Ahmed Said Ahmed ( so, Axmed Siciid; born 4 July 1998) is a Somali professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who plays as a defender for Kakkonen club VJS and the Somalia national team.

Club career

In 2015, Said Ahmed joined PK-35 Vantaa after playing in VJS's youth academy. Said Ahmed made one appearance for PK-35 in the

2015 Ykkönen The 2015 Ykkönen began on 2 May 2015 and ended on 17 October 2015. The winning team qualified directly for promotion to the 2016 Veikkausliiga 2016, while the second-placed team had to play a play-off against the eleventh-placed team from Veikkaus ...

, as the club gained promotion to the Veikkausliiga. Ahmed made ten appearances for PK-35 in the

2016 Veikkausliiga The 2016 Veikkausliiga is the 86th season of top-tier football in Finland. The season started on 2 April 2016; the regular season ended on 23 October 2016, with a promotion/relegation playoff continuing until 29 October. SJK were the defending ch ...

, as the club were relegated back to the Ykkönen. During the

2017 Ykkönen The 2017 Ykkönen was the 46th season of Ykkönen, the second highest football league in Finland. The season started on 29 April 2016 and ended on 21 October 2016. The winning team qualified directly for promotion to the 2018 Veikkausliiga, while t ...

season, Said Ahmed played for IF Gnistan and

Grankulla IFK Grankulla Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna, IFK, or GrIFK as the name is commonly abbreviated, is a Finland, Finnish sports club from the city of Kauniainen. The club was formed in 1925 and the main activities covered are football (soccer), footba ...

, making four and two appearances respectively. Ahead of the 2018 season, Said Ahmed signed for Kakkonen club NJS, making eight first team league appearances for the club. On 26 January 2019, Said Ahmed made a solitary appearance for

AC Kajaani AC Kajaani was a football club from Kajaani, Finland. The club was formed in 2006 after the merger of FC Tarmo and Kajaanin Palloilijat (KaPa). Their home ground was Kajaanin Liikuntapuisto. The men's football first team last played in the Ykkön ...

in a 4–1 Finnish Cup defeat against KTP, before joining VJS.

International career

On 5 September 2019, Said Ahmed made his debut for Somalia in a 1–0 win against Zimbabwe, marking Somalia's first ever

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victory.

Personal life

Ahmed Said Ahmed is the brother of the footballer

Abdulkadir Said Ahmed Abdulkadir Said Ahmed (born 17 July 1999) is a Somali footballer who plays as a midfielder for Finnish club VJS and the Somalia national team. Club career In 2017, Ahmed began his career with Palloseura Kemi Kings. Later that year, Ahmed sig ...

and the politician

Suldaan Said Ahmed Suldaan Said Ahmed (b. 12 February 1993) is a Finnish politician who is a member of the Parliament of Finland and the Helsinki City Council for the Left Alliance. Said Ahmed is the first Somalian-born member of the Finnish parliament. In July 202 ...

. He holds Finnish citizenship.

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* * 1998 births Living people Men's association football central defenders Somalian men's footballers Somalia men's international footballers Somalian Muslims Somalian emigrants to Finland Naturalized citizens of Finland Finnish men's footballers Finnish people of Somali descent Veikkausliiga players PK-35 Vantaa (men) players Ykkönen players IF Gnistan players Grankulla IFK players Kakkonen players Footballers from Jeddah Nurmijärven Jalkapalloseura players AC Kajaani players {{Somalia-footy-bio-stub