Abdallahi Mahmoud
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Abdallahi Mohamed Mahmoud[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 4 May 2000[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Dar-Naim, Mauritania[2] | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Centre back, midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Al-Arabi | ||
| Youth career | |||
| FC Nouadhibou | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2018 | FC Nouadhibou | ||
| 2018–2023 | Alavés B | 38 | (2) |
| 2020–2024 | Alavés | 8 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | → Istra 1961 (loan) | 24 | (3) |
| 2023 | → Istra 1961 (loan) | 18 | (1) |
| 2023–2024 | → Bellinzona (loan) | 21 | (1) |
| 2024– | Al-Arabi | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2018 | Mauritania U20 | ||
| 2018– | Mauritania[3] | 40 | (2) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 5 September 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 13 August 2025 (UTC) | |||
Abdallahi Mohamed Mahmoud (born 4 May 2000) is a Mauritanian professional footballer who plays as either a central defender or a midfielder for Kuwaiti club Al-Arabi and the Mauritania national team.
Born in Dar-Naim, Mahmoud started his career with FC Nouadhibou, first playing for their main squad in 2017. On 8 August 2018, after impressing with the under-20 national team in the L'Alcúdia International Football Tournament, he signed for La Liga side Deportivo Alavés, being initially assigned to the youth setup.[4]
Midway through the 2018–19 season, Mahmoud started to appear with the reserves in Tercera División, and contributed with one goal in 12 appearances (play-offs included) as his side achieved promotion to Segunda División B. On 11 May 2020, he was one of the five B-team players called up to train with the main squad for the remainder of the campaign after the COVID-19 pandemic.[5]
Mahmoud made his first team – and La Liga – debut on 27 June 2020, starting in a 1–2 loss at Atlético Madrid.[6] On 18 August of the following year, moved on loan to Croatian club NK Istra 1961, for one year.[7]
On 8 September 2023, Mahmoud moved to Swiss Challenge League side AC Bellinzona on loan for the 2023–24 season.[8]
In September 2024, Mahmoud signed for Kuwait Premier League club Al-Arabi.[9]
International career
After representing Mauritania at under-20 level in the 2018 COTIF tournament, Mahmoud was first called up for the full side on 27 August 2018, for a 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification match against Burkina Faso.[10] He made his international debut on 8 September, coming on as a late substitute for Abdoulaye Gaye in the 2–0 win.[11]
