David Abdul (born 17 August 1989) is an

Aruba Aruba ( , , ), officially the Country of Aruba ( nl, Land Aruba; pap, Pais Aruba) is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands physically located in the mid-south of the Caribbean Sea, about north of the Venezuela peninsula of ...

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player. Currently, he plays for

SV Dakota Sport Vereniging Dakota (''English:Sports Club''), known as SV Dakota or simply Dakota is an Aruban football club based in Oranjestad, Dakota, which currently play in Aruba's first division. Achievements *Aruban Division di Honor: 17 :: 1961, ...

and also features for the Aruba national team. In his early career, he played professionally for

Sparta Rotterdam Sparta Rotterdam () is a Dutch professional football club based in Rotterdam. Established on 1 April 1888, Sparta Rotterdam is the oldest professional football team in the Netherlands. Sparta currently compete in the Eredivisie, the top flight ...

in the Dutch

Eerste Divisie The Eerste Divisie (, en, First Division) is the second-highest tier of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie and with the third-level Tweede Divisie via promotion/relegation systems. It is also known as the ...

Club career

Abdul is a

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player who graduated through the Sparta academy and reserve teams, making his first team debut on 18 January 2009, aged 19 years and 154 days. In 2011, Abdul was the highest paid athlete from

at $65,312 ( USD). Abdul was mostly used as a substitute for Sparta in his first three seasons, playing 6 league matches in two seasons. After Sparta relegated in the 2009–10 season, he became a more regular starter in the club's

campaign. He left Sparta after the 2010/2011 season for amateur side

RVVH Ridderkerkse Voetbal Vereniging Hercules, known as RVVH is a Dutch football, based in Ridderkerk. Since 2018, its main male squad competes in the Hoofdklasse. RVVH has a highly successful women's squad. It played most years in the Topklasse sin ...

.Abdul: "Ik was helemaal klaar met Sparta"
- Rijnmond He later moved to

Aruban Division di Honor Aruban Division di Honor or Campeonato AVB Aruba Bank is the top level association football league in Aruba. It is overseen by the Arubaanse Voetbal Bond and was created in 1960. Up to and including 1985, the top clubs from Aruba also entered ...

side,

His brother Eric is a

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International career

Abdul is capped by the Aruba national football team. He featured in both matches against

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in the

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References

External links

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David Abdul player profile
at sparta-rotterdam.nl

at VI.nl 1989 births Living people Association football forwards Aruban footballers SV Dakota players Aruban expatriate footballers Dutch footballers Sparta Rotterdam players Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players Aruba international footballers People from Oranjestad, Aruba {{Aruba-footy-bio-stub