User:Timiabayomi/Usman Abd'Allah

Early Life and Education
Ex-Nigeria International, Usman Abd’Allah is the Head coach of Enyimba International Football Club. He was born and bred in Kano State in the northern part of Nigeria. He completed all his education in the northern part of Nigeria, having his primary school education at the Tarauni Primary Schoo l and went on to Government Secondary School, Kazaure, before proceeding to study chemical engineering at the Kaduna State Polytechnic where he graduated in 1989.

Marriage and Family
Usman Abd’Allah holds dual citizenship with both Nigeria and France. He is married to a French woman and together they have four daughters including a six-year-old twin daughter. His family lives in France.

Playing Career
His playing career spanned the continents of Africa, Asia and Europe. In Africa he turned out for various Nigerian Clubs, many of which are now defunct. This includes Sanka Vipers of Kano; UNTL of Kaduna and Rocks of Kaduna. Others include Stationery Stores of Lagos and Mogas 90 of Benin Republic. He actually played in the Kano State Academicals and festival teams in the 80s as well as the national Under-20 and Under-23 teams along with my senior brother – Hassan Abd’Allah.

In 1991, he traveled outside the shores of Nigeria and Africa to further his professional football career Al Arabic FC and Bayer Leverkusen. He moved to Singapore where he played for three S-League sides – Jurong FC, Khalsa Fc, and Gombak United FC, while his odyssey in Asia also involved periods with top side Sheikh Russel in Bangladesh and Kalantan FC in Malaysia.

At the twilight of his playing career, he returned to France and starred for Bollene FC and also FC Sete before retirement to coaching in the French lower division respectively with EPS FC, FC Sete, FC Frontignan and Bollene FC. Abd'Allah stopped active soccer playing career in 2006 while with a second division side in France before going into Coaching.

Coaching Career
He holds UEFA B Licence Certificate obtained in France and UEFA A Licence obtained in England. He has attended several coaching courses which includes CAF courses and Strength and Conditioning Level 1 Coaching Certificate in Australia. He also has degrees in Football Coaching and Team management which he obtained at Le CREPS de Montpellier, France as well as the National Coaching Accreditation Programme (NCAP) Level 1 from Singapore as well as the LaLiga Coaching Certificate amongst many others.

Abd'Allah's coaching stints have seen him coached football club sides in Asia and France. He is currently the Head Coach and Technical Adviser at Enyimba International FC who are two times African Champions League titles holder, seven Nigerian Professional Football League championships and four Federation Cups holders.

Before joining Enyimba, he had his first coaching stint in Nigeria with Kano Pillars as an Assistant coach and also overseeing the youth team of the club (Kano Pillars). He joined Enyimba initially as an Assistant coach to Paul Aigbogun who was the club’s head coach and currently the head Coach of the Nigerian U-20 Side – the flying eagles to the 2019 FIFA U20 world cup. He was later promoted to the position of Head Coach and led the side to the Semi-Finals of the CAF Confederations Cup losing to Raja Casablanca of Morocco in the Semi Final of CAF second tier league competition.