Mohammed Goyi Aliyu (born February 12, 1993) is a Nigerian

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player.

Career

Aliyu began to play football at Lima Primary School and joined in 2008 to

Niger Tornadoes Niger Tornadoes Football Club is a soccer club based in Minna, Nigeria. They currently play in the Nigerian Professional Football League. Their home stadium is Bako Kontagora Stadium and have also played home game at Confluence Stadium in Lokoja ...

who earned his first professional matches. In January 2011 left

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n club

and signed for

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side

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On December 13, 2011 he signed a long-term contract for Ukrainian Premier League club Tavriya.

International career

He was called from Sam John Obuh for the

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for the

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. Obuh called the defender on 12 April 2011 for the

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.Nigeria's Flying Eagles up close

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Aliyu, Mohammed Goyi 1993 births Living people Nigerian footballers SC Tavriya Simferopol players Shooting Stars S.C. players Association football midfielders Villarreal CF players Niger Tornadoes F.C. players FC Saxan players FC Dinamo Tbilisi players Ukrainian Premier League players Moldovan Super Liga players Erovnuli Liga players 2013 African U-20 Championship players Nigerian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Spain Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate footballers in Ukraine Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine Expatriate footballers in Croatia Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Croatia Expatriate footballers in Moldova Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Moldova Expatriate footballers in Georgia (country) Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Georgia (country)