Ayub Daud (, ; born 24 February 1990) is a Somali professional

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who plays as a

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for the Somalia national team.

Club career

The son of Daud Hussein, a former member of the Somalia national team, Daud was born in Somalia, and moved to

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, Italy with his family at the age of five. He joined the Juventus youth sector in 2000 and made his debut with the ''Primavera'' (under-20) squad in the 2007–08 season. Daud was part of the Juventus squad in the 2009 Torneo di Viareggio, where he was praised as one of the best footballers of the tournament. He scored 20 goals, and was named top scorer of the tournament. On 14 March 2009, he made his first team debut with Juventus, replacing

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during the final minutes of a

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4–1 win over

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. On 6 August 2009, Daud left

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and joined

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on loan. The youngster endured a difficult time at the southern Italian club, and subsequently returned to Juventus in January of the following year. He was then loaned out to

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club

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. On 25 January 2011 he left for

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on loan. Daud left Italy in August 2013 to join Hungarian club

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References

1990 births Living people Footballers from Mogadishu Men's association football forwards Somalian men's footballers Somalia men's international footballers Juventus FC players FC Crotone players FC Lumezzane players Cosenza Calcio players AS Gubbio 1910 players FC Chiasso players Budapest Honvéd FC players Serie A players Serie B players Nemzeti Bajnokság I players Somalian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Expatriate men's footballers in Hungary Somalian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Somalian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Somalian expatriate sportspeople in Hungary {{Somalia-footy-bio-stub