Yusuf Mohamed (footballer, born 1983)

Yusuf Mohamed
Personal information
Full name	Yusuf Mohamed
Date of birth	5 November 1983 (age 39)
Place of birth	Aba, Nigeria
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Right-back
Youth career
	El-Kanemi Warriors
Senior career*
Years	Team
2002–2006	Enyimba
2006–2008	Al-Hilal
2009–2010	Sion
2010–2011	Al-Hilal
International career
2008–2011	Nigeria
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Yusuf Mohamed (born 5 November 1983) is a retired Nigerian football defender who played as a right-back.

Career[]

A defender, Mohamed won the African Champions league title with Enyimba in 2003 and 2004, before moving to Sudanese club Al-Hilal.

On 23 January 2009, he completed a move to Swiss side FC Sion from Al-Hilal. Mohammed underwent a medical and agreed on a three-and-a-half year deal in time to beat the transfer deadline,^[1] following in the footsteps of compatriot Obinna Nwaneri, who also joined Sion in 2007 after breaking into the Super Eagles squad.

Mohammed, who has five caps for his country, previously passed a trial with French side Paris Saint-Germain F.C., but opted to fulfill a pre-contract agreement with the Switzerland club instead.

He returned to Al-Hilal in May 2010.^[2] He currently rehabbing from an injury suffered at the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations that led to him being excluded from the 2010 FIFA World Cup team.

Honours[]

CAF Champions League: 2003, 2004
Sudan Premier League: 2005, 2006, 2007

References[]

^ "Swiss Football League – Resultate und Ranglisten" (in German). Retrieved 14 May 2018.
^ Mohammed moves back to Al Hilal Archived 12 August 2013 at the Wayback Machine

External links[]

Yusuf Mohamed at National-Football-Teams.com
FC Sion profile (in French)

This biographical article related to a football defender from Nigeria is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by .

[1] "Swiss Football League – Resultate und Ranglisten" (in German). Retrieved 14 May 2018.

[2] Mohammed moves back to Al Hilal Archived 12 August 2013 at the Wayback Machine

[1]

[2]