Abdallahi Mohamed Mahmoud (born 4 May 2000) is a Mauritanian professional footballer who plays for Spanish club Deportivo Alavés and the Mauritania national team as either a central defender or a midfielder.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Abdallahi Mohamed Mahmoud[1] | ||
Date of birth | (2000-05-04) 4 May 2000 (age 22)[2] | ||
Place of birth | Dar-Naim, Mauritania[2] | ||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Centre back, midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Alavés | ||
Number | 29 | ||
Youth career | |||
FC Nouadhibou | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2017–2018 | FC Nouadhibou | ||
2018– | Alavés B | 37 | (2) |
2020– | Alavés | 5 | (0) |
2021–2022 | → Istra 1961 (loan) | 24 | (3) |
National team‡ | |||
2018 | Mauritania U20 | ||
2018– | Mauritania[3] | 21 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 May 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 June 2022 |
Born in Dar-Naim, Mahmoud started his career with FC Nouadhibou, first playing for their main squad in 2017. On 8 August 2018, after impressing with the under-20 national team in the L'Alcúdia International Football Tournament, he signed for La Liga side Deportivo Alavés, being initially assigned to the youth setup.[4]
Midway through the 2018–19 season, Mahmoud started to appear with the reserves in Tercera División, and contributed with one goal in 12 appearances (play-offs included) as his side achieved promotion to Segunda División B. On 11 May 2020, he was one of the five B-team players called up to train with the main squad for the remainder of the campaign after the COVID-19 pandemic.[5]
Mahmoud made his first team – and La Liga – debut on 27 June 2020, starting in a 1–2 loss at Atlético Madrid.[6] On 18 August of the following year, moved on loan to Croatian club NK Istra 1961, for one year.[7]
After representing Mauritania at under-20 level in the 2018 COTIF tournament, Mahmoud was first called up for the full side on 27 August 2018, for a 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification match against Burkina Faso.[8] He made his international debut on 8 September, coming on as a late substitute for Abdoulaye Gaye in the 2–0 win.[9]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | Other | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Alavés B | 2018–19 | Tercera División | 12 | 1 | — | — | 12 | 1 | ||
2019–20 | Segunda División B | 20 | 1 | — | — | 20 | 1 | |||
2020–21 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | ||||
Total | 36 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 2 | ||
Alavés | 2019–20 | La Liga | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |
2020–21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |||
Total | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
Career total | 40 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 2 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Mauritania | 2018 | 1 | 0 |
2019 | 2 | 0 | |
2020 | 3 | 0 | |
Total | 6 | 0 |
Deportivo Alavés – current squad | |
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Mauritania squad – 2021 Africa Cup of Nations | ||
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