Ibrahim Shiyam (born 3 February 1982) is a Maldivian former

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 lea ...

. During his playing career, he was nicknamed ''"Dhona"'' or ''"Kuda Thoddoo"''.

Club career

Shiyam started his career at

Victory Sports Club Victory Sports Club is a Maldivian sports club based in Malé, founded 3 July 1971. Victory is one of the most successful football clubs in Maldives, winning a record 21 national championships. They have also won the Dhivehi Premier League tw ...

in 2001 and was nominated for the Haveeru footballer of the year award in his debut season. He continued playing for Victory until moving to

Club Valencia Club Valencia is a Republic of the Maldives, Maldivian professional football (soccer), football club based in Malé. Nicknamed ''The Sunrisers'', the club most recently competed in the Dhivehi Premier League, the top tier of Football in Maldives ...

in 2009, but also played a season at

Island FC AT Sports Club is a Maldivian professional football club based in Malé. VB Addu FC is the former VB Sports club, which was re-branded on 14 January 2012.New Radiant New Radiant Sports Club is a Maldivian professional football club based in Henveiru – Malé, Maldives. The club was founded on 19 August 1979 by Ahmed Waheed and his friend Ahammadhanik. New Radiant has won all domestic competitions bein ...

for the 2010 season and after spending a couple of seasons at the club, he signed to

VB Sports Club AT Sports Club is a Maldivian professional football club based in Malé. VB Addu FC is the former VB Sports club, which was re-branded on 14 January 2012.Maziya Maziya Sports and Recreation Club is a Maldivian professional football club based in Malé. They compete in the Dhivehi Premier League, the country's top division. The club was formed in 1996 and was promoted to the first division for the first ...

after appealing to terminate his contract with VB before the 2012 season started, without playing a single game.

International career

Shiyam represented

Maldives The Maldives, officially the Republic of Maldives, and historically known as the Maldive Islands, is an Archipelagic state, archipelagic country in South Asia located in the Indian Ocean. The Maldives is southwest of Sri Lanka and India, abou ...

in FIFA World Cup qualification matches.

Personal life

Shiyam is the younger brother of former

Maldives national football team The Maldives national football team (Maldivian language, Dhivehi: ދިވެހިރާއްޖޭ ގައުމީ ފުޓްބޯލް ޓީމް) represents the Maldives in international association football, football and is controlled by the Football Associat ...

captain

Mohamed Nizam Mohamed Nizam (born 9 September 1972) is a Maldivian former footballer who played as a forward Forward is a relative direction, the opposite of backward. Forward may also refer to: People *Forward (surname) Sports * Forward (association f ...

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Ibrahim Shiyam (Dhona)
at maldivesoccer.com 1982 births Living people People from Thoddoo Maldivian men's footballers Men's association football forwards Maldives men's international footballers Club Valencia players New Radiant S.C. players Victory Sports Club players Footballers at the 2002 Asian Games Asian Games footballers for the Maldives {{Maldives-footy-bio-stub