# Mohamed Awad (Maxamed Cabdullaahi Cawad)

> Mohamed Awad (b.1994): New Zealand-born winger who plays for Somalia.

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## Who is he?

Mohamed Abdulahi Awad is a Somali professional footballer who plays as a winger, born on 7 May 1994 in Hamilton, [New Zealand](/en/diaspora/new-zealand/) ([Wikipedia, Mohamed Awad (Somali footballer)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohamed_Awad_(Somali_footballer))). Before his call-up he had never been to Somalia (same source).

## Clubs

He came through the Waikato youth system and joined Western Suburbs in 2013 ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohamed_Awad_(Somali_footballer))). From 2014 he played college football in the United States for St. John's and SIU Edwardsville, and for Inglewood United in Australia (same source). Back in New Zealand he won the 2018–19 national championship with Eastern Suburbs and joined Auckland City in 2020; Wikipedia lists his current club as Sliema Wanderers in Malta (same source).

## Somalia

He made his Somalia debut on 15 June 2021 in a 1–0 friendly defeat to Djibouti ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohamed_Awad_(Somali_footballer))).

## In short

A New Zealand-raised winger who first saw Somalia through its national team.

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