Azeem Abdulai

Azeem Abdulai
Abdulai in 2025
Personal information
Full name Azeem Kerr Abdulai
Date of birth (2002-12-09) 9 December 2002
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland[1]
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Hibernian
Number 47
Youth career
2009–2012 Jimmy Johnstone Academy
2012–2019 Celtic
2020–2021 Leicester City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021–2025 Swansea City 24 (1)
2025–2026 Leyton Orient 58 (5)
2026– Hibernian 1 (0)
International career‡
2023–2024 Scotland U21 6 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 11:00, 4 July 2026 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 13:20, 24 September 2025 (UTC)

Azeem Kerr Abdulai (born 9 December 2002) is a Scottish footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Scottish Premiership side Hibernian.

Career

Abdulai was a youth at Celtic and Leicester before starting his senior career with Swansea.[2] On 9 August 2022, Abdulai debuted for Swansea during an EFL Cup loss to Oxford United.[3]

He scored his first goal for Swansea on 13 August 2024 in an EFL Cup tie against Gillingham.[4]

Leyton Orient

On 22 January 2025, Abdulai signed for League One club Leyton Orient on a two-and-a-half year deal for an undisclosed fee.[5] On 28 January, in his second appearance for the club, he scored a first career hat-trick in a 6–2 thrashing of Exeter City.[6]

International career

Abdulai was born in Scotland to a Sierra Leonean father and Scottish mother. He has represented Scotland at under-21 international level, making his debut in March 2023.[1]

Career statistics

As of match played 5 April 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Swansea City 2022–23[7] Championship 000010—10
2023–24[8] Championship 701020—100
2024–25[9] Championship 1711021—202
Total 241205100312
Leyton Orient 2024–25[9] League One 153000000153
Career total 394205100465

References

  1. 1 2 Times, Concord (January 10, 2023). "Dundee Utd, Leyton Orient tracking Sierra Leone starlet | Concord Times Communication".
  2. ↑ "Azeem Abdulai | From being on the same pitch as Neymar to embracing the Swansea Way | Swansea". www.swanseacity.com.
  3. ↑ Azeem Abdulai at Soccerway
  4. ↑ "Swansea 3-1 Gillingham". BBC. 13 August 2024. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  5. ↑ "Orient complete permanent signing of Azeem Abdulai". www.leytonorient.com. 22 January 2025. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
  6. ↑ "Exeter City 2–6 Leyton Orient: Azeem Abdulai hits hat-trick". BBC Sport. 28 January 2025. Retrieved 29 January 2025.
  7. ↑ "Games played by Azeem Abdulai in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  8. ↑ "Games played by Azeem Abdulai in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  9. 1 2 "Games played by Azeem Abdulai in 2024/2025". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
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