Lukman Abdulkarim Haruna (born 4 December 1990) is a
Nigeria
Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...
n former
footballer
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who played as a
midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
.
Club career
In December 2007,
AS Monaco
Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club SA, commonly referred to as AS Monaco () or Monaco, is a professional football club based in Monaco that is member of French Football Federation (FFF) and competes in Ligue 1, the top tier of Frenc ...
signed Haruna on a four-year contract.
In June 2011, he signed a five-year contract with
FC Dynamo Kyiv
Football Club Dynamo Kyiv (, ) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Kyiv. Founded in 1927 as a Kyivan football team of republican branch of the bigger Soviet Dynamo Sports Society, the club as a separate business entity was offici ...
.
In July 2015, Haruna moved to
FC Anzhi Makhachkala
Football Club Anzhi Makhachkala (russian: link=no, Футбо́льный клуб «Анжи́» Махачкала́, ), known simply as FC Anji, was a Russian professional football club based in the Dagestani capital of Makhachkala. Founded ...
on a loan deal from Dynamo Kyiv until the end of 2015. Anzhi decided not to extend the loan after it ended.
On 3 April 2016, Haruna joined
FC Astana
Astana Football Club ( kk, Astana Futbol Kluby) is a professional football club based in Astana. They play in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest level of Kazakh football. The club's home ground is the 30,254-seat Astana Arena stadium. ...
on loan until 30 June 2016.
After trials with
FK Vardar
FK Vardar Skopje ( mk, ФК Вардар Скопје), or simply Vardar, is a football club based in the capital city of Skopje, North Macedonia, North Macedonia. The club was founded in 1947 and currently competes in the Macedonian Second Foo ...
,
RC Lens
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and
Odense Boldklub
Odense Boldklub (; also known as Odense BK or the more commonly used OB) is a Danish professional football club based in the city Odense. The club has won three Danish championships and five Danish Cup trophies. OB play in the Danish Superliga ...
, Haruna joined Lithuanian
A Lyga
The A Lyga is the top division of professional football in Lithuania. The A Lyga is an abbreviation of Aukščiausia lyga meaning Highest League. It is organized by Lithuanian Football Federation LFF ( lt, Lietuvos Futbolo Federacija). The Auk ...
club
FK Palanga in March 2018.
In July 2019, Haruna joined
Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1
The Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 (; ar, الرابطة المحترفة الأولى لكرة القدم) was previously called the Tunisian National Championship between 1956 and 1994. is the top division football tournament in Tunisia und ...
club
US Tataouine.
On 12 December 2019,
FC Ararat Yerevan
Football Club Ararat Yerevan ( hy, Ֆուտբոլային Ակումբ Արարատ Երևան), commonly known as Ararat Yerevan, is an Armenian association football, football club based in Yerevan that plays in the Armenian Premier League.
Si ...
announced the signing of Haruna.
International career
Haruna was part of the Nigerian team that won the
2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup held in South Korea. In 2010, he was part of the Nigerian 23-man squad in the
2010 FIFA World Cup
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in South Africa.
Career statistics
Club
International
''Statistics accurate as of match played 5 September 2015''
Honours
Dynamo Kyiv
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Ukrainian Cup
The Ukrainian Cup ( uk, Кубок України) is an association football national knockout cup competition run by the Ukrainian Association of Football. The competition is conducted almost exclusively among professional clubs. Since the 2003 ...
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2013–14
Astana
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Kazakhstan Premier League
The Kazakhstan Professional Football League ( kk, Қазақстан Премьер Лигасы, ''Qazaqstan Premer Ligasy''), commonly referred to as Kazakh Premier League or simply Premier League, is the top division of football in Kazakhstan ...
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2016
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Kazakhstan Cup
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; kk, Қазақ Сове ...
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2016
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Nigeria U17
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FIFA U-17 World Cup
The FIFA U-17 World Cup, founded as the FIFA U-16 World Championship, later changed to U-17 in 1991 and to its current name in 2007, is the world championship of association football for male players under the age of 17 organized by ''Fédération ...
:
2007
References
External links
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SkySports Player Profile
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1990 births
Living people
Nigerian expatriate footballers
Nigerian footballers
Nigeria youth international footballers
Nigeria under-20 international footballers
Nigeria international footballers
AS Monaco FC players
Ligue 1 players
Expatriate footballers in Monaco
FC Dynamo Kyiv players
Ukrainian Premier League players
Expatriate footballers in Ukraine
2010 FIFA World Cup players
FC Hoverla Uzhhorod players
FC Anzhi Makhachkala players
Expatriate footballers in Russia
Russian Premier League players
FC Astana players
Expatriate footballers in Kazakhstan
Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine
Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Russia
Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan
Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Monaco
Footballers from Lagos
Association football midfielders
A Lyga players
Kazakhstan Premier League players
Expatriate footballers in Armenia
Expatriate footballers in Lithuania