Yusuf Abdulazeez | |
Birth Date: | 9 March 2002 |
Birth Place: | Akure, Nigeria |
Height: | 1.83 m |
Position: | Forward |
Currentclub: | Varberg |
Clubnumber: | 25 |
Youthyears1: | –2020 |
Youthclubs1: | Gombe United |
Years1: | 2020–2022 |
Clubs1: | Gombe United |
Caps1: | +? |
Goals1: | +16 |
Years2: | 2022– |
Clubs2: | Mjällby AIF |
Caps2: | 4 |
Goals2: | 0 |
Years3: | 2023 |
Clubs3: | → Skövde AIK (loan) |
Caps3: | 13 |
Goals3: | 6 |
Years4: | 2024– |
Clubs4: | → Varberg (loan) |
Caps4: | 6 |
Goals4: | 1 |
Club-Update: | 15 July 2024 |
Yusuf Abdulazeez (born 9 March 2002) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as an attacker for Swedish club Varberg on loan from Mjällby AIF.
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]