Taha Ali

Swedish footballer (born 1998)

Taha Ali
Personal information
Full name Taha Abdi Ali
Date of birth (1998-07-01) 1 July 1998 (age 25)
Place of birth Stockholm, Sweden
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Malmö FF
Number 22
Youth career
2006–2013 Spånga IS
2013–2016 Sundbybergs IK
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017 Sundbybergs IK 11 (3)
2018–2019 IFK Stocksund 36 (6)
2020 Sollentuna FK 29 (10)
2021 Örebro SK 2 (0)
2021 → Västerås SK (loan) 15 (2)
2022 Helsingborgs IF 29 (3)
2023– Malmö FF 36 (6)
International career‡
2018–2019 Sweden (futsal) 6 (1)
2024– Sweden 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 April 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:25, 12 January 2024 (UTC)

Taha Abdi Ali (born 1 July 1998) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a winger for Malmö FF. He has previously played for Sundbybergs IK, IFK Stocksund, Sollentuna FK, Örebro SK, Helsingborgs IF, Västerås SK.

Futsal

Ali played six international matches and scored one goal between 2018 and 2019 for the Swedish national futsal team. At club level, he played for Nacka Juniors FF and Hammarby Futsal in the Swedish Futsal League.[2]

Club career

Ali grew up in Tensta and started playing football at the age of eight in Spånga IS.[3] At the end of 2013, he joined Sundbybergs IK at the age of 15.[4] Ali scored three goals in 11 games for the club in Division 2 in 2017. He then played two years in IFK Stocksund. For the 2020 season, Ali was signed by Sollentuna FK. He scored 10 goals and as many assists in 29 games in the 2020 Ettan Norra, where Sollentuna finished in third place.[5]

In February 2021, Ali was signed by Örebro SK, where he signed a three-year contract.[6] Ali made his Allsvenskan debut on 24 May 2021 in a 2–1 loss to Malmö FF, where he was substituted in the 84th minute.[7] After scant playing time (three competitive games in total), Ali was loaned out to Superettan club Västerås SK in August 2021 on a loan deal for the remainder of the season.[8] The loan was a success for Ali, who scored two goals and eight assists in 15 games, helping Västerås stay in Superettan.[9] He was also awarded the VLT prize as Västerås' best athlete in 2021, becoming the first footballer from Västerås SK to win the award.

In February 2022, Ali was signed by Helsingborg, where he signed a four-year contract.[10] In January 2023, he joined fellow Swedish club Malmö FF,[11] where he won his first league title in November later that year.[12]

International career

Ali made his senior debut for Sweden in a friendly match against Estonia on 12 January 2024.[13]

Honours

Malmö FF

Personal life

Ali's parents emigrated from Somalia during the Somali Civil War in the 1990s. They settled down in Stockholm, where Ali was born in 1998.[14]

References

  1. ^ "Taha Ali". mff.se (in Swedish). Malmö FF. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
  2. ^ "Taha Abdi Ali - Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se. (in Swedish). Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  3. ^ ""Jag känner mig redo för allsvenskan" - Nyhetsbyrån Järva" (in Swedish). Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  4. ^ "Taha Ali till Allsvenskan! - Sundbybergs IK Fotboll". www.sikfotboll.se. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  5. ^ "Succédebut för ÖSK:s nya värvning från Sollentuna FK". www.mitti.se (in Swedish). 10 February 2021. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  6. ^ "Taha Ali skriver på för ÖSK Fotboll". ÖSK Fotboll (in Swedish). Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  7. ^ "Örebro vs. Malmö - 24 May 2021 - Soccerway". nr.soccerway.com. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  8. ^ "Klart: Taha Ali ansluter på lån från Örebro SK". www.vskfotboll.nu (in Swedish). Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  9. ^ "Ali om superettan-succén och framtiden: "Självklart skulle man någon dag vilja spela för AIK"". Fotbollskanalen (in Swedish). Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  10. ^ Kuduzovic, Midhat (7 February 2022). "Taha Ali klar för HIF". HIF (in Swedish). Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  11. ^ "Klart: Taha Ali lämnar HIF för Malmö FF". hd.se (in Swedish). 9 January 2023.
  12. ^ "Malmo wins Swedish league by beating and overtaking Elfsborg in final round". AP News. 12 November 2023.
  13. ^ "Sweden 2–1 Estonia". ESPN. 12 January 2024.
  14. ^ Persson, Eric (1 April 2022). "Taha Ali: "Jag var väldigt oseriös, spelade datorspel på natten"". hd.se (in Swedish). Helsingborgs Dagblad. Retrieved 8 May 2023.


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