Mustafa Abdellaoue
Mustafa Abdellaoue | |
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| Born | Mustafa Abdellaoue August 1, 1988 Oslo, Norway |
| Occupation | Professional footballer (retired) |
| Years active | 2007–2020 |
| Known for | Forward for various Norwegian and Danish football clubs; top scorer in Tippeligaen 2011 |
Mustafa "Mos" Abdellaoue (born 1 August 1988) is a retired Norwegian professional football player who operated as a forward. He is the younger sibling of former Norway international Mohammed Abdellaoue.
Club career
Born in Oslo, Norway, Abdellaoue began his senior career with Skeid in 2007, featuring in six matches during their drop from the First Division, the country's second tier. During that period, he was loaned out to the reserve squad of Lillestrøm competing in the Norwegian Second Division, where he scored once before returning to Skeid. The following year, Abdellaoue netted 17 goals across 20 appearances, helping Skeid clinch the Second Division Group 2 title and gain promotion back to the First Division.
In September 2008, both Abdellaoue and teammate Dawda Leigh secured moves to Norwegian top-flight club Vålerenga IF under the Bosman transfer rule, officially joining on 1 January 2009. Notably, his brother Mohammed had transferred from Skeid to Vålerenga the season prior.
Abdellaoue recorded his inaugural league goal for Vålerenga on 13 April 2009 during a 2–0 victory against Lillestrøm. In the 2010 campaign, he emerged as the leading scorer for Vålerenga's B team in the Norwegian Second Division avd. 1, tallying 27 goals after having scored 13 the previous year.
Spending the entire 2011 season on loan at Tromsø IL, Abdellaoue became the top scorer in Tippeligaen with 17 goals and helped Tromsø finish second in the league standings. Upon returning to Vålerenga, the club declined a bid of 5 million NOK from F.C. Copenhagen in January 2012.
Abdellaoue eventually transferred to FC Copenhagen in January 2012. He opened his scoring account for Copenhagen in a friendly match against Anzhi and scored twice against his former side Vålerenga during his debut at Parken Stadium.
On 31 August 2013, he was loaned out to Danish club OB for a one-year period.
In July 2014, Abdellaoue made a permanent return to Norway's Tippeligaen by signing with Aalesunds FK.
On 24 January 2018, Strømsgodset announced they had secured Abdellaoue on a four-year contract.
International career
Abdellaoue earned his first senior cap for Norway as a substitute for Thomas Sørum during a friendly that ended 1–1 against Denmark on 15 January 2012.
Personal life
He is the younger brother of former Norwegian international player Mohammed Abdellaoue.
Club
| Club | Season | League | National cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Skeid | 2007 | Norwegian First Division | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 6 | 0 | ||
| 2008 | Norwegian Second Division | 22 | 17 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 23 | 17 | |||
| Total | 28 | 17 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 29 | 17 | ||||
| Vålerenga | 2009 | Tippeligaen | 15 | 2 | 3 | 1 | – | 1 | 0 | 19 | 3 | |
| 2010 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 3 | – | – | 20 | 8 | ||||
| Total | 33 | 7 | 5 | 4 | – | 1 | 0 | 39 | 11 | |||
| Tromsø (loan) | 2011 | Tippeligaen | 29 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | – | 35 | 22 | |
| Copenhagen | 2011–12 | Danish Superliga | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 | – | – | 12 | 3 | ||
| 2012–13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 5 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 14 | 4 | 3 | 1 | – | – | 17 | 5 | ||||
| Vålerenga (loan) | 2013 | Tippeligaen | 10 | 1 | 3 | 3 | – | – | 13 | 4 | ||
| OB (loan) | 2013–14 | Danish Superliga | 26 | 9 | 1 | 3 | – | – | 27 | 12 | ||
| Aalesund | 2014 | Tippeligaen | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 13 | 2 | ||
| 2015 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 28 | 7 | ||||
| 2016 | 29 | 13 | 3 | 5 | – | – | 32 | 18 | ||||
| 2017 | "Eliteserien" | "30" | 16 | 3 | 2 | – | – | 33 | 18 | |||
| Total | 98 | 37 | 8 | 8 | – | – | 106 | 45 | ||||
| Strømsgodset | 2018 | Eliteserien | 24 | 7 | 7 | 8 | – | – | 31 | 15 | ||
| 2019 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 17 | 4 | ||||
| Total | 40 | 10 | 8 | 9 | – | – | 48 | 19 | ||||
| Sarpsborg 08 | 2019 | Eliteserien | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 11 | 1 | ||
| 2020 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 17 | 6 | ||||
| colSpan='3' Career total | 304 | 109 | 32 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 340 | 142 | ||
Honours
Skeid
- Winner of the Norwegian Second Division Group 2 title in 2008
Copenhagen
- Champion of the Danish Superliga during the 2012–13 season
- Victorious in the Danish Cup for the 2011–12 campaign
Individual Achievements
- Leading scorer in the Tippeligaen for the year 2011
- Top goalscorer in the Norwegian Cup competitions of 2016 and 2018
External links
- 1988 births
- Living people
- Norwegian men's footballers
- 21st-century Norwegian sportsmen
- Norway men's youth international footballers
- Norway men's international footballers
- Norwegian people of Moroccan descent
- Skeid Fotball players
- Norwegian Second Division players
- Norwegian First Division players
- Vålerenga Fotball players
- Tromsø IL players
- Aalesunds FK players
- Strømsgodset Toppfotball players
- Sarpsborg 08 FF players
- Eliteserien players
- F.C. Copenhagen players
- Odense Boldklub players
- Danish Superliga players
- Norwegian expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark
- Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Denmark
- Footballers from Oslo
- Men's association football forwards
- Norwegian men's futsal players