Sabit Abdulai

Sabit Abdulai (born 11 May 1999) is a Ghanaian footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Spanish club CD Lugo, on loan from Getafe CF.

Sabit Abdulai
Personal information
Full name Sabit Abdulai[1]
Date of birth (1999-05-11) 11 May 1999
Place of birth Techiman, Ghana
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Lugo
(on loan from Getafe)
Youth career
Spartans
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2019 Spartans
2018–2019 → Extremadura B (loan) 20 (1)
2019–2020 Extremadura B 22 (3)
2020–2021 Extremadura 4 (1)
2020–2021 → Getafe B (loan) 15 (0)
2021 → Getafe (loan) 3 (0)
2021–2022 Getafe B 5 (0)
2022– Getafe 0 (0)
2022–2023 → Ponferradina (loan) 19 (0)
2023– → Lugo (loan) 2 (0)
International career
2019 Ghana U20 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 September 2023

Club career

Born in Techiman,[2] Abdulai moved to Spain in 2017 to join Deportivo Alavés, but paperwork issues ruled out the move.[3] He later had trials at Rio Ave FC (where he was also unable to sign a contract due to administrative problems) and UB Conquense, before joining Extremadura UD from Spartans FC in July 2018 on a one-year loan deal, and was assigned to the reserves in Tercera División.[4] Roughly one year later, after being regularly used, he signed a permanent five-year contract with the club.[2]

Abdulai made his first team debut for Extremadura on 4 July 2020, coming on as a second-half substitute for compatriot Emmanuel Lomotey in a 0–1 Segunda División away loss against CD Numancia.[5] He scored his first professional goal sixteen days later, netting his team's only in a 1–5 loss at UD Las Palmas.[6]

On 19 August 2020, Abdulai was loaned to Getafe CF, being initially assigned to the B-team in Segunda División B.[7] He made his La Liga debut with the main squad the following 3 April, replacing Carles Aleñá late into a 0–0 draw at CA Osasuna.

After signing a permanent three-year contract with Geta in 2021,[8] but suffered a serious knee injury in July of that year,[9] being sidelined for eight months.[8] On 8 August 2022, he was loaned to SD Ponferradina in the second division, for one year.[10]

References
  1. "Sabit" (in Spanish). Liga de Fútbol Profesional. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  2. "EXCLUSIVE: La Liga 2 club Extremadura UD promote Ghanaian youngster Sabit Abdulai to first team". KickGH.com. 24 May 2020. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  3. "Ghanaian Sabit Abdulai has gone from having no club to B teams to facing Messi". BBC Sport. 7 May 2021. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  4. "Ghanaian youngster Sabit Abdulai joins Spanish club Extremadura UD". KickGH.com. 14 July 2019. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  5. "El Numancia toma oxígeno de Segunda ante un rival directo" [Numancia take Segunda air against a direct rival] (in Spanish). Marca. 4 July 2020. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  6. "Las Palmas cierra la temporada con una 'manita' al Extremadura" [Las Palmas end the season with a 'fiver' over Extremadura] (in Spanish). Marca. 20 July 2020. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  7. "Sabit, cedido al Getafe CF" [Sabit, loaned to Getafe CF] (in Spanish). Extremadura UD. 19 August 2020. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  8. "Ghanaian midfielder Sabit Abdulai working hard to return to action after serious injury". Eagle Ghana News. 28 February 2022. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  9. "Se confirman los peores presagios: Sabit, de seis a ocho meses de baja" [The worst fears confirmed: Sabit, six to eight months out] (in Spanish). Marca. 23 July 2021. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  10. "Comunicado Oficial | Sabit" [Official announcement | Sabit] (in Spanish). Getafe CF. 8 August 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
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