Pashang Abdulla

Pashang Abdulla (باشانغ عبدالله; born 29 May 1994) is an Iraqi professional footballer who plays for Superettan club Degerfors IF and the Iraq national team.

Club career
Abdulla started his senior playing career at the age of 14, as he went on to feature for several teams from the Stockholm metropolitan area, before joining Karlbergs BK for the 2019 season.

Having scored 26 goals in 24 matches for the side, Abdulla joined IFK Haninge for the 2020 season. However, due to injuries, he scored just five goals in 14 matches, and was released at the end of the year.

On 19 January 2021, Abdulla officially signed for newly promoted Ettan Norra side Piteå IF, penning his first full-time professional contract. On 11 October, he scored all of his side's goals in a 4–4 league draw against Umeå FC. Throughout the 2021 season, he established himself as one of the best players in the Swedish third tier, eventually becoming Ettan Norra's joint top scorer for the year (together with Rodin Deprem).

In January 2022, Abdulla joined newly promoted Superettan side Dalkurd FF.

On 6 February 2023, he officially signed for fellow second-tier club Jönköpings Södra IF. Throughout the first half of the 2023 season, the striker rose to prominence as one of the league's best performers, having scored eight goals in 12 matches.

On 6 July 2023, Abdulla officially joined Allsvenskan side Degerfors IF for an undisclosed fee, signing a contract until the end of 2025 with the club. Two days later, he made his top-tier debut, starting and playing full 90 minutes in a 2–1 league win over Brommapojkarna.

International career
After going through the bureaucratic process to obtain his Iraqi citizenship, in June 2023 Abdulla received his first call-up to the Iraq senior national team by head coach Jesús Casas. He then made his full international debut on 16 June, starting in a friendly match against Colombia, which ended in a 1–0 loss.

Personal life
Born in Iraqi Kurdistan, but raised in Stockholm, Sweden, Abdulla worked as a teacher while playing part-time football during the first part of his career;  he eventually quit his job after signing his first full-time deal with Piteå IF.

Honours
Individual


 * Ettan Norra top scorer: 2021