Dickson Abiama

Dickson Abiama
Personal information
Full name	Dickson Abiama
Date of birth	3 November 1998 (age 23)
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Centre-forward
Club information
Current team	Greuther Fürth
Number	11
Youth career
0000–2017	SpVgg Mögeldorf
Senior career*
Years	Team
2017–2018	SpVgg Mögeldorf
2018–2019	Quelle Fürth
2019–2020	SC Eltersdorf
2020–	Greuther Fürth
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 August 2021

Dickson Abiama (born 3 November 1998) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a centre-forward for Bundesliga club Greuther Fürth.^[2]

Career[]

Abiama made his debut for Greuther Fürth in the first round of the 2020–21 DFB-Pokal on 12 September 2020, coming on as a substitute in the 72nd minute for Branimir Hrgota against fifth-division side . He scored two goals in the 113th and 118th minutes to secure a 6–1 win for Fürth after extra time.^[3] He made his 2. Bundesliga debut the following week on 20 September, once against coming on as a substitute for Hrgota in the 89th minute of Fürth's home match against VfL Osnabrück, which finished as a 1–1 draw.^[4]

On 23 May 2021, on the final matchday of the 2. Bundesliga season, Abiama scored the winning goal in the 83rd minute of a 3–2 home victory versus Fortuna Düsseldorf, even as Greuther Fürth only had 10 men on the pitch. Abiama's winner would ultimately prove to be the decisive goal that secured Fürth automatic promotion to the Bundesliga for 2021–22, as the win against Düsseldorf elevated Fürth from third place in the division (the promotion play-off spot), to second.^[5]^[6]