Rafiki Saïd
Comorian footballer (born 2000)
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Rafiki Saïd Ahamada (born 15 March 2000) is a Comorian professional footballer who plays as a left winger for English EFL Championship club Wolverhampton Wanderers and the Comoros national team.
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Saïd in 2022. | |||
| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Rafiki Saïd Ahamada | ||
| Date of birth | 15 March 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Samba M'Bodoni, Comoros | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Left winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Wolverhampton Wanderers | ||
| Number | 19 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2011–2017 | Brest | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2022 | Brest II | 49 | (19) |
| 2021 | → Stade Briochin (loan) | 15 | (2) |
| 2021–2022 | Brest | 14 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | Nîmes | 30 | (9) |
| 2023–2025 | Troyes | 68 | (17) |
| 2025–2026 | Standard Liège | 37 | (8) |
| 2026– | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2023– | Comoros | 16 | (8) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 31 May 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 8 October 2025 | |||
Club career
Saïd joined the youth academy of Brest at the age of 11, and signed his first professional contract on 25 May 2020.[2] He began his senior career with their reserve side, before joining Stade Briochin on loan for the second half of the 2020–21 season in the Championnat National.[3] He returned to Brest in the summer of 2021, where he was promoted to the senior team.[4] He made his professional debut with Brest in a 1–1 Ligue 1 tie with Angers on 12 September 2021.[5]
On 31 August 2022, Saïd signed with Nîmes for one season, with an option to extend for two more seasons.[6] On 22 July 2023, he transferred to Troyes signing a 4-year contract.[7]
On 7 July 2025, Saïd joined Standard Liège in Belgium on a three-season contract.[8]
On 11 July 2026, Saïd joined EFL Championship Club Wolverhampton Wanderers on a 3 year contract with the option for an extra 12 month extension.
International career
Saïd debuted with the Comoros national team in a 4–2 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification win over Central African Republic on 17 November 2023, scoring his side's third goal in his debut.[9]
On 11 December 2025, Saïd was called up to the Comoros squad for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations.[10]
International goals
- Scores and results list the Comoros' goal tally first.[11]
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 17 November 2023 | Stade de Moroni, Moroni, Comoros |  Central African Republic | 3–1 | 4–2 | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 2. | 22 March 2024 | Stade de Marrakech, Marrakech, Morocco |  Uganda | 1–0 | 4–0 | Friendly |
| 3. | 3–0 | |||||
| 4. | 11 October 2024 | Hammadi Agrebi Stadium, Tunis, Tunisia |  Tunisia | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
| 5. | 15 November 2024 | Berkane Municipal Stadium, Berkane, Morocco |  Gambia | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
| 6. | 25 March 2025 | Berkane Municipal Stadium, Berkane, Morocco |  Chad | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 7. | 9 June 2025 | Fadil Vokrri Stadium, Pristina, Kosovo |  Kosovo | 2–3 | 2–4 | Friendly |
| 8. | 8 October 2025 | Felix Houphouet Boigny Stadium, Abidjan, Ivory Coast |  Madagascar | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification |