Ahmed Abdulla

Ahmed Mohamed Abdulla (أحمد عبدالله; born 12 November 1991) is a Saudi Arabian born footballer who played as a central midfielder. He is currently assistant coach at Castellón.

Early life
Of Somali and Yemeni descent Abdulla moved to Enfield, London aged eight. He was available for the selection of Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Somalia, but has pledged any future international career to Saudi Arabia.

Playing career
Having previously played for Arsenal's youth team Abdulla joined West Ham as a sixteen-year-old in 2008. He signed his first professional contract, with West Ham, in the summer of 2011. In August 2011, he signed a loan deal with Swindon Town until January 2012. Abdulla made his debut on 3 September 2011 in a 3–2 home win against Rotherham United. In January 2012, Abdulla joined Dagenham & Redbridge on-loan. On his return to West Ham he was released by the club but signed a permanent short-term deal, until the end of the 2011–12 season, with Dagenham in March 2012. In May 2012, Abdulla was released by Dagenham due to the expiry of his contract.

On 4 July 2012, Abdulla signed for Barnet. He scored his first goal for Barnet against Salisbury City on 28 September 2013. His second goal was the winner in a 1–0 win at Hereford United on 19 October. Abdulla was released at the end of the 2013–14 season, though he was invited back for 2014–15 pre-season training. Abdulla played in pre-season friendlies for Barnet in 2014–15 but instead joined Whitehawk, followed by a year at Staines Town. Abdullah re-signed for Whitehawk for the start of the 2016–17 season. In March 2017 he was signed on loan by Metropolitan Police manager Jim Cooper. Ware secured his signature on 11 July 2017. He signed for Heybridge Swifts in February 2018. He left the club in October 2018 in the wake of manager Jody Brown's resignation. Abdulla joined Concord Rangers on 23 October 2018. He joined Hayes & Yeading United for the 2019–20 season. After only three appearances, Abdulla joined Bishop's Stortford. This spell was also short-lived, as he re-joined Ware after only two appearances. Abdulla re-joined Whitehawk in December 2019, but left the club after the end of the curtailed 2020–2021 season. Abdulla joined Sittingbourne for the 2021–22 season and scored a hat-trick on the first day of the new campaign. In January 2022 he joined Bedford, scoring once in ten games and also taking over as caretaker manager for the final three games of the season. He joined Haywards Heath Town for the 2022–23 season, before joining Barking.

Coaching career
In July 2023, Abdulla was appointed by Castellón as assistant to new head coach Dick Schreuder, who was his manager at Barnet.

Career statistics

 * Other = Football League Trophy, FA Trophy