Mustafa "Mos" Abdellaoue (born 1 August 1988) is a Norwegian former professional

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who played as a

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. He is the younger brother of former Norway international

Mohammed Abdellaoue Mohammed "Moa" Abdellaoue (; born 23 October 1985) is a Norwegian former professional footballer who played as a striker. He started his career with Skeid and Vålerenga before moving to Germany where he played for Hannover 96 and VfB Stuttgar ...

Club career

Abdellaoue was born in

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, Norway. He made his debut for Skeid in 2007, and played a total of six games during the relegation campaign from the

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, the second tier in Norwegian football. He was loaned out to

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and played games for their reserve team in

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, scoring one goal, before returning to Skeid. In 2008, he scored 17 goals in 20 matches when Skeid won the Second Division Group 2, and gained direct promotion back to the First Division. In September 2008, Abdellaoue and his teammate Dawda Leigh signed for

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side

Vålerenga IF Vålerenga () is a neighbourhood in the city of Oslo, Norway, belonging to the borough of Gamle Oslo. Vålerenga is located between the neighbourhoods of Gamlebyen, Jordal, Ensjø, Etterstad and Lodalen. Vålerenga is in particular known for i ...

under the Bosman rule, and joined the club on 1 January 2009. His brother

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had also joined the club from the same club the season before. On 13 April 2009, Abdellaoue scored his first league goal for Vålerenga in a 2–0 victory away to

. In the 2010 season, he was named top-scorer of the Norwegian Second Division avd. 1 with Vålerenga's B team, scoring 27 goals. He scored 13 in that division the season before with the same team. Abdellaoue spent the 2011 season loaned out to

Tromsø IL Tromsø Idrettslag () is a Norwegian professional Football club (association football), football club based in Tromsø. They play their home games at the Romssa Arena which has a seating capacity of 6,801. Tromsø play in the Eliteserien. Despi ...

, where he became the top scorer of

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with 17 goals. He finished runner-up in the league with Tromsø. After he returned from Tromsø, Vålerenga rejected a 5 mill NOK offer for him from

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in January 2012. Mostafa joined FC Copenhagen in January 2012. Mostafa scored his first goal in a friendly against FC Anzhi. In his third match he scored twice against his former club Vålerenga IF in his debut at

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. On 31 August 2013, Abdellaoue was sent on a one-year loan deal to OB. In July 2014, Abdellaoue returned to the Tippeligaen permanently by signing for

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. On 24 January 2018,

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announced that he had signed a four-year-contract with the club.

International career

"Mos" made his debut for the senior team when he replaced

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at half time in a 1–1 friendly draw against

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on 15 January 2012.

Personal life

He is the younger brother of former Norway international

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Skeid * Norwegian Second Division Group 2: 2008 Copenhagen *

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: 2011–12 Individual * Tippeligaen Top goalscorer:

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Top goalscorer:

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References

External links

F.C. Copenhagen profile
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