Nasiru Mohammed (born 6 June 1994) is a Ghanaian professional

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who plays as a

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for Finnish side

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Club career

Early career

Mohammed started his career at age nine by joining

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based Lazio Football Club (under 12 to under 17) and later promoted to Rainbow FC a division three team in Kumasi Ghana at the time In 2010, he was promoted to the first team of the third tier Division Two League club of Rainbow FC. He played two years with the senior team and was later loaned out to BK Häcken in 2012.

BK Häcken

On 23 August 2012, Mohammed joined

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on an initial loan with a possibility of becoming a permanent move in future. He made his debut for BK Häcken on 26 August 2012 against

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. After only six minutes he scored his first goal which meant 2–2. Five minutes later he scored again. The match ended 4–2 to BK Häcken. After scoring four goals in only seven games, on 6 October 2012 BK Häcken pulled the sold option from Rainbow FC and he signed a four-year contract.

Levski Sofia

On 23 July 2019, he was sold for €250 000 to

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in a three-year deal. He scored his first goal for the club in a 1–5

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victory against

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on 25 September 2019. He scored again on 12 July 2020 against

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, but unfortunately his team lost the match 1-2 and will not play in

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for the 2020/21 season. His third goal for Levski came on 19 September 2020 in league match against CSKA 1948 which his team won 3–0.

International career

Mohammed was previously the captain of the

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. He has played for the

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since 2011. He was called up to the senior

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squad for a World Cup qualifier against

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in October 2017.

Career statistics

Honours

;BK Häcken *

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(2): 2015–16, 2018–19

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mohammed, Nasiru 1994 births Living people Ghanaian men's footballers Ghana men's under-20 international footballers Allsvenskan players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players BK Häcken players PFC Levski Sofia players Norrby IF players Ekenäs IF players Men's association football forwards Ghanaian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria Footballers from Kumasi Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Finland Expatriate men's footballers in Finland Veikkausliiga players 21st-century Ghanaian sportsmen Ykkösliiga players