Sabit Abdulai (born 11 May 1999) is a Ghanaian footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Spanish club Real Murcia, on loan from Getafe CF.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Sabit Abdulai[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 11 May 1999 | ||
| Place of birth | Techiman, Ghana | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team |
Real Murcia (on loan from Getafe) | ||
| Number | 5 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Spartans | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2019 | Spartans | ||
| 2018–2019 | → Extremadura B (loan) | 20 | (1) |
| 2019–2020 | Extremadura B | 22 | (3) |
| 2020–2021 | Extremadura | 4 | (1) |
| 2020–2021 | → Getafe B (loan) | 15 | (0) |
| 2021 | → Getafe (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | Getafe B | 5 | (0) |
| 2022– | Getafe | 0 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | → Ponferradina (loan) | 19 | (0) |
| 2023 | → Lugo (loan) | 15 | (0) |
| 2024– | → Real Murcia (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2019 | Ghana U20 | 3 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 April 2024 | |||
Club career edit
Born in Techiman,[2] Abdulai moved to Spain in 2017 to join Deportivo Alavés, but paperwork issues ruled out the move.[3] He later had trials at Rio Ave FC (where he was also unable to sign a contract due to administrative problems) and UB Conquense, before joining Extremadura UD from Spartans FC in July 2018 on a one-year loan deal, and was assigned to the reserves in Tercera División.[4] Roughly one year later, after being regularly used, he signed a permanent five-year contract with the club.[2]
Abdulai made his first team debut for Extremadura on 4 July 2020, coming on as a second-half substitute for compatriot Emmanuel Lomotey in a 0–1 Segunda División away loss against CD Numancia.[5] He scored his first professional goal sixteen days later, netting his team's only in a 1–5 loss at UD Las Palmas.[6]
On 19 August 2020, Abdulai was loaned to Getafe CF, being initially assigned to the B-team in Segunda División B.[7] He made his La Liga debut with the main squad the following 3 April, replacing Carles Aleñá late into a 0–0 draw at CA Osasuna.
After signing a permanent three-year contract with Geta in 2021,[8] but suffered a serious knee injury in July of that year,[9] being sidelined for eight months.[8] On 8 August 2022, he was loaned to SD Ponferradina in the second division, for one year.[10]
References edit
- ^ "Sabit" (in Spanish). Liga de Fútbol Profesional. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
- ^ a b "EXCLUSIVE: La Liga 2 club Extremadura UD promote Ghanaian youngster Sabit Abdulai to first team". KickGH.com. 24 May 2020. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
- ^ "Ghanaian Sabit Abdulai has gone from having no club to B teams to facing Messi". BBC Sport. 7 May 2021. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
- ^ "Ghanaian youngster Sabit Abdulai joins Spanish club Extremadura UD". KickGH.com. 14 July 2019. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
- ^ "El Numancia toma oxígeno de Segunda ante un rival directo" [Numancia take Segunda air against a direct rival] (in Spanish). Marca. 4 July 2020. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
- ^ "Las Palmas cierra la temporada con una 'manita' al Extremadura" [Las Palmas end the season with a 'fiver' over Extremadura] (in Spanish). Marca. 20 July 2020. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
- ^ "Sabit, cedido al Getafe CF" [Sabit, loaned to Getafe CF] (in Spanish). Extremadura UD. 19 August 2020. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
- ^ a b "Ghanaian midfielder Sabit Abdulai working hard to return to action after serious injury". Eagle Ghana News. 28 February 2022. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
- ^ "Se confirman los peores presagios: Sabit, de seis a ocho meses de baja" [The worst fears confirmed: Sabit, six to eight months out] (in Spanish). Marca. 23 July 2021. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
- ^ "Comunicado Oficial | Sabit" [Official announcement | Sabit] (in Spanish). Getafe CF. 8 August 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
External links edit
- Sabit Abdulai at BDFutbol
- Sabit Abdulai at Soccerway