmed Mohamed Abdulla (Arabic: أحمد عبدالله; born 12 November 1991) is a Saudi Arabian born footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Barking.

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
Place of birth Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Barking
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)
2019–2021 Whitehawk 21 (12)
2021–2022 Sittingbourne 21 (8)
2022 Bedford 10 (1)
2022 Haywards Heath Town 4 (0)
2022– Barking 28 (11)
Managerial career
2022 Bedford
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:14, 13 August 2022 (UTC)

Early life

Of Somali and Yemeni descent Abdulla moved to Enfield, London aged eight.[3] He was available for the selection of Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Somalia, but 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] Abdulla re-joined Whitehawk in December 2019,[26] but left the club after the end of the curtailed 2020–2021 season.[27] Abdulla joined Sittingbourne for the 2021–22 season and scored a hat-trick on the first day of the new campaign.[28] In January 2022 he joined Bedford, scoring once in ten games and also taking over as caretaker manager for the final three games of the season.[29][30][31] He joined Haywards Heath Town for the 2022–23 season,[32] before joining Barking.[33]

Career statistics
Club Season League Cup Europe Other* Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
West Ham United 2011–12 0000––––00
Total 0000––––00
Swindon Town (loan) 2011–12 6000––1070
Total 6000––1070
Dagenham & Redbridge 2011–12 5020––––70
Total 5020––––70
Barnet 2012–13 6010––––70
2013–14 23320––10263
Total 29310––––333
Career Total 40330––10473

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. "West Ham striker Ahmed Abdulla wants Saudi Arabia future". tribalfootball.com. Retrieved 1 September 2011.
  4. "Abdulla loaned to Robins". whufc.com. Archived from the original on 24 November 2011. Retrieved 1 September 2011.
  5. "Ahmed keen to impress". whufc.com. Archived from the original on 24 November 2011. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
  6. "Swindon 3 – 2 Rotherham". BBC Sport. 3 September 2011. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
  7. "Daggers loan Hammers duo". 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.
  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". BBC Sport.
  12. "Hereford United 0-1 Barnet". BBC Sport.
  13. "2014/15 Retained List – News – Barnet Football Club". barnetfc.com. Archived from the original on 30 November 2020. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  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 Abbulla – Metropolitan Police FC 1st XI". pitchero.com.
  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.
  21. @ConcordRangers (23 October 2018). "NEW SIGNING" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  22. @HYUFC_Live (18 June 2019). "New signing" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  23. "Hayes & Yeading United Football Club – A-Z of Hayes & Yeading United". hyufc.com.
  24. "Abdulla signs up". 7 September 2019.
  25. "Bishop's Stortford | Appearances | Ahmed Abdulla | Football Web Pages". footballwebpages.co.uk.
  26. "Non League Today I Hawks Return for Abdulla". nonleague.today.
  27. "Abdulla and Hamilton Depart the Hawks".
  28. "Sittingbourne | Appearances | Ahmed Abdulla | Football Web Pages".
  29. @realbedford (27 January 2022). "Announcing three new signings for Bedford FC:- Ahmed Abdulla @abss1506- Marvin Hamilton-…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  30. "Ahmed Abdulla Profile | Aylesbury United FC".
  31. @realbedford (16 April 2022). "Away at Letchworth today with Ahmed Abdulla as caretaker manager for our last three games.The club would like to…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  32. "Haywards Heath Town | Appearances | Ahmed Abdulla | Football Web Pages".
  33. https://fulltime.thefa.com/statsForPlayer.html?selectedOrgStatRecordingTypeID_ForSort=&teamID=&selectedStatisticDisplayMode=3&personID=637675336&selectedSeasonID=451566510
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