Alhassan Yusuf
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 Yusuf with the New England Revolution in 2025 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Alhassan Yusuf Abdullahi Pigui | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 18 July 2000[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Kano, Nigeria | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | New England Revolution | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 80 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| –2018 | FC Hearts Nigeria | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2021 | IFK Göteborg | 66 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2024 | Royal Antwerp | 90 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Young Reds Antwerp | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024– | New England Revolution | 47 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Nigeria | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 12 April 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 9 August 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
Alhassan Yusuf Abdullahi Pigui MON (born 18 July 2000)[1] is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Major League Soccer club New England Revolution and the Nigeria national team.[2]
Alhassan Yusuf arrived in Sweden to participate in a Scandinavian youth cup Gothia cup with tiki-taka academy and after an excellent performance he earned a professional contract with IFK Göteborg.
Club career
IFK Göteborg
From 2018 to 2021, Yusuf played for Allsvenskan club IFK Göteborg.[3]
Antwerp
On 16 July 2021, Belgian club Antwerp announced that they had reached an oral agreement with IFK Göteborg over the transfer of Yusuf.[4]
Yusuf won the Belgian league and cup double with Royal Antwerp in 2022-23, first seeing off Mechelen 2–0 in the 2023 Belgian Cup final,[5] before edging out Racing Genk on the final day of the league season, drawing 2–2 away to their title rivals thanks to a 94th-minute equaliser from captain Toby Alderweireld.[6]
It was Antwerp's first league crown in 66 years, having last lifted the title in 1957.[7][8]
New England Revolution
On 12 August 2024, Yusuf signed a contract with New England Revolution through the 2027 season, with a club option for the 2028 season.[9] His transfer fee was officially undisclosed, but reportedly between $2–3 million.[10] The Revolution were able to add Yusuf via MLS' “season-ending injury replacement mechanism;" given the club's loss of Tomás Chancalay, who was sidelined in June with a torn ACL.[10] Yusuf made his MLS debut on 14 September against Orlando City SC, coming on as a substitute for Ian Harkes in the 72nd minute.[11] He made his first start for the Revolution the following week on 21 September against Charlotte FC, playing 75 minutes.[12] On 28 September, Yusuf played his first full match for the Revolution, and recorded his first assist for the club, setting up Brandon Bye's 86th-minute game-winning goal in a 1–0 victory over Nashville SC.[13]
International career
Yusuf made the final squad for the Nigeria national team for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations in Ivory Coast.[14] He made his AFCON debut against Equatorial Guinea on January 14, 2024 which ended in a 1–1 draw. He was substituted off in the 69th minute of the game after sustaining an injury.[15]
