Yacoub Aly Abeid ( ar, علي عبيد هو; born 11 December 1997) is a Mauritanian

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who plays for Liga I club

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and the Mauritanian national football team as a left-back.

Club career

Aly Abeid and compatriot

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were signed by Spanish club

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in 2014 after impressing in a nearby tournament, but could not play competitively for the team until the age of 18 due to

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regulations. He began to play for the reserve team in

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and Tercera División. On 15 April 2018 among a crisis of injuries and suspensions in the Valencian club, Aly Abeid made his debut as a starter for the first team in La Liga, in a 3–0 loss at

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. He was praised by ''

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'' for his performance. Aly Abeid was loaned to AD Alcorcón of

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on 16 July 2018 for a season, and was registered with their second team in the fourth tier. On 23 January 2020, Abeid officially joined French

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club Valenciennes FC, signing a deal until June 2022. On 29 June 2022, Abeid signed with

in Romania.

International career

He played for the national team at the

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, the first international tournament of the team

International stats

:''Scores and results list Mauritania's goal tally first.''

References

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