Kassim Abdallah

Kassim Abdallah
Personal information
Full name Kassim Abdallah Mfoihaia
Date of birth (1987-04-09) 9 April 1987
Place of birth Marseille, France
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current team
Ajaccio
Number 27
Youth career
2005 AS Busserine
2005–2007 ASCJ Felix-Pyat
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2009 Marignane 33 (0)
2009–2012 Sedan[1] 94 (2)
2012–2014 Marseille[2] 23 (0)
2014–2016 Evian 66 (0)
2016– Ajaccio 5 (0)
National team
2007– Comoros 6 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 October 2016.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 August 2015

Kassim Abdallah Mfoihaia (born 9 April 1987 in Marseille) is a French-born Comorian professional footballer. He currently plays in the Ligue 2 for AC Ajaccio.[3]

Early life

Abdallah was born in Marseille in France and raised in the French Bouches-du-Rhône department.

Club career

Abdallah began his European career in January 2005 with Atout Sport Busserine and signed a half year later in summer 2005 for Marseille based club A.S.C. de Jeunesse Felix-Pyat.[4] He played two years for ASCJ Felix-Pyat and signed than with the Championnat de France Amateurs club US Marignane.[5] He played in two years 44 games in the Championnat de France Amateurs for US Marignane before signed in July 2009 for CS Sedan.[6]

On 31 August 2012, Abdallah left Sedan for Ligue 1 side Olympique de Marseille, signed a four-year deal.[7]

On 29 January 2014, Abdallah joined Evian Thonon Gaillard on a 2 12-year deal, ending his two-year career with Marseille.[8]

On August 31, 2016, Abdallah joined AC Ajaccio on a 1-year contract.[9]

International career

Abdallah is since 2007 member of the Comoros national football team and earned his first cap by the Indian Ocean Island Games in a game against Madagascar national football team.[10]

Personal life

Four members of his family perished in the Yemenia Flight 626 crash, his mother took an earlier flight.[11]

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