Said Ali Hussein is a Somali-Dutch
footballer who plays as attacker (association football) left
winger for Dutch club
Emplina and the
Somalia national team.
Club career
Ali Hussein was born in
Baidoa
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, Somalia. At the age of ten, Hussein moved to
Schijndel
Schijndel () is a town and former municipality in the southern Netherlands, in the province of North Brabant. Schijndel is located approximately southeast of 's-Hertogenbosch. Schijndel was founded on 6 December in the year 1309. On 1 January 201 ...
, the
Netherlands as a result of the
Somali Civil War. After emigrating to the Netherlands, Saïd joined
Avanti '31, making his debut for the first team at the age of 16. In the summer of 2018, Ali Hussein joined
Den Bosch on trial, however ultimately stayed at Avanti '31. in 2021 he exchanged avanti for Emplina.
International career
On 9 December 2019, Ali Hussein made his debut for
Somalia in a 2–0 loss against
Uganda in the
2019 CECAFA Cup.
References
2000 births
Living people
People from Bay, Somalia
Association football midfielders
Somalian footballers
Somalia international footballers
Somalian expatriate footballers
Somalian emigrants to the Netherlands
Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands
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