Yusuf Ali Nur
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Yusuf Ali Nur | ||
Date of birth | 11 October 1978 | ||
Place of birth | Mogadishu, Somalia | ||
Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
–1997 | HACHS | ||
1997–2010 | Elman | ||
International career | |||
1997–2010 | Somalia | 9 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
2010–2012 | Somalia | ||
2010–2015 | Elman | ||
2015–2021 | Dekedaha | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Yusuf Ali Nur (born 11 October 1978) is a Somalian professional football coach and former player who played as an attacking midfielder. He recently coached Dekedaha.
Yusuf started his career at HACHS before establishing himself as one of the best players in the Somali Premier League. In 1997, he moved to Elman where he won three consecutive league titles. Yusuf Ali was also the captain of the Somalia national team from 1997 up to 2010.
In 2010, after retiring as a player, Ali Nur transitioned into coaching, and began his head coaching career at Elman, In his several seasons as Elman coach, Ali Nur won two league titles and a Somalia Super Cup.
Club career
[edit]Ali Nur joined Elman in 1997 after leaving his former team HACHS. He played for Elman from 1997 up his retirement in 2010.[1]
He was the captain of Elman from 2005 up to 2010; Ali Nur led the team into several CAF tournaments.[2][3]
Managerial career
[edit]After coaching the Somalia national team, Ali Nur joined his former team Elman as coach and won two league titles and a super cup.[4]
In 2015, Ali Nur left Elman and joined Dekedaha, where he continued winning titles: he won three consecutive titles with in 2017, 2018 and 2019.[5][6][7]
After five years with Dekedaha, Ali Nur returned to Elman as a technical director in 2021.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Yusuf Ali Nur Stats, News, Bio". ESPN. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
- ^ "Elman FC arrives in Tanzania for CECAFA club tournament". www.hiiraan.com. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
- ^ "Somalia's Elman FC off to Tanzania for CECAFA club tourney". somsoccer.so. 22 June 2011. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
- ^ "Elman FC emerges again". somsoccer.so. 29 December 2017. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
- ^ ""Waan U Qalanaa Sanadkii 3aad Oo Xariir Ah In Aan Ku Guulaysano Horyaalka Soomaaliya"Yuu Cali". Goobjoog News. 18 May 2019. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
- ^ "Macallinka Kooxda Dekedda ee Yuu Cali oo ka hadlay guushii ay ka gareen Rajo FC & Rajadooda hanashada horyaalka". Gool FM. 16 January 2020. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
- ^ a b "Dekedda SC in final warm-up ahead of Zamalek clash". somsoccer.so. 14 August 2019. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
External links
[edit]- Yusuf Ali Nur at National-Football-Teams.com
- 1978 births
- Living people
- Somalian men's footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- Elman FC players
- Somali First Division players
- Somalia men's international footballers
- Somalian football managers
- Somalia national football team managers
- Elman FC managers
- Dekedaha FC managers
- Somali First Division managers
- Sportspeople from Mogadishu
- Somalian football biography stubs