Yusuf Abdulazeez

Yusuf Abdulazeez
Personal information
Date of birth (2002-03-09) 9 March 2002
Place of birth Akure, Nigeria
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position Forward
Team information
Current team
 Norrby IF
Number 9
Youth career
–2020 Gombe United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2022 Gombe United 53 (20)
2022–2025 Mjällby AIF 4 (0)
2023 → Skövde AIK (loan) 13 (6)
2024 → Varberg (loan) 20 (3)
2025 → Norrby IF (loan) 21 (5)
2026– Norrby IF 15 (4)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 21 July 2026

Yusuf Abdulazeez listenⓘ(born 9 March 2002) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as an attacker for Swedish club Norrby.

Career

Abdulazeez played for a local team in his hometown of Akure before a move to Zamfara State from where he secured a move to the Savannah Scorpions of Gombe United, whom he helped to gain promotion to the NPFL in 2020.[1][2] Playing for Gombe United, Abdulazee finished as the joint second-highest scorer in the 2021–22 Nigeria Professional League, scoring 16 goals, 3 goals shy of the league top scorer Chijioke Akuneto of Rivers United.[3]

A transfer to Swedish side Mjällby AIF of the Allsvenskan was agreed in September 2022. He signed a three-year deal to keep him in Listerlandet until 2025.[4] He made his league debut for Mjälby on 16 October 2022 in a 3–0 home defeat against Hammarby IF.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Yusuf Abdulazeez: I'm Confident Of Winning 2022 NPFL Highest Goal Scorer Award". Daily Trust.
  2. ↑ "Gombe United Striker Seals Move To Mjallby AIF". bsnsports.com.ng.
  3. ↑ "He can be the difference for us - Mjallby chief explains decision to sign Yusuf Abdulazeez". brilla.net.
  4. ↑ "Swedish club Mjällby AIF sign Yusuf Abdulazeez from Gombe United". Peoples Gazette. Abuja, Nigeria.
  5. ↑ "MJÄLBY VS. HAMMARBY 0-3". Soccerway.
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