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Warsama Hassan
Warsama Hassan Houssein (born 17 March 1999) is a Djiboutian footballer who plays for the Djibouti national team. Raised in Belgium's Standard Liège and Genk academies, he became the first Djiboutian to sign for a European top-flight club when he joined Slovakia's ŠKF Sereď in 2020.
Who is he?
Warsama Hassan Houssein is a Djiboutian professional footballer, born in Djibouti on 17 March 1999 (Wikipedia, Warsama Hassan).
Club career
He joined Standard Liège's youth system in 2007 and moved to Genk's academy in 2015 (Wikipedia). In January 2019 he signed for Seraing (same source). In October 2020 he joined Sereď of the Slovak top division, becoming the first player from Djibouti to sign for a top-flight club in Europe (same source). He moved to Sliema Wanderers in Malta in 2021, and Wikipedia lists his current club as AP Brera Strumica (same source).
International career
He played for Belgium at under-15 and under-17 level before choosing Djibouti (Wikipedia). He made his senior debut for Djibouti in a 2–1 World Cup qualifying win over Eswatini on 4 September 2019 (same source).
In short
A Belgian-trained Djiboutian midfielder and the first from his country in a European top league.
Sources
- Wikipedia, Warsama Hassan · en.wikipedia.org
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