Abbubaker Mobara
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| Personal information | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Abbubaker Mobara[1] | ||||
| Date of birth | 18 February 1994 | ||||
| Place of birth | Cape Town, South Africa | ||||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||
| Position(s) | Defender, midfielder | ||||
| Team information | |||||
Current team | AmaZulu | ||||
| Number | 2 | ||||
| Youth career | |||||
| Woodlands FC | |||||
| Ajax Cape Town | |||||
| Senior career* | |||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||
| 2013–2016 | Ajax Cape Town | 45 | (2) | ||
| 2016–2019 | Orlando Pirates | 39 | (0) | ||
| 2019–2022 | Cape Town City | 51 | (1) | ||
| 2022– | AmaZulu | 44 | (1) | ||
| International career‡ | |||||
| 2015 | South Africa U23 | 5 | (0) | ||
| 2016– | South Africa | 8 | (0) | ||
| 2016 | South Africa Olympic | 5 | (0) | ||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 August 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 January 2022 | |||||
Abbubaker Mobara (born 18 February 1994) is a South African professional soccer player who plays as a defender and midfielder for AmaZulu in the Premier Soccer League.[2] He can play as right back, centre back and defensive midfielder.[3]
Early life
[edit]Mobara, who hails from Mitchells Plain on the Cape Flats, started playing soccer at his school and was spotted by Ajax Cape Town scouts after scoring for his local club against them in a cup final.[4]
Early career
[edit]Mobara previously underwent trials with FC Twente, FC Porto, and RC Lens before returning to Ajax Cape Town. Mobara also spent time with AFC Ajax but was not signed.[5]
International career
[edit]He has caps at U17, U18 and U20 levels for South Africa.[4]
Honours
[edit]Individual
[edit]- 2016–17 Nedbank Cup player of the tournament
Club
[edit]- Ajax Cape Town[6]
- MTN 8: 2015
National
[edit]Bafana Bafana
- Cosafa cup: 2016
References
[edit]- ^ "2015 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations - Group A squads" (PDF). cafonline.com. Confederation of African Football. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
- ^ "MTN Football - News and Stats about Abbubaker Mobara". Archived from the original on 9 April 2015. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
- ^ "Official: Abbubaker Mobara joins AmaZulu from Cape Town City". Kick Off. 27 January 2022. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- ^ a b ExtraTime Archived 13 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Ajax Register Mobara | www.soccerladuma.co.za
- ^ "Abbubaker Mobara – Career Honours". Soccerway.
External links
[edit]- ‘Player prolie’
- Abbubaker Mobara at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Abbubaker Mobara at Soccerway
- Abbubaker Mobara at National-Football-Teams.com
Categories:
- 1994 births
- Living people
- Soccer players from Cape Town
- Cape Town Spurs F.C. players
- Orlando Pirates F.C. players
- Cape Town City F.C. (2016) players
- AmaZulu F.C. players
- South African Premier Division players
- South African men's soccer players
- Men's association football midfielders
- Men's association football defenders
- Cape Coloureds
- Footballers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic soccer players for South Africa
- South Africa men's international soccer players