Abdul Zubairu

Abdul Zubairu (born 3 October 1998) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as midfielder for Slovak Niké liga club Zemplín Michalovce.

Career
Zubairu made his Fortuna Liga debut for AS Trenčín against Slovan Bratislava on 25 February 2016.

He played with AS Trenčín 7 consecutive seasons in the Slovak top tier, and, in summer 2022 he moved south to the region of former-Yugoslavia and joined a Bosnian well-established top-tier side HŠK Zrinjski. However, his stay was short, since, immediately in the following winter-break, he moved to Serbia to reinforce FK Kolubara which was having difficulties in their first ever season at top level.

Style of play
A dynamic and diminutive player, standing at just 1.65 m, Zubairu is known for his energy and ball-winning abilities as a box-to-box midfielder in the centre of the pitch. He is also capable as a playmaker, and has been likened to N'Golo Kanté.