Abd-El-Aziz Yousef
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Abd-El-Aziz Safimayo Yousef ( so, Cabdicasiis Yuusuf; born 5 October 1999) is a professional
footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...
who plays as a winger for Rivers FC in League1 British Columbia. Born in Saudi Arabia, he represents Somalia internationally.


Early life

Yousef was born in
Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in Western Asia. It covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and has a land area of about , making it the fifth-largest country in Asia, the second-largest in the A ...
, and was raised in
Vancouver Vancouver ( ) is a major city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the List of cities in British Columbia, most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 people in the ...
to parents of Somali origin. Prior to signing with Wanderers, Yousef was a trialist for the youth programme of Dutch
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side Cambuur.


Club career

On 9 April 2019, Yousef signed with
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side HFX Wanderers. After not playing a single match throughout the 2019 season, On December 14, the club announced that Yousef would not be returning for 2020. In May 2022, he signed with Rivers FC in League1 British Columbia.


International career

Yousef was called up to the Somalia national team for a pair of 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifying matches against
Zimbabwe Zimbabwe (), officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country located in Southeast Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the south-west, Zambia to the north, and ...
on August 25, 2019. He made his debut for the Ocean Stars in the first match in
Djibouti Djibouti, ar, جيبوتي ', french: link=no, Djibouti, so, Jabuuti officially the Republic of Djibouti, is a country in the Horn of Africa, bordered by Somalia to the south, Ethiopia to the southwest, Eritrea in the north, and the Red ...
on September 5 which ended in a 1–0 victory. This result also was the first ever win in World Cup qualifying for Somalia in the nation's history. In December 2019 Yousef was called up for the
2019 CECAFA Cup The 2019 CECAFA Cup was the 40th edition of the annual CECAFA Cup, an international football competition consisting of the national teams of member nations of the Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA). It took place in ...
, where he started four matches as Somalia was eliminated in the group stage.


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External links


HFX Wanderers player profile
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Yousef, Abd-El-Aziz 1999 births Living people Association football wingers Canadian soccer players People with acquired Somali citizenship Somalian footballers Soccer players from Vancouver Somalian emigrants to Canada Naturalized citizens of Canada Canadian expatriate soccer players Somalian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands Canadian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands HFX Wanderers FC players Canadian Premier League players Somalia international footballers League1 British Columbia players Rivers FC players