Sakariya Abdi Hassan (; born 21 March 2001) is a

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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. Born in the Netherlands, he represents

Somalia Somalia, officially the Federal Republic of Somalia, is the easternmost country in continental Africa. The country is located in the Horn of Africa and is bordered by Ethiopia to the west, Djibouti to the northwest, Kenya to the southwest, th ...

at international level.

Club career

Born in the Netherlands, Hassan moved to England at the age of 8. He played youth football for

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and Saffron Walden Town. Hassan began his senior career at

Hornchurch Hornchurch is a suburban town in East London in the London Borough of Havering. It is located east-northeast of Charing Cross. It comprises a number of shopping streets and a large residential area. It historically formed a large ancient par ...

. He was an unused substitute in Hornchurch's victory over

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in the 2021 FA Trophy Final. In September 2021, Hassan joined Redbridge on loan for a month, before signing for

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in October 2021. In December 2021, Hassan joined

AFC Sudbury Amalgamated Football Club Sudbury is a association football, football club based in Sudbury, Suffolk, England. The club was formed in 1999 by the merger of Sudbury Town F.C., Sudbury Town and Sudbury Wanderers F.C., Sudbury Wanderers, the proc ...

. On 28 June 2023, he joined seventh tier

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side

Hashtag United Hashtag United Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in Essex, England. They are currently members of the and play at Parkside, Aveley. History Hashtag United Football Club was formed in March 2016 by Spencer Carmichael-Brow ...

. At the end of the 2024-25 season, after 90 league appearances and 22 goals for the club, it was announced that Hassan would leave the club. On 16 June 2025, Hassan signed for

side

International career

On 23 March 2022, Hassan made his debut for

in a 3–0 loss against

Eswatini Eswatini, formally the Kingdom of Eswatini, also known by its former official names Swaziland and the Kingdom of Swaziland, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. It is bordered by South Africa on all sides except the northeast, where i ...

in the qualification for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations. Four days later, on 27 March 2022, Hassan scored his first goal for Somalia in a 2–1 loss against Eswatini at the

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Career statistics

International

: :''Somalia score listed first, score column indicates score after each Hassan goal''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hassan, Sak 2001 births Living people Men's association football forwards Naturalized citizens of Somalia Somalian men's footballers 21st-century Somalian sportsmen Somalia men's international footballers Dutch men's footballers Dutch people of Somali descent Somalian expatriate men's footballers Dutch expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in England Somalian expatriate sportspeople in England Dutch expatriate sportspeople in England Redbridge F.C. players A.F.C. Sudbury players Wealdstone F.C. players Place of birth missing (living people) Hashtag United F.C. players 21st-century Dutch sportsmen