Rafidine Abdullah

Rafidine Abdullah

Abdullah representing Marseille in 2013
Personal information
Full name	Rafidine Abdullah
Date of birth	(1994-01-15) 15 January 1994 (age 31)
Place of birth	Marseille, France
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
2009–2012	Marseille
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2011–2013	Marseille B	23	(1)
2012–2013	Marseille	15	(0)
2013–2016	Lorient	37	(1)
2013–2015	Lorient B	6	(0)
2016–2018	Cádiz	66	(3)
2018–2019	Waasland-Beveren	10	(0)
2020–2022	Stade Lausanne	59	(5)
International career^‡
2012	France U18	4	(0)
2012	France U19	3	(0)
2013–2014	France U20	7	(1)
2016–	Comoros	15	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:07, 29 August 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15:07, 29 August 2022 (UTC)

Rafidine Abdullah (born 15 January 1994) is a footballer who plays as a midfielder.[1][2] Born in France, he plays for the Comoros national team.

Club career

Marseille

After training with the senior team during the 2011–12 season under former manager Didier Deschamps, ahead of the ensuing season under new manager Élie Baup, Abdullah was promoted to the senior team permanently and assigned the number 13 shirt.[3] He made his professional debut on 9 August 2012 in the second leg of the team's third qualifying round tie against Turkish club Eskişehirspor.[4]

Cádiz

On 3 August 2016, Abdullah moved abroad for the first time in his career, signing a two-year contract with Spanish Segunda División club Cádiz CF.[5]

Waasland-Beveren

On 17 July 2018, Waasland-Beveren announced, that they had signed Abdullah on a two-year contract.[6] After playing only 644 minutes in ten games, Abdullah and the club decided to terminate the contract by mutual consent on 28 January 2019.[7] Abdullahs contract expired after Waasland-Beveren declined to renew following the end of the 2021–22 Swiss Challenge League.[8]

International career

Abdullah was born in France to Comorian parents. A French youth international having represented his nation at under-18 level.[9] He switched to the Comoros national team and made his debut for them in a 2–2 friendly tie with Togo.[10][11]

Career statistics

As of 26 June 2013

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup[a]		Europe[b]		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Marseille	2012–13	Ligue 1	15	0	2	0	6	0	23	0
	2013–14	Ligue 1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Career total			15	0	2	0	6	0	23	0

1. Appearances in Coupe de France, Coupe de la Ligue, Trophée des champions
2. Appearances in UEFA Super Cup

References

1. "OM-Toulouse: optimisme pour les frères Ayew". La Provence (in French). 1 March 2012. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
2. "Zoom sur les jeunes en stage à Crans Montana". Olympique de Marseille (in French). 7 July 2012. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
3. "Baup sent que Rafidine Abdullah a un fort potentiel!". Foot sur 7 (in French). 25 July 2012. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
4. "Marseille v. Eskişehirspor Match Report". Union of European Football Associations (in French). 9 August 2012. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
5. "Rafidine Abdullah, nuevo jugador del Cádiz" [Rafidine Abdullah, new player of Cádiz] (in Spanish). Cádiz CF. 3 August 2016. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
6. W-B versterkt zich met Rafidine Abdullah, waasland-beveren.be, 17 July 2019
7. W-B EN ABDULLAH GAAN UIT MEKAAR, waasland-beveren.be, 28 January 2019
8. "Cádiz CF | ¿Qué fue de Rafidine Abdullah? El príncipe de las Comores con pasado en el Cádiz". 14 May 2022.
9. "Rafidine. Jeune comorien à l'OM". Comoros-Infos (in French). 22 July 2012. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
10. "Un Cádiz muy serio saca tajada en el campo del líder". 12 November 2016.
11. "Agbeniadan denies Comoros major upset against Togo". 11 November 2016.

External links

• Rafidine Abdullah – French league stats at LFP – also available in French (archived)
• Rafidine Abdullah at L'Équipe Football (in French)
• Rafidine Abdullah – UEFA competition record (archive)
• Rafidine Abdullah at the French Football Federation (in French)
• Rafidine Abdullah at the French Football Federation (archived 2020-10-20) (in French)
• Rafidine Abdullah at Soccerway