Bilal Hussein ( so, Bilaal Xuseen; born 22 April 2000) is a Swedish

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who plays as a

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for club

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and the Sweden national team.

Club career

Hussein began playing football with his local club Bromstens IK at the age of 7, and joined the

AIK AIK Fotboll (), more commonly known simply as AIK (), an abbreviation for Allmänna Idrottsklubben (meaning ''the public'' or ''general sports club''), is a Swedish football club competing in Allsvenskan, the top flight of Swedish football. The ...

youth academy in 2014. On 20 January 2018, Hussein signed his first professional contract with AIK, keeping him at the club until 2021. He made his professional debut for AIK in a 2–0

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win over IK Sirius on 27 April 2018. On 30 August 2023, Hussein signed a three-year contract with

in Germany.

International career

Hussein was born in Sweden to Somali parents. He is a youth international for Sweden. He made his full international debut for

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on 9 January 2023, replacing

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68 minutes into a

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2–0 win against

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Career statistics

Club

As of match played 6 November 2022

International

References

External links

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AIK profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hussein, Bilal 2000 births Living people Footballers from Stockholm Swedish men's footballers Sweden men's international footballers Sweden men's youth international footballers Swedish people of Somali descent Allsvenskan players AIK Fotboll players Vasalunds IF players Hertha BSC players Men's association football midfielders Swedish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Germany