Aly Abeid

Aly Abeid
Personal information
Full name Yacoub Aly Abeid
Date of birth (1997-12-11) 11 December 1997 (age 25)
Place of birth Araffat, Mauritania
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Left-back[1]
Team information
Current team
 UTA Arad
Number 18
Youth career
0000–2014 ASAC Concorde
2014–2016 Levante
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2020 Levante B 46 (1)
2018–2020 Levante 1 (0)
2018–2019 → Alcorcón (loan) 12 (0)
2020–2022 Valenciennes 44 (0)
2022– UTA Arad 33 (1)
International career‡
2015– Mauritania 57 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 October 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 September 2023

Yacoub Aly Abeid (Arabic: علي عبيد هو; born 11 December 1997) is a Mauritanian footballer who plays as a left-back for Liga I club UTA Arad and the Mauritanian national football team, which he captains.

Club career

Aly Abeid and compatriot Moctar Sidi El Hacen were signed by Spanish club Levante UD in 2014 after impressing in a nearby tournament, but could not play competitively for the team until the age of 18 due to FIFA regulations.[2] He began to play for the reserve team in Segunda División B and Tercera División.

On 15 April 2018 among a crisis of injuries and suspensions in the Valencian club, Aly Abeid made his debut as a starter for the first team in La Liga, in a 3–0 loss at Atlético Madrid. He was praised by Marca for his performance.[3] Aly Abeid was loaned to AD Alcorcón of Segunda División on 16 July 2018 for a season, and was registered with their second team in the fourth tier.[4]

On 23 January 2020, Abeid officially joined French Ligue 2 club Valenciennes FC, signing a deal until June 2022.[5]

On 29 June 2022, Abeid signed with UTA Arad in Romania.[6]

International career

He played for the national team at the African Cup of Nations 2019, the first international tournament of the team.[7]

International stats

Mauritania national team
Year Apps Goals
2015 11 2
2016 4 0
2017 6 0
2018 5 0
2019 8 0
2020 2 0
2021 7 0
2022 10 0
2023 4 1
Total 57 3
Scores and results list Mauritania's goal tally first.[8]
Goal Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 21 June 2015 Stade Olympique, Nouakchott, Mauritania  Sierra Leone 1–0 2–1 2016 African Nations Championship qualification
2. 5 September 2015 Stade Olympique, Nouakchott, Mauritania  South Africa 1–0 3–1 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
3. 24 March 2023 Stade TP Mazembe, Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo  DR Congo 1–2 1–3 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

References

  1. ^ Aly Abeid at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ "Prometedor debut de El Hacen y Aly Abeid con el Levante UD" [El Hacen and Aly Abeid's promising debut for Levante UD] (in Spanish). Gols Media. 14 January 2016. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  3. ^ "Aly cumple con nota en su debut con el Levante" [Aly passes with merit on his debut for Levante]. Marca (in Spanish). 15 April 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  4. ^ "El Levante cede a Aly Abeid al Alcorcón y tendrá ficha del filial" [Levante loan Aly Abeid to Alcorcón where he will be registered in the reserves]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 16 July 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  5. ^ "Aly Abeid rejoint VA !"., va-fc.com, 23 January 2020
  6. ^ "BINE AI VENIT, ALY ABEID!" (in Romanian). UTA Arad. 29 June 2022. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  7. ^ "Reference at www.cafonline.com".
  8. ^ "Abeid, Aly". National Football Teams. Retrieved 7 January 2017.

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