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Warsama Hassan
Personal information
Full name Warsama Hassan Houssein[1]
Date of birth (1999-03-17) 17 March 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth Djibouti, Djibouti[1]
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Right-back, midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Arta/Solar7
Number 20
Youth career
2007–2015 Standard Liège
2015–2019 Genk
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2020 Seraing 7 (0)
2020 Sereď 0 (0)
2021–2022 Sliema Wanderers 3 (0)
2022– Arta/Solar7 15 (2)
International career‡
2014 Belgium U15 3 (0)
2016 Belgium U16 1 (0)
2019– Djibouti 18 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 December 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:10, 10 February 2023 (UTC)

Warsama Hassan Houssein (born 17 March 1999) is a Djiboutian professional footballer who plays for Arta/Solar7 and the Djibouti national team.

Club career

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Born in Djibouti, Hassan joined the Standard Liège youth system in 2007.[2] In 2015, he moved to Genk, playing in the club's academy for four years.[2] On 2 January 2019, Hassan signed for Belgian First Amateur Division club Seraing on a two-year contract.[2]

In October 2020 Hassan joined Sereď of the Slovak Fortuna Liga. With the move he became the first player from Djibouti to sign for a top-flight club in Europe.[3] It was announced in August 2021 that Hassan had signed for Maltese Premier League club Sliema Wanderers on a one-year contract with a club option for an additional year.[4]

International career

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Hassan previously represented Belgium at under-15 and under-16 levels.[2] In 2014 he made three friendly appearances for the U15 side, two against Turkey and one against Italy.[5] In April 2016 he made one under-17 appearance in a friendly against the Czech Republic.[6] Hassan made his senior debut for Djibouti in a 2–1 FIFA World Cup qualification win against Eswatini on 4 September 2019.[7]

Career statistics

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International goals

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Scores and results list Djibouti's goal tally first.[7]

No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 6 September 2021 Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat, Morocco  Niger 2–4 2–4 2022 World Cup qualification
2. 26 August 2022 Stade de Marrakech, Marrakech, Morocco  Sudan 1–3 1–4 2022 African Nations Championship qualification
Last updated 30 August 2022

International career statistics

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As of match played 2 September 2022.[7]
Djibouti national team
Year Apps Goals
2019 8 0
2020 0 0
2021 6 1
2022 4 1
Total 18 2

References

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  1. ^ a b "Warsama Hassan". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d "Warsama Hassan : Le premier Djiboutien à percer dans le foot professionnel en Europe" (in French). La Nation. 8 January 2019. Archived from the original on 4 December 2020. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
  3. ^ "WARSAMA HASSAN : FIRST DJIBOUTIAN TO SIGN IN FIRST DIVISION CLUB IN EUROPE". Africa Top Sports. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
  4. ^ "L'Ouffetois Warsama Hassan signe en D1 maltaise". lavenir.net. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
  5. ^ "U15 Belgian profile". Royal Belgian Football Association. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
  6. ^ "U17 Belgium profile". Royal Belgian Football Association. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
  7. ^ a b c "NFT profile". National Football Teams. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
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