Farhiya Abdi Explained

Farhiya Abdi
Team:BK Brno
Position:Forward
Height Ft:6
Height In:2
Birth Date:May 31, 1992
Nationality:Swedish
Draft League:WNBA
Draft Year:2012
Draft Round:2
Draft Pick:13
Draft Team:Los Angeles Sparks
Career Start:2011
Years1:2011–present
Team1:BK Brno
Years2:2013–2015
Team2:Los Angeles Sparks
Years3:2016–2017
Team3:Maccabi Bnot Ashdod
Years4:2017
Team4:Mersin Buyuksehir Belediye
Years5:2017-2018
Team5:Perfumerias Avenida Salamanca
Years6:2018-2019
Team6:Galatasaray
Bbr Wnba:abdifa01w
Wnba Profile:farhiya_abdi

Farhiya Abdi (born May 31, 1992) is a Somali-Swedish professional basketball player.[1] [2] She has also played overseas since 2016.[3]

Career

Abdi was born in 1992 in Sweden. Her parents are Somali migrants.

Abdi initially played for BK Brno in the Czech Republic basketball league. In 2012, she joined the Los Angeles Sparks after being drafted with the first pick of the second round of the 2012 WNBA draft. She was the first Somali to play in the WNBA.[2]

Abdi played three seasons in the WNBA, all with the Sparks. She played in one playoff game in her career as part of the 2014 playoffs.[4]

She also competed in EuroLeague Women for Perfumerias Avenida Salamanca in 2017-18 and in EuroCup Women for Maccabi Bnot Ashdod in 2016-17 and for Galatasaray in 2018–19.

Notes and References

  1. News: Farhiya Abdi - WNBA.com - Official Site of the WNBA. WNBA.com - Official Site of the WNBA. 2017-09-19. en-US. https://web.archive.org/web/20180624150810/http://www.wnba.com/player/farhiya-abdi/. June 24, 2018. dead.
  2. http://www.hiiraan.com/news4/2012/Apr/23683/farhiya_abdi_first_somali_to_be_drafted_into_the_wnba.aspx Farhiya Abdi first Somali to be drafted into the WNBA
  3. Web site: Farhiya Abdi. January 14, 2021. July 7, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220707014725/https://sigsports.com/womens-basketball-player/farhiya-abdi/. dead.
  4. News: Farhiya Abdi WNBA Stats Basketball Reference. 2021-01-14.