Abdallahi Mohamed Mahmoud (born 4 May 2000) is a Mauritanian professional

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who plays as either a

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or a

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for Spanish club

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and the Mauritania national team.

Club career

Born in

Dar-Naim Dar-Naim is a suburb of Nouakchott and urban commune in western Mauritania. It is the capital of Nouakchott-Nord Region and has a population of 61,089. References See also *Dar Naim Prison Dar Naim Prison (french: Maison d’arrêt de Dar-N ...

, 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

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side

, being initially assigned to the youth setup. Midway through the 2018–19 season, Mahmoud started to appear with the reserves in

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, and contributed with one goal in 12 appearances (play-offs included) as his side achieved promotion to

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. 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

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. Mahmoud made his first team – and

– debut on 27 June 2020, starting in a 1–2 loss at

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. On 18 August of the following year, moved on loan to Croatian club

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, for one year. On 8 September 2023, Mahmoud moved to

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side AC Bellinzona on loan for the 2023–24 season.

International career

After representing

Mauritania Mauritania (; ar, موريتانيا, ', french: Mauritanie; Berber: ''Agawej'' or ''Cengit''; Pulaar: ''Moritani''; Wolof: ''Gànnaar''; Soninke:), officially the Islamic Republic of Mauritania ( ar, الجمهورية الإسلامية ...

at under-20 level in the 2018 ''COTIF'' tournament, Mahmoud was first called up for the full side on 27 August 2018, for a

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match against

Burkina Faso Burkina Faso (, ; , ff, 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳𞤭𞤲𞤢 𞤊𞤢𞤧𞤮, italic=no) is a landlocked country in West Africa with an area of , bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the ...

. He made his international debut on 8 September, coming on as a late substitute for Abdoulaye Gaye in the 2–0 win.

Career statistics

Club

International

International goals

:''Scores and results list Mauritania's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Mahmoud goal.''

References

External links

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