Andrei Ahmed Bani Mustafa (; born 22 August 2002), also known as Ahmed Bani Mustafa (), is a professional

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who plays as an

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or a winger for

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club Al-Hussein. Born in Jordan, he represented Romania at youth international level.

Club career

Bani joined the youth setup of

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in 2015, having previously played for Pro Luceafărul București. He made his professional debut for Dinamo on 23 February 2020, aged 17, in a 0–1

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loss to

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. On 5 July that year, Bani scored his first goal in a 3–1 away win over

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. With Romanian

clubs obliged to field a player eligible for the Under-21 team, Bani made 7 appearances for the first team during the 2019–20 season and 17 appearances during the 2020–21 season, including 6 as a starter. He played 28 times for the team, mostly as a substitute, during the 2021–22 season, which marked the first relegation in club history. Playing for Dinamo in

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during the 2022–23 season, under manager

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, Bani became one of the leaders of the team. He started 24 league games and made a total of 34 appearances, scoring 7 goals and producing 12 assists. The highlights of his season were the 6–0 victory against

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, when he scored once and produced 2 assists, and the play-off group game against

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, when he contributed with a goal and an assist to an important 2–2 away draw. At the end of the season, Dinamo won promotion back to

. Bani started the

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season as a regular starter for Dinamo, still eligible for the Under-21 rule. On 19 August 2023, he produced an assist for

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in the 3–2 away win against

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. On 29 August, he came on as a substitute for Antonio Bordușanu in the

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game against Metaloglobus and he scored twice, bringing Dinamo a last minute 2–1 victory. After the arrival of new players and of manager

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during the season, Bani lost his place in the first team, but made regular appearances as a substitute. With Dinamo playing in the

relegation group, on 14 April 2024 Bani came on as a substitute for Darko Velkovski in the 82nd minute of the home game against Poli Iași, and he scored in the added time to bring his team a 1–0 victory. As several important players were injured, Bani was back in the first team for the last games of the season. On 4 May, he scored once and assisted

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in the 3–3 away draw against

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. For this performance, he was named Man of the Match and in the

Team of the Week. He also played in the two legs of the relegation play-off against

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, producing an assist for

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in the 2–0 victory that kept Dinamo in

. In the first games of the

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season, Bani made some impressive appearances as a substitute. On 27 July 2024, he came on in the 62nd minute of the away game against Sepsi and he assisted

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in a 1–1 draw. In the following week, he produced another assist, for

, in a 4–1 home win against

, after entering the game in the 58th minute. These good performances brought him back in the first team. On 24 August, he scored in the first minute of the 2–1 home victory against

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, being selected in the

Team of the Week.

Al-Hussein

On 7 July 2025, Bani Mustafa joined

club Al-Hussein for three seasons.

Personal life

Bani was born in

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, Jordan, to a Romanian mother and a Jordanian father.

Career statistics

Club

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bani, Andrei 2002 births Living people Footballers from Bucharest People from Jerash Romanian men's footballers Romanian people of Jordanian descent Men's association football midfielders Men's association football wingers Liga I players Liga II players Jordanian Pro League players FC Dinamo București players ASC Oțelul Galați players Al-Hussein SC (Irbid) players Romania men's youth international footballers Romania men's under-21 international footballers Romanian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Jordan Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Jordan 21st-century Romanian sportsmen