Mohammed Kadiri

Mohammed Kadiri

Mohammed with Arsenal Tula in 2019
Personal information
Full name	Abdul Kadiri Mohammed
Date of birth	(1996-03-07) 7 March 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth	Obuasi, Ghana[1]
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Mohammedan
Number	42
Youth career
	Ashanti Gold
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2015–2016	Ashanti Gold	20	(1)
2016–2019	Austria Wien	32	(0)
2018–2019	→ Arsenal Tula (loan)	22	(1)
2019–2023	Dynamo Kyiv	15	(0)
2020–2021	→ Arsenal Tula (loan)	11	(2)
2021	→ Chornomorets Odesa (loan)	13	(0)
2022	→ Budapest Honvéd (loan)	9	(0)
2023–2024	Araz-Naxçıvan	30	(3)
2024–	Mohammedan	0	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:46, 3 July 2024 (UTC)

Abdul Mohammed Kadiri (born 7 March 1996) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays for Indian Super League club Mohammedan.[2][3] Kadiri can play as a centre-back or defensive midfielder.[4]

Club career

Ashanti Gold

Kadiri played in 20 games for the defending Ghana Premier League champions Ashanti Gold S.C. in 2016. He also played in the Ghana Super Cup, which Ashanti Gold lost 1–0 to Medeama S.C.[5]

Austria Wien

Kadiri joined FK Austria Wien on 31 August 2016.[6] He made his debut for Wien in a 2–0 win over SV Mattersburg on 16 October 2016.[7]

On 2 August 2018, Kadiri signed a season-long loan deal with Russian Premier League club Arsenal Tula.[8]

Dynamo Kyiv

On 3 June 2019, Kadiri signed a contract with the Ukrainian Premier League runner-up FC Dynamo Kyiv.[9] On 16 September 2020, he was loaned back to FC Arsenal Tula until the end of the 2020–21 season.[10] On 5 January 2021, the loan was terminated early by Kadiri's request for family reasons.[11] On 15 February 2022, Kadiri was loaned to Budapest Honvéd in Hungary.[12]

In February 2023, Kadiri went on trial with Tajikistan Higher League club Istiklol.[13]

Araz-Naxçıvan

On 28 July 2023, Araz-Naxçıvan announced the signing of Kadiri.[14]

International career

Kadiri was first called up to the Ghana national football team in the summer of 2016 by Avram Grant.[15] He is yet to make his national team debut.

Personal life

Kadiri is of the royal bloodline of Ghana's Northern Region royal family, and had a life of wealth and privilege growing up.[16] He has a sister and five brothers. Two of his brothers, Mohammed Fatau and Mohammed Sammed, are also professional footballers.[16]

Career statistics

As of the end of the 2019–20 season[17]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Ashanti Gold	2016	Ghana Premier League	20	1	—		—		1[a]	0	21	1
Austria Wien	2016–17	Austrian Bundesliga	10	0	1	0	—		—		11	0
	2017–18	Austrian Bundesliga	22	0	1	0	9[b]	0	—		32	0
	Total		32	0	2	0	9	0	—		43	0
Austria Wien II	2016–17	Austrian Regionalliga	1	0	—		—		—		1	0
Arsenal Tula (loan)	2018–19	Russian Premier League	22	1	5	1	—		—		27	2
Dynamo Kyiv	2019–20	Ukrainian Premier League	15	0	1	0	—		—		16	0
Career total			90	2	8	1	9	0	1	0	108	3

1. Appearance in Ghana Super Cup
2. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League

References

1. "Abdul Kadiri Mohammed - Player Profile - Football".
2. Mohammed Kadiri at Soccerway
3. Gupta, Sabyasachi (6 September 2024). "আইএসএল শুরুর আগেই জোর ধাক্কা মহামেডান শিবিরে, চোটের কবলে বিদেশি তারকা". Bong Football. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
4. GmbH., DJ Digitale Medien. "Vertrag bis 2020: Austria verpflichtet Verteidiger Abdul Kadiri Mohammed". Archived from the original on 27 February 2017. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
5. "Ashanti Gold vs. Medeama - 7 February 2016 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
6. "FK Austria Wien - FK Austria Wien verpflichtet ghanaischen Teamspieler". Archived from the original on 31 May 2019. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
7. "Austria: Kadiri Mohammed noch keine Hilfe". Archived from the original on 27 February 2017. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
8. "МОХАММЕД КАДИРИ – В АРСЕНАЛЕ". arsenaltula.ru (in Russian). FC Arsenal Tula. 2 August 2018. Archived from the original on 31 May 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
9. "Abdul Mohammed Kadiri – FC Dynamo Kyiv player!". fcdynamo.com. Archived from the original on 4 July 2024. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
10. "С ВОЗВРАЩЕНИЕМ, МОХАММЕД!" (in Russian). FC Arsenal Tula. 16 September 2020. Archived from the original on 24 September 2020. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
11. "АБДУЛ КАДИРИ ПОКИДАЕТ "АРСЕНАЛ"" (in Russian). FC Arsenal Tula. 5 January 2021. Archived from the original on 18 November 2021. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
12. "KÖZÉPPÁLYÁS KIJEVBŐL" (Press release) (in Hungarian). Budapest Honvéd. 15 February 2022. Archived from the original on 16 February 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
13. "К "Истиклолу" на сборах присоединился футболист из Ганы". t.me/fcistiklol2007/ (in Tajik). FC Istiklol Telegram. 20 February 2023. Archived from the original on 20 February 2023. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
14. "Kiyev "Dinamo"sunun sabiq üzvü "Araz-Naxçıvan"da". arazpfk.com/ (in Azerbaijani). Araz-Naxçıvan PFK. 28 July 2023. Archived from the original on 28 July 2023. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
15. "AshantiGold defender Kadri Mohammed eager to make Black Stars debut". 25 August 2016. Archived from the original on 27 February 2017. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
16. "Потенциальный новичок "Динамо" Кадири Мохаммед: сын короля, начинавший в "Барселоне"" [Potential Dynamo newcomer Kadiri Mohammed: king's son, who got his start at Barcelona]. Dynamo Kyiv by Shurik Fan Site (in Russian). 2 June 2019. Archived from the original on 4 June 2019. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
17. "Ghana - A. Mohammed - Profile with news, career statistics and history". Soccerway.com. Archived from the original on 3 October 2020. Retrieved 4 June 2019.

External links

• Mohammed Kadiri at WorldFootball.net
• Mohammed Kadiri – UEFA competition record (archive)
• Mohammed Kadiri at UAF and archived FFU page (in Ukrainian)