Sunusi Ibrahim

Sunusi Ibrahim (born 1 October 2002) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Major League Soccer club CF Montréal.

Sunusi Ibrahim
Personal information
Full name Sunusi Ibrahim
Date of birth (2002-10-01) 1 October 2002
Place of birth Keffi, Nigeria
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 CF Montréal
Number 14
Youth career
FC Basira
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019 Nasarawa United 28 (10)
2020–2021 36 Lion
2021– CF Montréal 57 (7)
2022– → CF Montreal U23 (loan) 2 (0)
International career‡
2019– Nigeria U23 3 (0)
2019– Nigeria 3 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:54, 21 October 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 09:46, 25 August 2021 (UTC)

Club career

Born in Keffi, Ibrahim was part of the youth system at FC Basira in Lafia before joining Nigerian Professional Football League side Nasarawa United.[1] During the 2019 season, Ibrahim finished the season as the league's joint-top scorer, scoring 10 goals in 22 matches.[2] He was also awarded the Golden Boot over joint-top scorer Mfon Udoh since Ibrahim was given one less caution during the season.[2]

After the 2019 season, Ibrahim left Nasarawa United following the Federation Cup,[2] and then in 2020, Ibrahim was part of 36 Lion Football Club in Lagos.[3]

On 12 January 2021, Ibrahim signed for Canadian Major League Soccer club CF Montréal.[3]

International career

Following his performances during 2019 season, Ibrahim was called up to the Nigeria squad for the 2020 African Nations Championship qualifiers. He made his debut for his nation on 22 September 2019 against Togo, scoring the only goal for Nigeria in a 1–4 defeat.[4]

In November 2019, Ibrahim was called up to the Nigeria under-23 side.[3] He made his debut for them on 9 November 2019 during the 2019 African U-23 Cup of Nations qualifiers against the Ivory Coast.[5]

Career statistics

Club
As of 18 November 2021.[6]
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Nasarawa United 2019 NPFL 221000––2210
CF Montréal 2021 MLS 26410––274
Career total 481410––4914

    International
    As of matches played 10 April 2020.[7]
    National teamYearAppsGoals
    Nigeria 201921
    Total21
    Scores and results list Nigeria's goal tally first.[7]
    NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
    1.22 September 2019Stade de Kégué, Lomé, Togo Togo1–01–42020 African Nations Championship qualification

    References
    1. Adeyanju, Kola (7 April 2019). "Meet the fast growing winger in the NPFL Ibrahim Sanusi of Nassarawa United". footballlive.ng. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
    2. Oni, Kolade (6 July 2019). "NPFL top scorer Ibrahim Sunusi ready to leave Nasarawa United". goal.com. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
    3. "The Club acquires forward Sunusi Ibrahim". CF Montreal. 12 January 2021. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
    4. "Togo 4–1 Nigeria". national-football-teams.
    5. "Nigeria U23 0–1 Ivory Coast U23". Soccerway.
    6. "Statistics". NPFL. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
    7. Sunusi Ibrahim at National-Football-Teams.com


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